Why groups like the ASPCA and Humane Society take what they can and give nothing in return. [Nathan Winograd] Jim Mims, after a serious public shaming (Greg Fischer, too), had a change of heart on Occupy Louisville. But they forgot to notify the Occupy folks. [WFPL] Hurry and put up that pay wall, Gannett, so [...]

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Why the heck has the library foundation registered to lobby in Frankfort for the upcoming legislative session? This won’t end well. [Page One] The dang Ohio River Bridges Debacle probably isn’t going to happen because no one can make it happen. [C-J/AKN] The Cincinnasti Enquirer is gonna be printed in Columbus and will soon be [...]

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Woops? Billboards advertising this are all over Indianapolis: An excerpt: The Star’s corporate owner, Gannett, and its top executives have been cutting jobs in Indianapolis and reducing news coverage for years. Now, they’ve come up with another idea that puts cost-cutting ahead of what’s good for the newspaper and its community. Gannett wants to outsource [...]

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Greg Fischer appointed the first black auditor in city history. It’s a good move for Louisville on one front. [WFPL] Ruh ro – here come the big dogs calling Greg Fischer out for pulling a campaign finance bait and switch. [C-J/AKN] These folks in Los Angeles are crying about 18 dogs getting euthanized. They need [...]

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Greg Fischer campaigned on transparency and has spent the past year claiming to be the most transparent mayor in the country. Reality? He and his staff are working like mad to hide public documents, to obfuscate, to play pat-a-cake and be all-around difficult butt cramps when it comes to releasing information about their level of [...]

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You know what wasn’t mentioned in the morning paper? First-quarter furloughs. And the fact that this is the fifth round since 2009. Ruh ro: This will be the fourth consecutive time they’ve fallen in the first quarter, suggesting the company is now locked in a cycle of early-year furloughs as it struggles to deal with [...]

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You know your local newspaper does things like cover for its elected friends, trash legitimate critics, ignore reality and kill journalistic integrity. So this latest stunt of pushing advertising as journalism won’t surprise you: How Amex found the news coverage it wanted Gannett newspapers in 15 U.S. markets this month will publish short profiles of [...]

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Yesterday we discovered that Jack Conway has a huge hypocrisy problem on his hands. Seems he’s guilty of doing the same damn thing he and his pals are hitting Todd P’Pool for doing. Woopsiedaisy. [Page One] If Todd P’Pool had the sense to run against Jack Conway instead of trying to run against Barack Obama, [...]

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Sources inside the Courier-Journal tell us the paper was three hours late getting printed. Trouble apparently came from central computers from outsourced work. The problems also impacted the Des Moines Register. Here’s the kicker: the Register mentions the problems on its website and offers an alternative: CLICK TO ENLARGE But the AKN does not: CLICK [...]

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Yesterday the Republican Party of Kentucky hit back at Steve Beshear with a new web ad. It’s based in fact – which is strange for Republicans – but will it float? [Page One] Most people in the United States want a ban on smoking in public places, according to the latest polling data. [Reuters] Republican [...]

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