A 14-year metro police officer resigns before the police chief could fire him in a misconduct case that stretched more than a year. Chief Steve Conrad told WDRB News that 4th division Ofc. David Graham quit Wednesday afternoon. [WDRB] Comcast and Time Warner Cable may be two of the largest cable and Internet providers in [...]

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Mayor Greg Fischer has closed the door on any new tree protection ordinance or even a stop-gap, “no-net-loss” tree policy — at least for now. Fischer sent his economic development director Ted Smith to the Louisville Metro Tree Commission meeting yesterday evening — the first since the commission questioned the mayor’s resolve on his pledge [...]

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Derp, raising taxes was a bad idea to begin with. But no one can fault Tina Ward-Pugh for starting an important discussion about housing. [C-J/AKN] What, there are mouth-breathing bigots in Mt. Washington? You don’t say! A proposed Islamic cemetery is causing some concern in Mt. Washington. [WDRB] Have you checked the various scores for [...]

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Last week we highlighted Rand Paul’s new 272-page book called The Tea Party Goes To Washington. It officially hits shelves today but I was fortunate enough to able to give it a read during a super-difficult time last week. My favorite portion of the book is Chapter 5 – Ready For Prime Time? – Here’s [...]

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Congratulations to Jim Milliman for retiring from law to be Rand Paul’s state director. Jim’s well-known for debating John Yarmuth on the teevee and for representing Brown & Williamson against Wigand. Remember the movie that was made about it? This is a terrific move for Rand Paul. [Press Release] You know I have a nerd [...]

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Yesterday the Office of the Attorney General released results from its election fraud hotline. [Page One] Oh, wait for it! Not content with losing, Jack Conway YET AGAIN blamed his massive loss on money. Despite having millions upon millions of dollars. Whiny ass titty baby passing the buck. If money was an issue, he would [...]

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This morning I mentioned that Mark Riddle, Jack Conway’s top consultant and disastrous strategist, was 0 for 2. Guess what? He’s actually 0 for 4. He lost the Eaton and Reynolds state senate races in landslides. I’m sorry for being mistaken and that things were twice as bad as I initially suggested. Entirely my fault. [...]

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What do you think of Jerry Abramson Jr? He’s your new mayor. I’m still shocked that Fischer didn’t win by more.  I said all along that he’d win, but I thought it’d be by more. And how crazy is it that Lexington got an openly gay mayor before Louisville? [Deep Mayoral Thoughts] Here’s how things [...]

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At 6:05 this morning there was a 20-minute wait at my polling location. What were things like in your neck of the woods? Any hiccups? [Deep Voting Thoughts] Here’s an in-depth report from the radio people about Louisville’s mayoral front-runners. [WFPL] The number of food stamp recipients in Kentucky only dropped slightly in September. This [...]

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Anyone else notice that Greg Fischer has altered his response ad and is running it like crazy? Changed from “the A Kentucky Newspaper shoes Fischer refused to make any deals at all” to “the A Kentucky Newspaper says Fischer behaved appropriately”? Since the paper ran its ad watch bit that said Greg did make a [...]

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