What we have here is a big difference in opinion. Here’s some point-counterpoint. Jerry Abramson says he needed Rick Johnstone and Jane Driskell to save the city by working on the budget, so he made a deal and paid them, and didn’t allow them to take vacation. So some extra vacation pay was in order, [...]

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The biggest news coming out of yesterday’s Dan Seum rally may not have been that the state’s majority caucus leader is considering dropping out to run for Mayor. It may be that Metro Councilman Doug Hawkins is gearing up for a run at the office, talking the same economic reality platform/what-has-Jerry-done-to-our-city rallying cry that Seum [...]

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We’ve wisely scheduled some late Friday afternoon bidness meetings. An Actual Pee Alert: Our favorite news story of the week.  A janitor in Clark County was caught by a hidden camera peeing on a court reporter’s chair. He’s facing some sort of charge. [WHAS-TV] Quarter Expired: Another long-time local restaurant has closed up. Check out [...]

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The Mayor loves this kind of power. As part of the creation of the bi-state authority that will surely pass in the Metro Council next week, Abramson gets to choose four people to be members of the authority. As members, they’ll have the power to come up with, along with a similar team from Indiana, [...]

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Things have slowed down a bit, but here’s what’s coming in to the newsroom: Making History With Stem Cells: Jewish and U of L are actually doing something together. Tomorrow they’ll put on a show announcing the first cardiac adult stem cell infusion procedure performed at Jewish Friday. The procedure is part of the first [...]

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We’re back again this week. And my favorite part of the segment? When Barry Bernsen has no idea about these internet tubes and struggles through our domain names, not realizing that Rick didn’t uncover the Daniel Mongiardo shenanigans. Check out the clip, though, as we hit on the Louisville mayoral race and the U.S. Senate [...]

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State Sen. Dan Seum just returned from an unplugged vacation in Georgia, and was greeted at his Fairdale home by a beeping answering machine. On it were messages encouraging him to jump in the Louisville race for Mayor in 2010. “We just got back,” he said. “We’re willing to take a look at it. I [...]

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Greg Fischer, whose first experience in campaign politics was a failed primary run against Bruce Lunsford last year, is the first candidate to make it official after Jerry Abramson’s big news this morning. “Louisville is at a crossroads as we consider new directions for the twenty-first century,” Fischer said in a news release. “Not only [...]

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Told ya we’d be back after the new owners of the CW lost their marbles. Jerry Abramson announces candidacy with Steve Beshear. Jim King, Greg Fischer, Steve Pence front-runners to be next mayor Kentucky’s largest city. Next time WDRB will actually display both graphics. And maybe they’ll spice things up a little? (They should also [...]

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Tune in this morning at 8:45 a.m. to the Fox41 Morning Show. We’ll be talking about the Mayor’s Race and all the political maneuverings involving Greg Fischer, Jim King, David Tandy, Tyler Allen, Steve Pence and maybe a player or two  to be named later. If that weren’t enough, it’s a big day for news. [...]

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