After mountains of pressure, Greg Fischer decided to kill that $850,000 was of cash for Cordish. What is it with these people that causes them to have zero common sense? That never should have gotten as screwed up as it did. And let’s not pretend Greg didn’t already know The Learning House was the potential [...]

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There’s a movement under way to oust Harold Workman from the Kentucky State Fair Board. It needs to happen. This is the first sign that the board has life in it in a long time. Unfortunately, it may be too little, too late. The state owes Ed Hart tons of money while workman rakes in [...]

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That sound? Why, that’s the sound of butt holes puckering over at the Metro Sewer District. Literally. [WFPL] Jefferson County Public Schools plan to start classes later in the 2012-2013 school year. [Toni Konz] GE is hiring 5,000 U.S. veterans and investing like woah in its plants. So it seems the company isn’t just playing [...]

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Metro Council is putting tighter control on constables like that crazy guy who shot a lady in the face. Now it’s time for the state legislature to give cities and counties the ability to nix the office if they so desire. [WFPL] If you haven’t paid attention to Steve Beshear’s latest stunt, it’s time to [...]

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After more than a year of pressure from fellow legislators and more than a year of obfuscation and pat-a-cake, Tom Burch has finally decided to hold hearings about Kentucky’s child death records. He couldn’t be bothered to do so until a major scandal went down. [H-L] How big is the blank stare you now develop [...]

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Is Mary Woolridge as batshit crazy as Judy Green? Really? Alleging the appointment of Attica Scott was rigged? [WFPL] Just a reminder about what’s going down with Cordish and Metro Government. You’ll likely not hear about it much elsewhere. [The 'Ville Voice] The editorial board (Hi, Keith!) once again proves its disconnection from reality by [...]

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You know what’s crazy? Just absolutely mind-blowing? The threshold for Cordish to tap TIF money was lowered to $50 million. A, what, $450 million drop? Yep. Why is that crazy? Because Cordish – and Metro Government – allowed a tenant at 4th Street not to pay rent for two years, an amount of about $400,000. [...]

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Crumbling bridges’ $140 billion tab leaves business paying the price. You can thank your “leaders” in Kentucky and Indiana for that. [Bloomberg] Today, John Yarmuth will lobby for the Louisville Zoo to get free polar bears. He’ll ask Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to allow displaced polar bears to be placed in accredited zoos. [Press Release] [...]

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We get that a puppy was stolen from Sandy’s Pet Shop. We get that it was a live animal in need of a home. But spending news time on a story about it? When countless businesses lose more money from theft every day? The girl in the security footage could even be a minor. [WHAS11] [...]

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Yes, we treated yesterday as a holiday that was established in honor of a genocidal maniac as an actual holiday. Why do you ask? We got all kinds of work done. To the city employee who got drunk and parked their car inches away from our door on the sidewalk: Thanks. That was awesome. [Deep [...]

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