Everybody is apparently pissed over whatever Christopher 2X said on the teevee. [FOX41]

Morgan McGarvey will win this race with the endorsements his daddy got him. Without daddy, Crit and Jack wouldn’t know who Morgan is. [C-J/AKN]

Do you have faith that “Metro leaders” will be able to put a plan into place to stop all the violence in Louisville? [WAVE3]

From the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet: As mandated by the Kentucky Legislature, uninsured motorists across the Commonwealth will begin receiving notices in June that registrations for their personal vehicles will be canceled if they do not obtain required insurance or show proof of existing insurance. [Press Release & More Info]

West End residents are less than happen about the spree of recent shootings, to say the least. But this doesn’t mean the West End is the only place crimes are being committed. [WHAS11]

Louisville is apparently the 18th most miserable city in the United States of America. Are you surprised? [Business Insider]

WLKY’s teevee people – since it’s hype week – say they have: “uncovered serious gaps in metro Louisville’s first-response system where hundreds of people in dire medical emergencies did not get help in time to save them.” Forgive us for being skeptical about anything Neal Richmond has to say and any blame he places on the Fire Department. He’s not in Louisville often enough to know what’s going on. [WLKY]

Read this story from June 2000. You’ll have Butchertown-Swift flashbacks like woah. [Pulitzer]

Almost nobody is going to go vote on Tuesday. All those television advertising dollars? Completely wasted. [H-L]

Why is it Boy Scouts get to camp out all over the place but the city’s homeless aren’t permitted to do so? [C-J/AKN]

The economy is still struggling to gain momentum, though long-term trends remain expansionary, the Conference Board declared, as it reported that its index of leading economic indicators dipped in April for the first decline since September. [Business First]

Will anybody ride their bike in to work today? You know, the handful of people who have jobs? Or are they all afraid of getting shot up? Maybe they’re just afraid of dying on the 2nd Street Bridge or Lower Brownsboro? [WFPL]

We’re still wondering when that compassion will be exercised by his administration when it comes to whistleblowers, unwanted animals, MSD, LWC, the homeless and everyday taxpayers looking for promised transparency.

Maybe Barbara Shanklin should have thought about both nepotism and her grandson’s shenanigans before hiring him. Her pleas fall on deaf ears at this point. [WFPL]

Check out this crazy guy who attacked a man in District Court with a three-foot tree limb. [FOX41]

Here’s a nice look at how Louisvillians will be screwed by the Louisville Water Company and Metro Sewer District. BEND OVER AND GRAB YOUR ANKLES! [C-J/AKN]

Louisville really is Possibility City. Because there’s a distinct possibility that you’re going to be found shot to death. [WAVE3]

Lexington is trying like crazy to be just like Louisville. That town has gone so far as to start killing pedestrians on a daily basis. [H-L]

What would you do if you found a strange man in your house at 4:00 A.M. only wearing a shirt? [WHAS11]

Is Thomas Massie a big time jobs creator? Not so much. And he’s following directly in Rand Paul’s hypocritical footsteps. [Page One Here & Here]

WLKY is playing captain obvious this week. The latest hyped up story is about how many uninsured drivers there are on the roads. [WLKY]

For real – Lexington’s financial future is called bleak. It’s absolutely trying to mimic everything Louisville does. [Business First]

Metro Animal Services says it wants to find who shot and killed this dog. We’re more worried about finding someone who can actually run Metro Animal Services without killing a thousand animals each month. [More FOX41]

If the state legislature approves this LWC-MSD merger? You can just start bending over right now. It won’t save consumers any cash but will certainly make it easier for people like Bud Shart… her… Schardein to pocket mountains of cash. [84WHAS]

Bloomberg Philanthropies today announced a $24 million initiative to fund Innovation Delivery Teams that help mayors effectively design and implement solutions to pressing city challenges. The three-year initiative will fund teams, comprised of high-performing staff, in five cities: Atlanta, Chicago, Louisville, Memphis, and New Orleans. To meet each city’s impact goals in priority areas, these teams will generate innovative solutions, develop implementation plans, and manage progress towards defined targets.

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In Memphis and Louisville, the teams will implement new job-growth strategies.

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“My goal as mayor is to create an entrepreneurial culture in Louisville that focuses on innovation and breakthrough ideas,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said. “This grant helps our city make a giant leap toward that goal.”

Greg Fischer gave 25% of that money to Lexington and is allowing Jim Host to play with it:

Jim Host, a trusted and proven community leader, has agreed to chair the initiative. The mayors and Mr. Host are assembling a small board of directors composed of business leaders from both communities to oversee the project. Mr. Host has asked Paul Costel, president of Chase Bank’s Kentucky market, to chair an Advisory Committee which will help raise $250,000 to provide capital for the project. In addition, Mayor Fischer has committed 25 percent of the recently announced Bloomberg Grant for Innovation to the Bluegrass Economic Advancement Movement.

