The 18th Annual Frankfort Avenue Easter Parade will take place on Saturday, April 3, 2010. The parade begins at 11:30 A.M. at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church. Metro Councilcritter Tina Ward-Pugh, our favorite, will be the parade’s Grand Marshall and will be escorted through the parade by a terrifying Easter Bunny. We love Tina [...]

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Greg Fischer said yesterday that no one in the middle class wants to live downtown in something that doesn’t cost a million bucks. Apparently somebody needs to clue Greg in ASAP? Gill Holland? Somebody? Because that’s some horse shiz. [Mayoral Forum Thingy]
Larry Hausman is kicking off his congressional campaign on Monday [...]

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Donorama starts tomorrow. Give blood to save lives. [Reminder]
Somebody at the Courier-Journal just noticed East Market Street. You already know everything mentioned, but it’s a good read. [C-J]
Tricare is reconsidering Humana and UnitedHealth bids for a $21.8 billion contract. [Business First]
Patrick O’Shea’s is set to open any minute now on Main Street. And [...]

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Dear mayoral campaigns: Care to tell me which Fischer Campaign staffer drives a black Jeep Cherokee?
I love that Greg Fischer is afraid to make his own statement on crime in this community. And I further love that he sent a super-rich guy who lives at 1400 Willow (Greg’s rich sister and other folks [...]

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Earlier today Commerce Secretary Gary Locke and Energy Secretary Steven Chu hosted a Clean Energy Economy Forum at the White House with leaders from across the American business community. Amongst them was Louisville film producer and developer of The Green Building Gill Holland. He got to share his first-hand experience in creating jobs [...]

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You won’t want to miss the audio recordings of Daniel Mongiardo attacking Governor Steve Beshear, maligning the U.S. Senate and cursing. [CLICK HERE]
Will this Norton-Anthem mess ever wrap up? Will there ever be a solution? We’re on the third day of talks. [C-J]
They get letters about Norton-Anthem. [More C-J]
If you [...]

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Well, that was fun. I missed the hair-hanger guy at the LEO Readers Choice Awards last night, but arrived in time to bask in some glory and do the shakey-howdy thing with some nice folks. And got to see Nappy Roots. So here’s some video of Chris Lemon, who amazingly hangs by his hair. [YouTube]
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Here’s an idea that we’re pretty excited about — the NuLu Festival. It’s coming up in two weeks, celebrating the newest, hippest stuff happening on East Market Street. Here’s the news on it:
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY ­ The first annual NuLu Festival will take place on East Market Street Saturday, September 26th, from 5- ­11 pm. The [...]

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All right – please excuse my unpaid shout-out to Southern Tire Service at 601 E Market St (502.582.2877) in Louisville. Cause they did me a solid.
They not only provided the best tire service I’ve experienced (and the quickest – you know I’ve been through this a few times recently), but gave me [...]

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Wills Watch: It’s the last week of full-time forecasting for WAVE’s Tom Wills. The station is running tributes throughout the week. Could that be why the weather’s so nice?
KDP Turns to Fossett: We’re glad to see our former co-worker, Liz Fossett, on the 2007 Bruce Lunsford campaign join the Kentucky Democratic Party as a communications [...]

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