Here’s another little investigation we missed last week. It’s more evidence that the pursuit of government money can be a handsomely rewarding, if illegal, occupation.
WLKY-TV’s Steve Burgin found out that $1.3 million in federal money had been paid to the Shiloh Baptist Revival Community Center in Parkland over a four-year period. The purpose was to […]

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Over at Page One, there’s a response from the University of Louisville administration to the Robert Felner scandal in the College of Education and Human Development.
In a letter to faculty, students and staff, President James Ramsey and Provost Shirley Willihnganz outline steps they’re taking to address the situation, but as Jake explains, it’s all spin. […]

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Ready for the next issue pitting the Metro Council against the Abramson administration?
Today the Council takes up the issue of what it says is up to $19.5 million lost in unspent housing grants that have been lost, forgotten or gone unclaimed. The money was supposed to go to projects like Project Warm, Lead Safe Louisville […]

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Finally, with Felner: The C-J gave us a three-week head start in covering the Robert Felner fiasco at U of L, but now has put together front-page stories back-to-back and even penned an editorial on the matter. Meanwhile, we can’t believe Pres. James Ramsey’s continued support of Felner in light of the controversy. […]

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Every media outlet in town knows about this story, but all are awaiting a finding from investigators at the Jefferson County Public Schools to report it.
Aren’t bloggers great?!
JCPS is investigating Dixie Elementary and its principal Adrian Sanford. JCPS won’t talk about specific allegations, and the charges can’t be released under open records laws until the […]

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Dyche’s Digs: John David Dyche takes a few broad swipes at Jerry Abramson in this morning’s C-J, blasting him for “arrogant obstructionism on libraries, shocking incompetence on housing grants and reckless haste on another huge downtown development subsidy.” Strong stuff. But he concludes correctly that no challenger appears to be on the horizon and Mayor […]

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Our sources on the University of Louisville scandal tell us today that the amount of funds in question has climbed to $17 million. In our story on Page One yesterday, we were able to identify the individual at the center of the investigation, describe the tense situation within the College of Education on Friday, and […]

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Kramer vs. Buthod: Looks like Kevin Kramer, chair of the Republican caucus, is still steamed about the way this whole library issue has come down. Today he got a letter published in the C-J criticizing library director Craig Buthod for not getting the big “master plan” finished like he said he would. So he’s going […]

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Ideal World: Wouldn’t it be great if all public officials had to undergo a thorough, public dissection of their performance every year. It sure reveals the officials’ ability not only to carry out duties with competence but their ability to perform under pressure. Yesterday at the Metro Council chambers, we saw the director of Housing […]

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