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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Governor Steve Beshear was just on Francene. “Quite honestly, Francene, I got a little chuckle out of it. It’s amazing the ingenuity of folks and what they can do these days… it is cut and pasted and spliced.” He then compared the profanity-filled rant from Mongiardo it to the casino/slot machine mail piece of him. [...]

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A personal thanks to radio hostess with the most Francene for talking with my Public Speaking class last night at Brown Mackie College.  All those principles we’ve been talking about — confidence, knowing your material, making eye contact, etc. — she reinforced in a big way. Media Trouble, Part 1: Didn’t take long for one [...]

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by John LaFollette The ‘Ville Voice Correspondent In his opening remarks before the town hall meeting he hosted Wednesday night at Central High School to talk about health care reform, John Yarmuth said, “This isn’t about me.” For all the bad news he bore — to mostly antithetical ears, at that — he might as [...]

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The Louisville Bats’ contract with Clear Channel radio has been extended through 2013. Clear Channel GM Bill Gentry announced the contract extension during Francene’s show, broadcast from the Bats’ early game at Slugger Field. Bats’ games are broadcast on 790 WKRD-AM. Bats GM Dale Owens, discussing some upcoming potential attractions, said the team hopes to [...]

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There is news outside of basketball, like this… “Gloomy Jerry Abramson”: In his story about the soaring jobless rate, the C-J’s Joe Gerth used an adjective rarely used in connection with our upbeat chief. The news is gloomy — about 1 in 10 people can’t find a job. Don’t forget that Francene’s doing her radio [...]

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Time to quit filling out those brackets and get to work… Forde Takes the Cards: If you really want to be in-the-know about all this NCAA Tournament buzz – read Pat Forde’s column at ESPN. If you can’t wait until the end of the piece to know who he picks — we just told you. [...]

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Crit Luallen’s damning audit of Metro Housing in Louisville, the gay hate legislation in Frankfort, Francene and the JobJam this Saturday and Jim Bulleit speaking out. The first few seconds were cut off because the CW apparently can’t figure out how to start at 10:00 A.M. instead of a minute before, killing our TiVo.

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This week we focus on getting people jobs (we’re putting our money where our mouths are), crazy Doug Hawkins and bombs and all the shenanigans in Frankfort.

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Miss me on Francene yesterday? We discussed the Robert Felner scandal at the University of Louisville and his very recent indictment. CLICK HERE to stream it live and/or download the podcast.

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