Tyler Allen, the 8664.org organizer and a constant thorn in Mayor Jerry Abramson’s side, said today that he’s “leaning very strongly” toward filing to run for the Mayor’s job in 2010. Thus far, businessman Greg Fischer and Metro Council president David Tandy have announced their candidacies, and we hear that Jim King, the former Metro [...]

[Read more →]

At least the Metro Council is trying to make sure the million-dollar giveaway of taxpayer money doesn’t happen again. Jim King, the Council’s budget committee chairman and rumored candidate for Mayor, is preparing an ordinance to be introduced next week that will require any project financed with taxpayer dollars to be subject to open records [...]

[Read more →]

WHAS-TV spent most of its Noon newscast promoting a Renee Murphy interview with Jerry Abramson, part of the station’s “Ask the Mayor” segment. That station wants viewers to contribute questions for Jerry.  The promotion touted the fact that the station planned to ask the Mayor about the Cordish controversy. Of course, this was live TV.  [...]

[Read more →]

Cordish corruption and ridiculous confidentiality agreements, Chris Thieneman threatening to sue the city, Gilles Meloche and Metro Animal Services, David Tandy, Greg Fischer, Jim King, Steve Pence doubts. Check it out. Thanks, Fox 41, for using sad footage of puppies to make everyone cry!

[Read more →]

That Would Be a Nice Look: Check out the idea for a park in the middle of East Market Street. A hundred years ago, it was a park, and now visionaries want to bring that look back. [Broken Sidewalk] We’ll Just Bike, Thank you: The Mayor’s Office announced plans for its Labor Day Hike & [...]

[Read more →]

Steve Beshear and Jerry Abramson announced today that five individuals will serve on a negotiating team to talk with counterparts in Indiana to get the $4.1 billion Ohio River Bridges Project going. It’s the first of many steps involved, with the goal ultimately to establish a bi-state authority that would have seven members, four named [...]

[Read more →]

Really. Check it: Louisville Metro Council President David Tandy said he will enter the race for mayor on Monday when he files paperwork that will allow him to start raising money for the 2010 race. -SNIP- Tandy, D-4th, said he planned to announce his intentions Sunday morning at the 9:40 a.m. service at St. Stephen [...]

[Read more →]

Here’s some of the stuff we’re learning about Dr. Gilles Meloche, the director of Metro Animal Services, and the recent winner of a Golden Poo award from us. The category: Worst Example of Total Incompetence from a Local or State Official in an Appointed Post. He earned that dubious award for a string of bad [...]

[Read more →]

Last Friday, some interested parties from Louisville hopped a plane to Baltimore, where they paid a visit to the corporate headquarters of the Cordish Companies on East Pratt Street. From what we hear, the Louisville contingent was welcomed in and given plenty of records to pore over. Metro Council president David Tandy, economic development chief [...]

[Read more →]

Jack Conway, on Francene’s show this morning, says he’s forwarding all the information he’s collected in the gas price-gouging investigation to the Federal Trade Commission. Conway says he’s talked with the FTC chairman, who agreed to take a look at the case. Conway believes prices are higher here because of a lack of competition on [...]

[Read more →]