Remember Robert Felner’s partner in crime, Thomas Schroeder? He gets to keep his position as president of a school board. Despite a federal indictment. Despite a clear cut role in, you know, defrauding schools. Good job, Riverdale, Illinois. [Quad-City Times]
The stalled Legacy Lofts project is about to see new life in downtown. Check out [...]

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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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Just a heads-up for those not regularly reading Page One.
Your best friend, coal shill Steve Beshear, is pulling some shiz in Frankfort today:
What could Governor Steve Beshear do to ruin I Love Mountains Day and draw necessary attention away from the anti-mountaintop removal gathering?
Why, work to arrange and promote another gathering at the exact same [...]

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Jerry Abramson is in Washington, D.C. to participate in a Brookings Institution forum on sustainable communities. It’s a shame he’ll have no idea what he’s talking about. But I bet he screams that Louisville is the “16th largest city” about a thousand times. Or maybe he’ll talk about his record of killing local [...]

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Cordish Companies guy a Jack Abramoff associate? Indicted for tax evasion? How did we miss this level of corruption? It’s time for this city to wake up. [Check It Out]
Did you see the video of protesters outside Humana last week? Calling out Mitch McConnell’s allegiance to private health insurers. [LEO's Fat [...]

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Here’s this week’s big Friday at 4:30 story — Gov. Steve Beshear has called for a special session to deal with the predicted $996 million shortfall in the next fiscal year budget.  The session will begin June 15.
That anticipated report from the state’s economic forecasters is just as bad as politicians were predicting –  nearly [...]

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OK. You know all that stuff you’ve been saying you’d get to after Derby? Now you’ve got to get to it.
Final Furlong: My good friend Mark Hebert ended his TV news career working the paddock at Churchill Downs over the weekend. I’m going to miss all those news tips (though he actually didn’t give the [...]

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Nights Out For Racing: Churchill Downs is floating the idea of night-time racing for three dates during the spring meet. The plan is to test the concept on three Friday nights in late June/early July, with the track using temporary lights. The races would end around 11. [Courier]
Raging On the Senate: Greg Stumbo says it [...]

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More Green for Green Projects: Today the Dept. of Energy announced that $25.3 million in federal funding is coming to Kentucky to help create jobs, save energy and conduct energy efficiency audits. Veep Joe Biden said it would be up to local leaders to be accountable for investing the money wisely. Uh oh. Check the [...]

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Ping Pong News: We try not to be cynical all the time, but how can we not chuckle at the press release we received today from city government. The Metro Council’s Dan Johnson is playing the director of the Beechmont Community Center this afternoon in ping pong on new tables that Johnson got for them. [...]

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