In this week’s LEO, I wrote a news piece about the Mint Jubilee, the Derby Eve party. Originally, I had intended to write simply about the fact that University of Louisville organizers had chosen to exclude from the financial beneficiaries of the event the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund, and that as a result, only […]

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Yes, we got some good entries in our little contest to win a copy of Shane Sellers‘ book, “Freedom’s Rein.” The winner is Jeff Ashley, who wrote the winning entry, which we’ve included below.

I just finished reading the book last night, and recommend it as a telling story about the struggles jockeys go through, and […]

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We’re Next: Last night’s Presidential Primary results in North Carolina and Indiana didn’t settle anything, so Kentucky gets a turn as a battleground state in the national race. Clinton’s margin in Indiana was razor-thin, while Obama blew her away in North Carolina. And despite the recent endorsement of Ben Chandler and enthusiastic crowds at office […]

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Our appearance on the CW’s Louisville Live was all about the Kentucky Derby and the weird shenanigans we call Kentucky politics:
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The whole town’s on happy pills. The weather’s finally cooperating, the news is dominated by stuff about horses and parties and everybody involved in advertising in any way will be at the track today for the Advertising Federation’s Day at the Downs.
(Thanks to our friends at the CW, so will The ‘Ville Voice!)

Even Steve Beshear […]

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