So where is that Bloomberg money now? And why, exactly, would a city in such dire straits as Louisville give 25% of it to Lexington? Whiskey Row Preservation nightmare, TARC cuts left and right, city agencies operating in the red.

Will Jim Host tuck tail and run when the money runs out – just as he did with the arena?

Possibility City!

Quick, everybody freak out! The teevee did a story about toxic mold in Louisville buildings and that means we’re all gonna die. But let’s get real: Greg Fischer and his staff need to comment on this immediately. What a farce. [FOX41]

The grandson of Louisville Metro Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin, who works as a legislative aide in her council office, is a fugitive after he failed to show up for a court hearing Tuesday on a domestic violence charge. [C-J/AKN]

Here’s your senator, Rand Paul, backing a campaign that shows a gun pointed at President Barack Obama. [HuffPo]

Here’s how the out-of-town papers are looking at the University of Louisville’s decision to jack tuition up another six percent. [H-L]

Here’s a fun new game. Let’s see how many pedestrians can die in Louisville each week. By car, TARC bus, train, whatever. [WAVE3]

Attica Scott is questioning Greg Fischer’s latest move. She’s right about Greg disliking criticism so much that he’ll do anything he can to silence it. [WFPL]

Why is it, exactly, WHAS11 is still allowing reporters with personal connections to Bob Gunnell to do stories about the Brownsboro Road sidewalk? Joe Arnold will likely lose his shit because he’s being questioned but it’s a serious concern and shows a real lack of journalistic integrity. [WHAS11]

Jeffersonville Mayor Mike Moore’s administration claims the city’s two-year insurance contract with Preferred Health Plan is invalid. [Business First & News & Tribune]

The number of suicides is growing in Louisville and in Kentucky. Maybe because everything is puppies and rainbows these days and everybody has a high-paying job. [WLKY]

Here comes Metro Animal Services cutting back the hours it is open to the public. Because that’ll raise adoption numbers and prevent unnecessary euthanasia. [C-J/AKN]

These are the terrific medicaid provider nightmares you have to look forward to when Passport is broken up. [H-L]

Yesterday, LG&E announced the retirement of Chip Keeling as Vice President of Communications. His replacement will be Chris Whelan. Guess that little incident turned out to be a problem. [Press Release]

Let’s see how East End White Fear impacts the Brownsboro Road sidewalk project. Yes, East End White Fear. [FOX41]

Here’s your friend, Jim Peden, once again trying to mess with housing code. First, he didn’t want to be around poor people. Now? He doesn’t want Louisville to grow. [C-J/AKN]

John Yarmuth doesn’t hate the gays: “As a strong supporter of marriage equality, I am proud that President Obama has joined the millions of Americans committed to equal rights and fairness for all our citizens,” Yarmuth said. “This is a historic day for loving and committed gay and lesbian couples and their families across our country.” [Press Release]

You can’t even send your kids to school in Fern Creek these days without gun fears. [WAVE3]

Even Clear Channel’s Mandy Connell knows the gays aren’t second-class citizens. [Twitter]

Other media outlets should sack up and point out that Wes Jackson is clueless when it comes to integrity and standards of, you know, other media outlets. WFPL’s folks did so on Twitter but didn’t on their own site. [WFPL]

Here’s a solid look at Sarah Lynn Cunningham, the non-establishment candidate who has spent her entire life fighting against corruption. Her role as MSD whistleblower is still major. [CN|2]

Be honest. Did you roll your eyes a little bit when you learned Jim Host had resigned as chairman of the arena authority? [C-J/AKN]

Greg Fischer is really mad at people who camp out and complain about him. So he’s going to “ban” them. Because his time couldn’t be better spent focusing on the city’s actual needs. [WFPL]

A grand jury indicted three men Wednesday on murder and other felony charges in the weekend death of a Frankfort man, Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton said. [H-L]

Louisville’s tourist economy would be much more healthy if it focused on the rest of the state instead of just Louisville. You wouldn’t believe how impossible it’s been to get places like the Science Center and Belle of Louisville to realize there are people who live in the rest of the state with lots of cash and no idea Louisville exists. [Business First]

Metro Police are searching for the person who shot and killed a man in front of a liquor store in West Louisville. [FOX41]

The bourbon had been stashed away and the hats returned to closets by the time someone found a groomer’s body inside a barn at Churchill Downs, hours after the running of America’s most famous horse race. [H-L]

Local television reporters are literally pissing their pants over the New Albany serial killer or whatever and now they’re claiming “exclusives.” [WAVE3]

Adam Edelen says he’s going to review micro-government groups like lie-berries, sewer and fire districts. [Ryan Alessi]

On a scale of one to ten, how much of a hot mess is this VA hospital nightmare becoming? Now there are lawsuits involved. [WHAS11]

Really, this poor girl’s “interview” of Jerry Abramson at the Kentucky Derby is one of the most painful things we’ve ever seen. [Page One]

Bend over and grab your ankles! The Louisville Water Company and Metro Sewer District still want to team up to make it hurt. [Business First]

The wife of the lone survivor of a 2006 plane crash in Lexington that killed 49 people says after the crash, her husband studied the victims. [WLKY]

Folks love to hate David Williams and some of that hate is well-deserved. But he helped make this thing in Louisville happen. [C-J/AKN]

Okay, which Jefferson County Public Schools reject will they hire next? Candidates looking to become the next Superintendent of Greater Clark County Schools are being interviewed this week. [WFPL]

We’re glad Angie Fenton wasn’t on crazy crack during spoke with Jerry Mayor McCheese Abramson.

