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Time To Wake Up From Your Thursday Eve Stupor

August 6th, 2010 · No Comments

The Second Annual Golden Poo Awards end today. If you haven’t made nominations in each category, time is running out! Only open through Sunday. [Page One]
Cordish is notorious for discriminating on the basis of race. You surprised that they’re getting sued in Kansas City? [Fat Lip]
Ryan Alessi’s fancy new U.S. Senate poll [...]

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Tags: Art · Automobile · Awards · Contests · Cordish · Discrimination · Frankfort Ave. · Jack Conway · Legal · Oops · Polls · Scandal · Senate Race · Sex

Abramson Administration Plagued With Lawsuits

June 9th, 2010 · 6 Comments

Former Metro Corrections employees are suing Metro Government. Jerry Abramson’s crew are directly involved. And before Jerry’s staff tries to dismiss everything? The plaintiff’s attorney is Andrew Horne, a guy doesn’t say or do anything he’s not 100% behind and extremely confident in. [Bennett Haeberle]
The annual Taste of Frankfort Avenue will take [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Dining · Frankfort Ave. · Jerry Abramson · LG&E · Library · Metro Council · Metro Government · Taxes

Tina Ward-Pugh Comes For Meemaw & Poppop

May 6th, 2010 · 10 Comments

Tina Ward-Pugh invaded Frankfort Avenue a couple days ago in an attempt to round up all the old people.
Here she is making an announcement about rounding them up:

Here are the orange cans the old people will be stuffed in:

And here’s a shot of the cans being emptied into the old people truck:

We applaud the 9th [...]

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Tags: Frankfort Ave. · Metro Council · Possibility City

Wakey Wakey Powdered Eggs N Faux Bakey

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments

Is Kentucky losing its horse supremacy? A major publication wonders. [TIME]
Today at 11:00 Jim King will announce his FOP and other endorsements at Metro Corrections Lodge 77. [Media Advisory]
Ruh ro. Chief Robert White may be out of the running for the Dallas po-leece job. [C-J]
Steve Wilson & Laura Lee Brown bought the Hermitage [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Chris Thieneman · Frankfort Ave. · Horse Industry · Indiana · Jim King · Kentucky Derby · LG&E · LMPD · Mayor's Race 2010 · Ohio River Bridges · Oops · Police

Yet Another Bridges Alternative Floated About

March 3rd, 2010 · 5 Comments

This guy says we should build several local access bridges to alleviate traffic concerns. Basically, there’s no way I can summarize everything so you’ll want to read about it yourself. And it’s too little, too late. [Click the Clicky]
E.ON may be considering the sale of LG&E. How bout them apples? [...]

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Tags: Business · Frankfort Ave. · LG&E · Mayor's Race 2010 · Ohio River Bridges · Radio

Tuesday Morning Dept of Mean John Yarmuth

March 2nd, 2010 · 2 Comments

How’s this for an ironic headline? “Titanic exhibit nearing end of successful run.” Thanks to an astute reader for picking up on this. [ C-J]
Does Louisville really need a history museum? [Broken Sidewalk]
John Yarmuth is so mean and scary! How dare he speak ill toward senile Jim Bunning. Heh. [WAVE3]
Nerd Alert: [...]

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Tags: Courier-Journal · Frankfort Ave. · John Yarmuth · Neighborhoods · Politics · Senate Race

Friday Morning Dept of Vote For Tina

February 26th, 2010 · No Comments

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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Tags: Democrats · East Downtown Bus. Assoc. · Frankfort Ave. · Greg Stumbo · Metro Council · Metro Government · Neighborhoods · Politics · Wayside Mission

Something Tells Me Nobody’s Working Today

February 10th, 2010 · No Comments

Come on, folks, let’s spill the beans about proposals for the Portland & Frankfort firehouses. Reusing these properties is going to be great for our city. [Sheldon Shafer]
Today the Louisville and Southern Indiana Bridges Authority will meet at 10:00 A.M. to hear public comments and to discuss it’s next meeting. [Press Release]
What? Louisville’s [...]

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Tags: Frankfort Ave. · Kentucky Derby · Metro Council · Metro Government · Ohio River Bridges · Parks · State Government · Weather

Monday Morning Makes Me Miss The Weekend

February 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments

Allow me to get personal for a moment: I think John Varanese is hands-down one of the best chefs in the city. Very rarely can I walk into a higher end establishment and ask the chef to prepare two vegetarian meals on the fly and actually get something worth eating. He and his [...]

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Tags: Alcohol · Cordish · Dining · Education · Frankfort Ave. · Jack Conway · Metro Government · Movies · Senate Race · Six Flags · University of Louisville

Tuesday Morning’s a Good Time To Give Back

January 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment

The 12th Annual Louisville Jewish Film Festival is February 13-21. [JCC]
Nope, Louisville still doesn’t have a crime problem. Not at all. [C-J]
What’s the future of the old Cafe Mimosa have in store for the Highlands? [Broken Sidewalk]
Dare to Care’s Kids Cafe is expanding to five nights per week to feed youth at risk [...]

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Tags: Charity · Crime · Dining · Frankfort Ave. · Highlands · Jim King · Mayor's Race 2010 · Movies · Senate Race · Trey Grayson · Youth

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