The city’s only black-owned newspaper wants the public to give feedback about African Americans serving on Metro Council and in other offices. Something tells us this isn’t going to go over so well. [WDRB] Several African-American lawmakers are concerned about a potential “pattern of disrimination” at Fourth Street Live after a former Louisville Cardinals basketball [...]

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Louisville Metro Council President Jim King woke up and finally decided to call for a divorce of CERS from Kentucky Retirement Systems: As president of the Metro Council, I have watched our city budget suffer due to exponentially increasing local pension costs that are dictated to us by our state legislators. But, unlike the state, [...]

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Waaaait, we thought Kentucky Kingdom was a state thing and had nothing to do with Metro Government? Here’s what Jim King had to say the other day when addressing the new year at Metro Council: “In 2013, we will be looking for solutions to reopen Kentucky Kingdom; continuing to improve transparency through continued study and [...]

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We spend a fair amount of time pointing out political flaws at The ‘Ville Voice and especially on Page One. So it should be a big deal when we point out an accomplishment like this. Let’s take a look at Jim King over the past couple years: And let’s look at him now: That is [...]

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Ford Motor Co. sold 197,249 vehicles in August, a 12.6 percent increase from the same month a year earlier. [Business First] Seems like only moments ago Joe Arnold was freaking out over these murals. Preservationists say they will do everything they can to preserve murals found in the sub-basement of a vacant Whiskey Row building [...]

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Since the original source behind all of the problematic stories about Katie King has died, we figure it’s a good idea to rehash some of them. With all the fresh traffic from A Kentucky Newspaper the past several weeks and as a result of their latest hit piece, it’s the perfect time for it. One [...]

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Has the woman no filter when it comes to conflict or the appearance of impropriety? Because the latest seems like a hot mess in the making. She’s currently got a defendant in her court who was arrested for allegedly trafficking more than five pounds of marijuana. And she knows this person – Mitch Brown – [...]

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Who will win the school board seat? David Jones or David Kaplan? Kaplan has the political network and experience and Jones has the money. Jones won’t take the time to get to know people and won’t take the right advice seriously. Kaplan gets frightened easily and runs in whatever direction his friends in Frankfort tell [...]

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Don’t hold your breath too long. A consulting firm says a high-speed passenger rail line that connects Louisville with Nashville, Atlanta and Jacksonville, Florida could be feasible. [WFPL] The mother of three of the victims involved in last week’s fatal day care van crash spoke out Thursday. [WLKY] This city can’t trust Metro Animal Services [...]

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We brought this up way back when (a few months ago) but it’s time to hit it again. First, some background: Kentucky Retirement Systems consists of ten separate pension and retiree health plans for three main groups: state employees and retirees (KERS), county and city employees (CERS) and state police (SPRS). CERS is the best-funded [...]

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