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It’s Oaks Day Eve. Are You Already Tanked, Maybe?

May 3rd, 2012 · 1 Comment

Way to go, Dismas. One of your folks tried to rape a woman at the Humane Society. [FOX41] What happens in Kentucky when you’re profiting from the foreclosure crisis? You run for office as a Democrat! Specifically, for the 19th District State Senate district in Louisville. [Page One] What will make the food desert bloom? [...]

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Tags: Art · Bad Behavior · Cordish · Democrats · Derby Festival · Health Care · Horse Industry · Indiana · Kentucky Derby · Ohio River Bridges · Politics · Poverty · Steve Beshear · Taxes

Heads-Up: Attorneys Should Maybe Pay Attention

May 2nd, 2012 · 5 Comments

Any attorneys out there want to chap some Democratic rear end? You’ve got a perfect opportunity with a whistleblower. And now AFSCME 2629 is lobbing threats left and right. If you’re a prominent Republican just salivating to take on a corrupt union and some Democrats at the same time? Here’s your chance. So let’s not [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Metro Government

Southern Indiana Has Turned Into A Creepy Circus

May 2nd, 2012 · 6 Comments

Maybe Glenn Kessler of the Washington Post needs a reality check? Because the bridges situation in Louisville isn’t puppies and rainbows, as he’d have you believe. Most of Kentucky’s bridges are falling apart. [WaPo] We’re fans of 21C but that thing is both gigantic and hideous. It’ll be defaced in 3, 2… [C-J/AKN] What was [...]

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Tags: Art · Bad Behavior · Bourbon · Dogs · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Hype · Indiana · Ohio River Bridges · Police · Politics · Youth

Deleting Things Doesn’t Make Reality Better, LMAS

May 1st, 2012 · 6 Comments

Dear Metro Animal Services: Deleting comments about concerned animal care advocates questioning why tons of children and random people were allowed to jab their hands into the cages of dogs at Fest-a-Ville while leaving the photos up doesn’t make things better: We share the concern that you aren’t taking education at these events seriously. Primarily [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Dogs · Metro Government · Oops

How Not To Get Back At Your Former Employer

April 30th, 2012 · 1 Comment

An enraged (?) former television station employee in Terre Haute decided to shoot the place up: Indiana officials are investigating an early morning shooting at a news station. Employees at the NBC affiliate in Terre Haute say they heard gunshots outside the building around 4 o’clock Saturday morning. -SNIP- Luckily, no one was hurt. Police [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Guns · Indiana · TV

And The Grease Bucket Walls Come Tumbling Down

April 30th, 2012 · No Comments

A new report says the air we breathe is among the dirtiest in the country — but another says the air quality is better now than ever before. [FOX41] Local residents acknowledged the benefit the east-end bridge will provide to the region for the planned Ohio River Bridges Project, but called to stop the construction [...]

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Tags: Arena · Bad Behavior · Death · Economy · Guns · Indiana · Kentucky Derby · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · State Government

Kentucky Supreme Court: City Employees Can’t Be Considered Whistleblowers

April 27th, 2012 · 14 Comments

Wow, the Kentucky Supreme Court strikes again. According to them, cities are not “employers” under the Whistleblower Act and employees are not protected. Here’s a taste: The Court of Appeals affirmed, concluding that cities are not “employers” under the Whistleblower Act, and therefore are not subject to it. We granted discretionary review and, because we [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Legal

Why We Roll Our Eyes At The Churchill Threats

April 25th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Churchill Downs loves going after small local businesses that have been in operation for decades. All because those local businesses dare mention “Derby” in any capacity. So what does Churchill deem appropriate? Gross Groupon promotions and affiliations with random energy drinks or whatever: Classy stuff. This city and those local businesses keep the Kentucky Derby [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Churchill Downs · Hype · Kentucky Derby

Metro Officials Lying About Whistleblower Calls

April 23rd, 2012 · 12 Comments

More on the Metro Parks whistleblower shenanigans? Yes, of course. Lynn Fleming claims Joey Sears wasn’t speaking to his supervisor when he called in to work. Unfortunately, the guy most certainly was a supervisor: How the Assistant Director of Human Resources doesn’t know someone is a supervisor, we’ll never know. And, unfortunately for Fleming, telephone [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Greg Fischer · Metro Government · Parks · Scandal

Karen Sypher’s Guy Going Insane?

April 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment

Seriously. Look at the nuts going insane today.

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Books

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