A Fine Export: Used to be the Courier-Journal was a fertile training ground for journalists who went on to become national newsmen. There’s no better example than Howard Fineman, who had the political and environmental beat here in the late 1970s, when the paper truly covered the entire state. Now, he’s best known as Newseek’s […]

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The C-J Loves Bruce: Who would have thought the state’s major newspaper would embrace Bruce Lunsford? Editorial writers at the paper seem to have gotten over all their past problems with Lunsford the politician in a convincing endorsement delivered Sunday. It’s time for those Dems still holding a grudge against Bruce to get on the […]

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Chris Thieneman, the often controversial political figure and current primary challenger of Anne Northup for the 3rd District Congressional nod, is up on television with his first commercial. The winner will face current Rep. John Yarmuth in the fall.
Rick will have more on the story a bit later.

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Lovin’ on Bruce: The Herald-Leader’s profile of Bruce Lunsford, by Sarah Vos, couldn’t have been written any more to the liking of the campaign. First, it ignores the existence of a primary opponent, and explains away the Vencor business history in the way the campaign would like, making the point that an investor who held […]

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There was no more entertaining TV on last night than what KET offered — a live debate with four Republican candidates for U.S. Congress. You can check out highlights from Jake at Page One, who was blogging about it LIVE. The C-J’s Deborah Yetter described the debate as “polite” but her words were restrained […]

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A dispute over the location of a cell tower on Dixie Highway is the subject of a lawsuit just filed by Chris Thieneman and his business partners against 14th District Councilman Bob Henderson.
The complaint states that Henderson used his position on the Metro Council to interfere with a wireless company’s plans to locate a cell […]

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It really doesn’t matter what the Mayor, the police, or the public safety officials say, folks in the South End aren’t buying it.
The two sides squared off last night at Fairdale High School, with residents firing accusations at Mayor Jerry Abramson while the Mayor defended his actions, accusing the Metro Council’s Doug Hawkins of “false […]

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That’s the word from Chris Thieneman, the on-again, off-again Republican candidate for the 3rd District seat in the U.S. Congress.
He says he’s got commitments for more than $100,000 from at least 50 political supporters. Thieneman told me Friday night that he’s committed to the race.
Thieneman said it will be a good, clean, honest campaign. “I […]

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I expect my story on Bob Henderson, the 14th District Councilman, to draw plenty of interest in Valley Station. Residents there, including those involved and running against Bob in the May 20 primary, have been frequent posters here at the ‘Ville Voice.

Here’s a picture I took of Bob, standing on a ridge above a creek […]

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We Win the Drinking Game: Louisville Metro Government gets to figure out how to spend the prize package won by the city for being selected as the twin city of the Bushmills area of Ireland. Half the $40K goes to throwing a party for Irish Fest, and the city will decide how to allocate the […]

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Chris Thieneman, who’s on the ballot as a Republican candidate for the 3rd District seat in Congress, says he’s still not sure whether he’ll mount a formal challenge to former Congresswoman Anne Northup.
In an interview this afternoon, Thieneman said he’d received calls recently from Northup aide Ted Jackson, asking him to endorse Northup in […]

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Be aware, Hillary. Over at Page One, Jake’s uncovered another eye-opener, this time involving Steve Henry and the Hillary Clinton campaign. From the looks of things on Bardstown Road, Henry is doing some sort of work to help the Hillary campaign. His old campaign office, right there next to Palermo, is filled with Hillary campaign […]

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The Chris Thieneman fallout has been pretty lively. Take, for instance, this letter from Louisville Republican Larry West which raises questions about the authority of Republican leadership and their alleged efforts to oust Thieneman.
SOooo. We had Chris on our show last Friday. Take a peek:
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It looks like the Jefferson County Repubulicans enjoy making their political case online.
Larry West, chairman of the local party’s Credentials committee, wrote this lengthy anti-Jack Richardson letter in response to the ouster of Chris Thieneman from the legislative district chair that he won in a party election.
West’s letter is headed to the State Party’s Executive […]

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Tune in on Friday at 9:30 a.m. for The ‘Ville Voice segment on The CW’s Louisville Live morning show. My guest will be Chris Thieneman, the Republican Party outcast and potential 3rd District Congressional candidate.
After he was ousted from his Legislative District Chairmanship by the local party’s executive committee last weekend - and shoved out […]

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Lots of folks celebrating St. Patty’s on Bardstown Road last night, like us.
Jazz Club Has The Blues — Count me among those sorry to hear that the Jazz Factory is being silenced after five years. Not that I spent much time there. The place was cursed by its location — in the Glassworks building — […]

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We’ve chronicled the discord in the local Republican Party here, and it looks like fur will fly on Saturday. That’s when the party’s County Convention will be held at Eastern High School. As a warm-up, loony chair Jack Richardson has penned yet another missive bound to create even more divisions in the party.
Read it all […]

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Last week, Chris Thieneman was pretty optimistic about the prospects for turning things around in the troubled local Republican Party. In elections held at Ballard High School, a tank of gas away from his Valley Station district, Thieneman was the unanimous choice of about 10 District 44 voters who made the trip and elected him […]

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All the work done by Hal Heiner and Jim King to create what King called an “intellectual discussion of hope” was well-received by members of the Metro Council and the mainstream media. The idea that the library funding could happen and the construction of new structures could commence in 2011 seems at least possible. […]

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Nothing like a good old public fight between politicians. This morning local Republican Party chair Jack Richardson IV, under fire for his handling of insider party politics and a botched appearance on the Francene radio show (Remember, Jack, don’t insult the host), wrote a lengthy letter to the C-J criticizing Chris Thieneman and Francene herself.
Jack’s […]

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