On March 30 from 6:00 to 7:30 P.M. at the Clifton Center, Branden Klayko of Broken Sidewalk, along with LEO Weekly, will host a panel discussion of the city’s leading urban thinkers. They’re from all walks and offer thought-provoking perspectives on making Louisville more livable.
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The panel, to be moderate by [...]

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This week the Muslin Man from Kenya discussed education for a more competitive America and a better future:

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Earlier on the House floor, Congressman John Yarmuth highlighted the importance of health care reform. He connected the Jewish Hospital layoffs and the message from Jewish’s executives that Kentucky’s growing number of uninsured contributed to the cuts.

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Today at 1:00 P.M. Tyler Allen will host a press conference to unveil his “initiatives and strategies” to achieve excellence in education and workforce development. USA Image Technologies on Watterson Trail. [Press Release]
Woah – out of the blue the Courier-Journal decided to discuss Jerry Abramson’s dismantling of the Department of Neighborhoods. Finally some proof [...]

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The entirety of Clifton/Crescent Hill has been screwed by Insight the past week.
Spotty service, failures and the run-around. Yesterday a friend called tech support to be told their modem couldn’t be reached. Well, duh, the entire ‘hood was effed up.
If Insight’s service functioned as advertised, we’d upgrade. And this post wouldn’t be [...]

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What’s with Rand Paul and David Adams flip-flopping 24/7? What happened to the debate anywhere, any time mantra? Hypocrisy, thy name is Ro… Rand. Ignoring the women of Louisville won’t get you anywhere as a U.S. Senate candidate. [Page One]
Here’s mayoral candidate Tyler Allen on TARC’s first public meeting. [Tyler for Mayor]
Tuesday [...]

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A couple of Greg Fischer’s campaign staffers spent most of yesterday telling everybody from PRP to Frankfort that Jim King was dropping out of the mayoral race because of his son’s health condition. Wonder how ridiculous they feel now that the entirety of the press know that’s not the case and that JCTA endorsed him? [...]

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This guy says we should build several local access bridges to alleviate traffic concerns. Basically, there’s no way I can summarize everything so you’ll want to read about it yourself. And it’s too little, too late. [Click the Clicky]
E.ON may be considering the sale of LG&E. How bout them apples? [...]

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Last night, Humana CEO Mike McCallister addressed Greater Louisville Inc’s annual dinner. So Americans United for Change took that as an opportunity to hit hard.
From a release yesterday:
Tom McMahon, Acting Executive Director, Americans United for Change: “Humana’s profits soared by a staggering 61 percent last year, and CEO Mike McCallister was compensated millions. But [...]

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Yesterday David Tandy remembered that he’s running for mayor. So as a Metro Councilcritter, he sponsored a resolution (and sent out a press release about it) to provide jobs for local workers. Essentially, a plan to give a $300,000 forgivable loan as part of the Fourth Street Entertainment District Forgivable Loan Program (originally [...]

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