What? The Metro Councilcritters heart the gays?
See?
“Family Member: Any person who is the spouse, parent, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent, or grandchild of a Metro officer; or is the dependent for tax purposes of the Metro Officer or the Metro Officer’s spouse; or who is a member of the Metro Officer’s household, including [...]

[Read more →]

The real story behind Chris Thieneman & the Mint Jubilee the press is ignoring. The allegations from the University of Louisville are quite damning. [The 'Ville Voice]
Humana is cutting 2,500 jobs (then re-hiring 1,100 in different roles), despite significant growth. 750 jobs lost in Louisville. [WFPL]
Here’s what Congressman John Yarmuth had to say [...]

[Read more →]

From the Fairness Campaign yesterday: Just before 3 p.m. today, President Barack Obama signed into law the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act that includes the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act as an amendment. The bill will expand the 1969 federal hate crime law to include crimes motivated by perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or [...]

[Read more →]

In honor of Fairness’ tenth anniversary, check out what this WWII veteran had to say about marriage equality:
“A woman at my polling plaits asked me, ‘Do you believe in equality for gay and lesbian people?’ I was pretty surprised to be asked a question like that. It made no sense to me. [...]

[Read more →]

Today at 10:00 A.M. Rep. John Yarmuth will be one of the Democratic House members calling out the party of “no” in Washington. Tune in to hear Yarmuth, et al to attack Republicans for stalling on a health care plan. [Press Release]
Ed Springston is trying to take his complaint against Jim King directly to [...]

[Read more →]

Wanna see Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain and Edgar Meyer live in concert? Then you’ll want to win one of these pairs of tickets I’m giving away. [CLICK TO ENTER]
The Ohio River bridges project has missed its second annual financing deadline. [C-J]
Want to have lunch with Ed Hamilton to discuss his creation of [...]

[Read more →]

Still Pissed: Fox41’s Bill Lamb is still pissed at the federal government about having to keep his analog signal on through June. But Bill, you could have shown some guts and gone forward without the other stations. [Fox41]
Look, More People to Blame: Are you starting to get the feeling that the courts are going to [...]

[Read more →]

The Fairness Campaign has officially announced the hiring of its first Director, Chris Hartman. Most in the press will recognize him as John Yarmuth’s campaign press secretary from the 2008 General Election, but he’s been involved in politics and his community for nearly a decade. He’ll oversee fundraising, communications, leadership development and legislative [...]

[Read more →]

Come on, people! We have a city-wide Fairness Ordinance for a reason! Discrimination on the basis of perceived sexual orientation is about the stupidest thing one can do. Stop this bull! McDonald’s should fire the insufferable, bigoted woman for using slurs. We may just hop down there this afternoon to [...]

[Read more →]