On Thursday, legal counsel for JBS Swift requested an extension of time to exercise the over-discussed modified use permit. An extension, it should be noted, that legally had to be requested 30 days before the permit is set to expire (expiration August 31). Not surprisingly, the matter was placed on BOZA’s agenda during [...]

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Earlier we discussed Judge Fred Cowan’s ruling about the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment (BOZA/Board) landscaping requirement for the JBS Swift pig slaughtering factory in Butchertown.
But there’s always more to the story.
Upon reading Cowan’s ruling, it seems to us that he’s essentially telling the Board that it properly recognized there were increasing nuisances created [...]

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From the woman who did the hatchet job of a story on a WHAS11 employee a few months back comes the latest story about Fred Cowan tossing a requirement that JBS Swift do landscaping. Since the hog killing factory won’t have to beautify the property it, you can bet locals will try to force the [...]

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Have you seen this latest anti-Rand Paul ad running in Lexington? It’s insane! [Page One]
By a vote of 24 to 1, Metro Council approved a bond issue of $35 million to settle the firefighters lawsuit. Rainy Day funds are left intact. [Press Release]
Ever seen a bunch of preservationists and common folks incensed at [...]

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You’d have to be living on another planet not to know about the mess in Butchertown involving JBS Swift and the United Food and Commercial Workers.
But guess what? The story isn’t over.
The 17th annual Labor-Management Award from the University of Louisville Labor-Management Center has been awarded to… yup… JBS Swift and UFCW [...]

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Greg Fischer made another media buy on Monday. He’s now up to $140,000 for two weeks of broadcast and cable. [Media Buys]
Interesting that David Tandy secured the UFCW endorsement yesterday, isn’t it? But we saw that one coming a mile away when he flip-flopped on the JBS Swift fiasco, abruptly adopting the UFCW position. [...]

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Friday we discussed JBS Swift and Local 227’s decision to personally attack the attorney representing the Butchertown Neighborhood Association along with his wife. You’ll recall the absurd claims that seemed to be pulled from thin air.
Fast forward to today. Motion withdrawn. Lawyers admitted to the newspaper that several assumptions were made. [...]

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I knew that JBS Swift, UFCW 227, Chris Sanders and Ollie Barber were grasping at straws when they started personally attacking the attorney representing the Butchertown Neighborhood Association. But I also knew that attorney, Jon Salomon, could handle the attacks and stand up for himself.
But now this shiz is getting out of control.
Swift/227/Sanders/Barber have [...]

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You know, there are a lot of things I can say about Judge Katie King. There are a lot of things I’ve already said that probably made her election in 2008 and her current professional life a nightmare. But I’ll say this: I’ve only met one person who says she’s a bad judge [...]

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Yesterday students at the University of Louisville rallied against mandatory meal plans. And if you think there’s no support? You should just read this story to see folks from various political factions coming together. I’m betting Mark Hebert isn’t exactly enjoying having to defend this mess of highway robbery. [Nancy Rodriguez]
Borderline racist [...]

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