Chris Thieneman should be wary of Kentucky’s campaign finance law if he wants to pass the smell test. [The 'Ville Voice]
The University of Louisville’s winter commencement ceremony is set for December 17. [Press Release]
Ford is considering Louisville for an investment of $300 to $500 million to assemble advanced batteries and electric/hybrid electric cars if Michigan [...]

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What are you doing Saturday, December 5? Visiting the Louisville Slugger Museum, that’s what. Because the museum will give Metro United Way a portion of the admission proceeds that day. So. Get your family together and hop on down to Main Street. You know you need the exercise and time with [...]

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Would UAW wage concessions have been good for Louisville? [The New Republic]
This is one of the saddest stories we’ve read about Louisville in a long time. Hope her murderer(s) are locked up soon. [WHAS11]
Former Metro Animal Services employees are speaking out about the problems plaguing the organization. Don’t forget that Jerry Abramson will be [...]

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Kentucky State Auditor Crit Luallen is Governing Magazine’s 2009 Public Official of the Year. We’ve got all the details. [Page One]
Jerry Abramson admits an anti-incumbent backlash is hitting mayors. It’s too bad he’s delusional enough to think people only dislike him because he’s an incumbent. [Politico]
A meth head in Bashford Manor was critically [...]

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Federal hate crimes legislation passed the U.S. Senate last night and it’s on its way to be signed by President Barack Obama. [Page One]
The Gilles Meloche Metro Animal Services Scandal just gets worse and worse. An outgoing vet is spilling the beans and they are juicy. [WLKY]
What are you doing this Saturday from 10:00 [...]

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There will be 351 new layoffs at the Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant next month, according to a report at WAVE-TV’s website.
The Fern Valley Road plant, which makes Ford Explorers,  has a workforce of 1,450. WAVE’s source is UAW Local 862 building chair Steve Stone, who said the union is working to save some of the [...]

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The struggles in the auto industry are hitting home today — nearly 400 workers at Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant are being laid off. The plant has about 1,500 employees, but many have been working only every other week as a result of an earlier union concession.
Demand for Ford Explorers is way down, and Ford recently [...]

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