Lexington really is trying to be just like Louisville. Complete with exploding manhole covers and everything! [FOX41] Kentucky has the second highest rate in the nation of children living with relatives or close family friends instead of biological parents, according to a report from a national foundation released Wednesday. [H-L] Yep, just what Louisville needs, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Death'
Brave Patriot Marilyn Parker Will Save You All!
May 24th, 2012 · No Comments
Tags: Death · Democrats · Gays · Health Care · Hype · Indiana · Lexington · Metro Council · Parks · Possibility City · University of Louisville · WHAS · Youth
How Many People Will Louisville Kill This Week?
May 21st, 2012 · No Comments
On Sunday, Local 619M of GCC/IBT (the union the C-J press people belong to) unanimously rejected the contract offered by Gannett and unanimously voted to seek a strike sanction. [Deep Kentucky Newspaper Thoughts] Louisville makes this list of the most religious cities in America. Northern Kentucky also makes the list, kinda. [HuffPo] Metro police are [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Crime · Death · Gays · Horse Industry · Lexington · LMPD · Newspaper · Police · Politics · Religion · Youth
Nope, Definitely Not Most Compassionate Or Safest
May 18th, 2012 · 6 Comments
What was that, Greg, about Louisville being the most compassionate city in the country? What was that, again, about Louisville being the safest city in the nation? Quit with the damn buzz words. You looked and sounded like an imbecile while 95% of the city was stressed and saddened over yesterday’s tragic mess of death. [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Bikes · Butchertown · Death · Economy · Greg Fischer · Guns · Hype · Metro Government · Politics · West End · WLKY
LWC-MSD Merger Will Only Hurt If You’re Tense
May 16th, 2012 · No Comments
So, how excited are you that Greg Fischer is pushing for the merger of LWC and MSD, just like we said he would? [More Fischer Logic] Maybe Barbara Shanklin should have thought about both nepotism and her grandson’s shenanigans before hiring him. Her pleas fall on deaf ears at this point. [WFPL] Check out this [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Death · Dogs · Greg Fischer · Hype · Lexington · Metro Council · Metro Government · MSD · Possibility City · Water · WLKY
What If UofL Had Merged With Those Hospitals?
May 14th, 2012 · 2 Comments
Why is it, exactly, no one in the mainstream media wants to talk about Jewish Hospital/Kentucky One closing entire units and laying people off? Many now-former employees receiving severance packages were forced to sign agreements that they wouldn’t speak publicly about the closure of their unit and loss of their job. [Deep Hospital Thoughts] The [...]
Tags: Churchill Downs · Death · Downtown · Economy · Health Care · Horse Industry · LG&E · Newspaper · Ohio River Bridges · Oops · Politics · Race · Travel
One Wonders If Barbara Shanklin, You Know, Thinks
May 11th, 2012 · 9 Comments
The Commonwealth of Kentucky’s April General Fund receipts fell and its Road Fund receipts rose slightly. [Page One] Quick, everybody freak out! The teevee did a story about toxic mold in Louisville buildings and that means we’re all gonna die. But let’s get real: Greg Fischer and his staff need to comment on this immediately. [...]
Tags: Death · Economy · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Indiana · Metro Council · Metro Government · Republican Party · State Government · University of Louisville
Sorry, But “Compassionate City” Isn’t A Real Thing
May 8th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Why is anybody still pretending the Charter for Compassion or whatever is a real thing in Louisville? It’s not. The city’s own mayor can’t even understand it. [C-J/AKN] Metro Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man in front of a liquor store in West Louisville. [FOX41] The bourbon had been [...]
Tags: Churchill Downs · Death · Education · Greg Fischer · Health Care · Hype · Indiana · Jerry Abramson · Kentucky Derby · Lexington · Metro Government · MSD · TV · West End
Let’s Throw $ At Cordish Cos But Not Local Folks
May 7th, 2012 · 3 Comments
Greg Fischer is happy to throw millions of dollars at Cordish Cos – and you know all about that hot mess – but can’t be bothered to really try to do something great for Downtown Louisville. [C-J/AKN] Are you ready for this fancy Ben Sollee documentary? Get ready because it’s on its way. [Wooden Box] [...]
Tags: Bad Behavior · Business · Celebrity · Churchill Downs · Death · Downtown · Education · Greg Fischer · Kentucky Derby · Metro Government · MSD · Music · Radio
Let’s Rehash Jim Peden’s Crazy Ass Comments
May 1st, 2012 · 1 Comment
For maybe the first time EVER, Greg Fischer is right about something! About housing and what’s considered “low-income.” Jim Peden needs to check himself against reality. If you make $30K, you certainly aren’t a street grunt or riff raff that spends your day thieving. But you probably can’t afford to live in the Highlands with [...]
Tags: Cordish · Death · Horse Industry · Indiana · JCPS · Kentucky Derby · Metro Council · Poverty · Race · Scandal · State Government
And The Grease Bucket Walls Come Tumbling Down
April 30th, 2012 · No Comments
A new report says the air we breathe is among the dirtiest in the country — but another says the air quality is better now than ever before. [FOX41] Local residents acknowledged the benefit the east-end bridge will provide to the region for the planned Ohio River Bridges Project, but called to stop the construction [...]
Tags: Arena · Bad Behavior · Death · Economy · Guns · Indiana · Kentucky Derby · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · State Government




