Okay, kids, which barns will Barbara Shanklin burn down within the Fischer Administration and within Jim King’s world once she’s toast? You know she’s sitting on a mountain of dirt. Louisville Metro Councilwoman Barbara Shanklin used city grant money to continue an upholstery training program that the mayor’s office had ordered shut down. [C-J/AKN] Sexytime [...]

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The Metro Parks review is out and it’s time to dig in. First, here are the review committee members: Larry Cashen — Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs Jim Beckett — CBDO, Frost Brown Todd Tanisha Hackett — Internal Auditor, University of Louisville Barbara Kalkhof — Internal Auditor (ret.), Louisville Metro Government Ingram Quick — Internal Auditor, [...]

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Thanks to a keen-eyed reader, we’ve been reminded of something! Remember the ultra-transparent and objective reviews of Metro Government departments? The Metro Parks review is apparently complete and senior staff have been notified. Will the public ever see it? Since we all know the drunk-driving director won’t be the scapegoat, let’s speculate about who’ll be [...]

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Here comes Greg Fischer pushing for a local option sales tax. It’ll go over about as well as the bungled library tax campaign – and probably not just because the library tax plan was jacked up and dishonest to begin it. [C-J/AKN] You can’t even go to Waterfront Park these days without getting attacked by [...]

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You’ll likely want to read this article about the cost of being number one in mountaintop removal. [The Hill] Nope, FOX41/WDRB still isn’t back on your teevee. Time Warner has way more money and power so you can bet the company will win. [FOX41] WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE OF THE GLOBAL WARMING!!!1! [WFPL] We hear [...]

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Ford Motor Co will pursue its boldest attempt yet to tackle a nearly $50 billion risk to its business when it begins offering lump-sum pension payout offers to 98,000 white-collar retirees and former employees this summer. [Reuters] Guess who got removed from Time Warner/Insight/Whatever Cable. Yep, WDRB/FOX41. [FOX41] The bonds issued to build the KFC [...]

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Lexington really is trying to be just like Louisville. Complete with exploding manhole covers and everything! [FOX41] Kentucky has the second highest rate in the nation of children living with relatives or close family friends instead of biological parents, according to a report from a national foundation released Wednesday. [H-L] Yep, just what Louisville needs, [...]

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Maybe people wouldn’t be freaking out about two tiny parking spots if Louisville were more pedestrian-friendly and more people walked to alleviate their fat problem? [C-J/AKN] A University of Louisville professor doesn’t believe rallies will end violence. Because guess what? They won’t. [FOX41] The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is not backing down on its promise [...]

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If you’ve been reading The ‘Ville Voice for any length of them, you’re familiar with the Metro Parks whistleblower – the guy who caught Parks director Mike Heitz repeatedly driving drunk in a city-owned vehicle. You’re familiar with the fact that Heitz was barely reprimanded and the whistleblower, Joey Sears, was terminated and retaliated against [...]

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More on the Metro Parks whistleblower shenanigans? Yes, of course. Lynn Fleming claims Joey Sears wasn’t speaking to his supervisor when he called in to work. Unfortunately, the guy most certainly was a supervisor: How the Assistant Director of Human Resources doesn’t know someone is a supervisor, we’ll never know. And, unfortunately for Fleming, telephone [...]

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