What does Margaret Brosko, the overpaid communications director or whatever at Metro Animal Services do all day? Why, she posts LOLcat pictures on the agency’s official Facebook profile: CLICK TO ENLARGE And you wonder why LMAS is screwed all to hell. Jesus H it’s time to shut that place down. Because THIS is what our [...]

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Greg Fischer promised Louisville Metro Animal Services would be a no-kill shelter. But the communication from LMAS itself proves to us that they have no comprehension of what no-kill means. Like this: It’s National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week. A campaign designed to acknowledge and promote the role shelters play in our community. An initiative focused [...]

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Here you go. From WAVE3, which is once again jumping on a story way too late: WAVE 3 obtained a Metro Animal Services memo from May 30 stating that Gulbe and a man dropped off a dog in a zipped suitcase claiming she was just bit. The memo says an elderly beagle was inside that [...]

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Really, what the crap, Louisville? Why is it we’re allowing Lexington and New Albany (really, flipping Indiana!?) to trump us on the food truck scene? Why are we bogged down in silly ordinances that make it nearly impossible for super-clean, innovative and healthy food trucks to do business in this town? The local food scene [...]

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The Main Street Association sent a letter to the AKN/C-J, Greg Fischer, Todd Blue and Metro Councilcritters to reaffirm its 2010 position regarding the Iron Quarter buildings. Couldn’t find the letter anywhere on the paper’s website, so let’s just dig in: In light of the recent announcement concerning the agreement reached between Mayor Greg Fischer [...]

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Check out this week’s LEO Weekly for more details on the resignation of Wayne Zelinsky, the now-former director of Louisville Metro Animal Services: Fischer confirmed the extra-governmental business, Derby City VIP, was the topic of a conversation he had with Zelinsky that led to the outgoing director’s resignation less than 24 hours after news of [...]

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The last few years have been rough at Louisville Metro Animal Services. Director Gilles Meloche “resigned” amid myriad scandals and lawsuits. Deputy Director Wayne Zelinsky became Interim Director in Meloche’s wake. Only to be forced to resign last Wednesday as a result of an investigation conducted by The ‘Ville Voice. A new Interim Director, Debbie [...]

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We’ve made it quite clear where we stand on the matter of requiring prescriptions for over-the-counter allergy medication. Sure, there’s a meth problem, but even law enforcement officials say proposed legislation (HB 15 & SB 45) won’t cut down on the manufacturing of the drug. Not only will the legislation make it more difficult for [...]

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Greg Fischer’s upper-level employees are working like mad to silence the drama at Louisville Metro Animal Services. Several LMAS employees have come forward to say that they were directed by Allison Woosley and Sadiqa Reynolds to utilize the chain of command if they have concerns. And, of course, to stop talking to the press. (All [...]

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The folks who tipped Bennett off on this latest Louisville Metro Animal Services mess, did the same for me. But why go to the trouble of writing about it when it’s already presented in a nice little video? There are no words for this disgusting treatment of animals. From what LMAS sources tell us, the [...]

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