Thanks to the good peeps at Louisville Magazine for inviting us out to the Best of Louisville Bash last night. Plenty of good food (Boombozz, August Moon, Vincenzo’s, for starters), Makers Mark and media types - Fred Cowgill, Dawne Gee and Scott Reynolds.
Another media critic: Ed Springston calls out local media and, of course, the […]

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Doug Hawkins would have you believe that he’s got an army of constituents ready and able to mobilize whenever he puts out the call. If you believe him, hundreds make phone calls to his office to encourage him to fight the administration on such issues as immigration and guns.
His push to get the city’s bomb […]

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Doug Hawkins must be pretty giddy these days, having tussled with the Mayor on the bomb-storage facility and succeeded in keeping the issue alive. Now he faces a bigger challenge, and is calling on constituents to help.
From his latest e-mail:
“I am asking everyone to help me find a parcel of ground where we can store […]

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UPDATE (11 a.m.): Hal Heiner will be on the show instead of Hawkins.
Tune in to WHAS-84 Radio just after 11. Yours truly will be on the air with guest host Paul Harris to discuss the ongoing drama of the bomb storage facility in the South End. I’m told Councilman Doug Hawkins will be on the […]

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In the story of what we’ll call “Explo-Gate” — Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins has found a few friends on the Metro Council who want to join his crusade of questioning the placement of a bomb storage unit on property owned by the Louisville Water Co. in his district.
At a Public Safety Committee meeting yesterday, […]

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