Have you seen the silliness the Dahlem Family, Davis Electronics and a few uptight white people in Mockingbird Valley are pushing via Bob Gunnell? Save 42 dot org HAHAHA. Because adding sidewalks in an urban neighborhood is a terrible idea. Can’t be having the poors and the non-whites walking any closer to their precious homes. [...]

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In what world is it “controversial” to make Brownsboro Road a three-laner with SIDEWALKS? Are people crazy in this town or what? A controversial plan to make Brownsboro Road three lanes through part of Clifton and Clifton Heights and add a sidewalk to improve safety on the north side across from Kroger will be among [...]

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It’s Holiday Week or whatever so we’re going to be somewhat sporadic through the end of the year. There’ll still be a few good stories this week so be sure to check back during sober, non-bourbon periods of your days. Or, heck, even during your bourbon-filled binges. Happy Monday. The New York Times knows what’s [...]

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Earlier this week, we questioned Jerry Abramson’s claim that he supported neighborhoods in Louisville. The folks at KDP had a mini-meltdown over it but everyone who lives in a Louisville neighborhood was able to remember what Jerry did and didn’t do for neighborhoods while he was the queen bee in the Commonwealth’s largest city. The [...]

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Really, is Rubbertown repeating history? Residents of the area we speak with sure seem to think so. Take, for instance, the August 1965 explosion(s) at the DuPont chemical plant that killed at least eleven workers. We’ve heard a few stories from folks who lived near the Lee’s Lane landfill, where DuPont allegedly trucked barrels of [...]

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Seriously: CLICK TO ENLARGE She rode around on an electric Hustler Zeon Lawn Mower at the Billy Goat Hill Community Garden to show off the latest in green technology. “This is a very important day for the district as we move forward with our Green Triangle initiative,” said Ward-Pugh. “If we are serious about being [...]

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What happens when a single Metro Government department is such a corrupt, embarrassing mess that next to everything can be blamed on it? You have Greg Fischer come in and rename the department – like that’ll change anything at all. We’re beginning to think Greg gets everything he knows from reading random books about business [...]

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Our thoughts are with Sheryl Edelen, one of those, we hear, 36 axed at the Courier-Journal. We really liked her work. So much for neighborhoods coverage. UPDATE: Errr. Holy jeebers. 50 people got the axe. That’s 145 people since 2008.

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This is Germantown according to Gus Ballard. Funny, that’s exactly how we envision Germantown. [Broken Sidewalk] Vicki Aubrey Welch & Barbara Shanklin (and a few others, ugh, too many to type) said last week that they plan to participate in the Metro furlough. [Press Releases] Jockey Michael Baze died of an accidental overdose of cocaine [...]

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A new water company report shows that the Louisville Water Company meets standards. [WFPL] Why is the United States suffering such horrible unemployment numbers? Is this story a look at the reason(s)? [The Economist] Preservationists want a 60-day hold on the bulldozing of Iron Quarter. At least no one is relying on Greg Fischer for [...]

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