Are you ready for this fancy Ben Sollee documentary? Get ready because it’s on its way. [Wooden Box]

For most people, there’s life despite the Kentucky Derby and a few reporters were bored out of their minds. In fact, many people in Louisville leave town every year just to avoid the mess. [FOX41]

The 138th running of the Kentucky Oaks and Kentucky Derby races, and all the activities surrounding those events, brought plenty of attention to Louisville over the last few days. [Business First]

This disgusting woman who stole from her ill father can now have her ass handed to her by elder abuse legislation passed last year in Frankfort. [WAVE3]

Just what Churchill Downs needs right after the Kentucky Derby. A murder that makes international news. [Reuters & C-J/AKN]

Churchill Downs says the crowd for the Kentucky Derby topped 165,000 people and 112,000 showed up for Oaks. Wagering on Oaks totaled $35.9 million. [WHAS11]

You may want to find out if you have outstanding parking tickets so you don’t get the boot. [Click the Clicky]

Apparently a lot of celebrities came to Louisville for the Kentucky Derby. Thank goodness the city looks clean once per year for a two week period. [WLKY]

The utility task force studying a potential collaboration between the Metropolitan Sewer District, Louisville Water Company and Metro Public Works is nearing the end of its work. Which basically means nothing. [WFPL]

Really? You’re still pretending your local Clear Channel station isn’t absolute right-wing hype? [84WHAS]

Kentucky’s efforts to overhaul its public education system are being put to their first test. [H-L]

You also know that the credibility of Sears’ AFSCME 2629 union steward – the son of a Fischer Administration employee responsible for human resources work – has been questioned by this site and others. Primarily based on videos he’s posted on YouTube – by him. You’re also likely familiar with the nasty things they’ve said and done to Sears as a result of his honesty.

So what’s happening now? AFSCME 2629 is threatening Sears with legal action.

Get a load of this letter they sent him:

Dear Mr Sears

I am writing on behalf of AFSCME Local 2629 to demand that you immediately cease and desist from publicly defaming Union steward Nick Keene. As a Union attorney I am sorry to learn of your recent discipline and assure you that the Union will take every step to ensure that the collective bargaining agreement is defended but, we will not tolerate the false and unfair statements you have made about its steward

A person commits defamation in Kentucky when he makes a defamatory statement about the plaintiff that is published and causes injury to reputation (Stringer v,Wal-Mart Stores inc 151 S,W.3d 791,793 9ky.2004) Defamatory statements published on websites are actionnable and if made about Mr. Keen will be addressed by the Union.

Please note the we will initiate a legal action to defend Mr. Keen should you choose to ignore this demand if you have any questions feel free to call or write.

Very truly yours

David O’Brien Suetholz

Cc: Wesley Stover

Note: Stover is the president of Local 2629

No specifics were included – because there are none. And because Local 2629 knows it not only can’t prove Sears defamed his union steward – it can’t do anything to get the egg off its face.

What’s interesting, really, is that we’ve reviewed all comments Sears has left on this site and everything that’s been written about Nick Keene – the union steward. From YouTube videos of him pretending to be some gangster thug to comments left by other Metro Government employees, next to nothing has been said about him that wasn’t based on his job title, his responsibilities as a union steward or the things he said in videos that he posted. The only nasty comments we’ve found come from Keene, comments his friends attempted to leave and those left by Nancy Ray as she pretended to be someone else. All were attacking Sears, defaming him, fabricating information that we were able to prove inaccurate – all in an attempt to further tarnish him, harm his credibility and retaliate against him for uncovering the corruption and deceit within the Metro Parks system.

2629 should be ashamed. The entire operation has floundered since Greg Frazier left the Local to work on the state level in Frankfort.

The absolute best thing that could happen right now? The union could sue Sears and open not only itself up for deposition – but all of the shady Metro Government and various Metro Parks employees involved. Can you imagine how many buttholes in Greg Fischer’s office are puckering at the mere thought of that?

Since last night, three prominent attorneys have reached out. One a former elected official with more respect in the court system than most anyone in the state. It’s only a matter of time until an attorney who isn’t afraid of Fischer Administration retaliation decides to push this case of whistleblowing and retaliation.

It’s the perfect opportunity for Republicans to pick their Democratic foes off one by one and you know it’ll happen.

If you’re an attorney who wants to do the right thing? Email me (Jake) privately and directly. I’ll put you in touch with Sears.