Are your tax dollars being used for a private event featuring Greg Fischer? Here’s the 2012 Leadership Louisville Luncheon featuring ” Mayor Kevin Johnson of Sacramento and Mayor Fischer’s 25-year plan.” It’s $75 to get in or $1,200 for a table. Now for the sponsors. LG&E/KU is the “Presenting sponsor” and these are the rest: [...]

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Just a reminder that Greg Fischer actually wants to raise your taxes. And it’s not even a Republican lie. He truly does, with a local option sales tax, making the things you buy cost even more. [Business Lexington] One has to wonder how Richard Beliles can file an ethics complaint against Barbara Shanklin and her [...]

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Another duh moment for Metro Government: a judge says firefighters deserve back pay. Louisville metro government likely owes millions of dollars in back interest to more than 100 retired city firefighters shorted on their pension payments since 1985, a Jefferson County judge has ruled. Should have listened to common sense and Ann Oldfather. Should have [...]

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That’s right – TARC’s board decided to approve across-the-board fare increases beginning July 1. From a TARC release: TARC’s Board of Directors today approved across-the-board fare increases that will take effect July 1 to help offset a projected $4.6 million deficit. The base fare for a one-way trip will increase from $1.50 to $1.75 and [...]

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TARC wants to raise its rates again and several public meetings have been set for public input: Tuesday, May 15 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. — Metro Development Center — 444 S. Fifth St. 1:30 – 5 p.m. — TARC Headquarters — Union Station — 1000 W. Broadway Wednesday, May 16 11 a.m. – 1 [...]

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Have you seen this sad Brooks Wicker campaign against John Yarmuth? The amount in his campaign war chest is less than Frankfort folks spend on hookers in a given five-minute period of time. It’s just sad watching his campaign. Sad. [WFPL] Sorry, Louisville’s great, just not the “most compassionate city in the world.” When will [...]

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No, the Kings are not moving to Louisville. Quit holding your breath and believing that hype. [Click the Clicky] Don’t you find it hilarious that the only people attacking the addition of a sidewalk in an area sorely in need of pedestrian traffic is someone at an elitist hair salon run by people who drive [...]

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The Kentucky Retirement Systems and Greg Fischer’s very own Tommy Elliott have some serious problems on their hands. Check out this massive CYA acid trip. [Page One] Greg Fischer will announce just how large the city’s deficit is today. Massive cuts will take place. Meanwhile, he’s still hiring friends at $100,000 a pop and doling [...]

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Today at 2:30, John Yarmuth, Greg Fischer and TARC folks will hold a presser at Union Station to discuss “results and funding regarding TARC’s frequent service routes featuring buses that arrive every 15 minutes at stops.” TARC says that trips along its two busiest routes (Preston/Dixie and Broadway/Bardstown) have jumped by 20% since February, when [...]

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Does anyone in the Louisville metro area have warehouse space they’d be interested in providing to No Kill Louisville for its food bank? If so, please get in touch with Jake. [Contact Jake] Regardless of what happens today with the University of Louisville Hospital merger decision, Kentuckians will still be screwed. You already expect it, [...]

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