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Kentucky Really Dodged A Holiday World Bullet

April 15th, 2013 · No Comments

In the great words of Dubya, “Is our students learning?” A Jefferson County Public Schools teacher has been arrested after police say she sexually abused a student. [WDRB] After his horse Java’s War won the Toyota Blue Grass Stakes on Saturday at Keeneland, trainer Kenny McPeek, the old Tates Creek High School graduate, was asked [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Derby Festival · Dogs · Education · Guns · Horse Industry · Immigration · Indiana · JCPS · Mitch McConnell · Ohio River Bridges · Scandal · Transparency · University of Louisville

The Disastrous KRS Falls To 24% Funding Level

December 5th, 2012 · No Comments

At 11:00 A.M. today, Kentucky Retirement Systems reported that the KERS – the state’s largest fund for state employees – has the lowest funding ratio of any state plan in the entire country. That’s a whopping 24.5%. State officials, for some reason, weren’t aware of just how bad things are. We can chalk that up [...]

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Tags: Scandal · State Government · Transparency

More On How Jones Is Spending Campaign Cash

November 1st, 2012 · No Comments

Yesterday we showed you what David Jones is spending his money on. Since his campaign has refused – for whatever reason – to share itemized disbursement data? We’re going to go ahead and be, well, transparent for them. The goods: Andy Reynolds – Campaign Manager Services $6,000 Tessa McNair – Campaign Office Work $3,204 Dana [...]

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Tags: Education · JCPS · Politics · Transparency

What Is David Jones Spending All His Money On?

October 31st, 2012 · 4 Comments

Things like these generic, over-produced mail pieces: CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE CLICK TO ENLARGE Fun fact? All kinds of people who don’t live in the 2nd District are receiving his campaign material (that’s how we got our hands on them). Jones may well be the best man for the job [...]

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Tags: Education · JCPS · Politics · Transparency

Fischer Admin Hits Yet Another Whistleblower

October 11th, 2012 · 2 Comments

We’re closer and closer to hitting our goal and launching our new project. Consider helping make that happen. [Support Our New Project!] A Louisville high school student has been taken into custody after authorities say he threatened to kill school staff. [WDRB] Another day, another whistleblower scandal in Louisville Metro Government. This time involving a [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Business · Guns · Indiana · LMPD · Metro Government · Scandal · State Government · Transparency · Uncategorized · Youth

LMAS Dragging Open Records Feet Yet Again

July 20th, 2012 · 11 Comments

Louisville Metro Animal Services is dragging its feet on open records. Again. Someone who has been involved in animal care for quite a while requested the following information: All dogs that entered LMAS between 05/01/2012 and 07/01/2012 ID number Age Breed Intake type (surrender/stray/confiscation/et al) Date animal left LMAS and how it left (transfer to [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Metro Government · Transparency

Seems Like Louisville Hates Its New Cable Provider

July 16th, 2012 · 6 Comments

If you missed it last week, Kentucky Retirement Systems is now running in circles over currency criticism. [Page One] Police say they’ve arrested a woman responsible for more than a dozen burglaries in the Highlands. Police say this suspect did bizarre things during the crimes, even showering in one of the homes. [WHAS11] This is [...]

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Tags: Art · Cable · Crime · Highlands · Insight Comm. · Ohio River Bridges · South End · State Government · Transparency · WDRB · WLKY · Zoning

Greg Fischer Conveniently Ignored This Question

June 12th, 2012 · 10 Comments

Last night Greg Fischer held another one of his cyberse… internet chats. Here’s Greg throwing up what appears to be an almost shocker (?): Awkward. More awkward than listening to him try to talk to, well, anybody. But there was a question that conveniently remained unaddressed last night about LMEMS shenanigans/Bloomberg/getting spendy: Here’s the text [...]

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Metro Government · Transparency

Let’s Give Cordish Cos All Of Downtown Louisville

May 9th, 2012 · 4 Comments

Jeffersonville’s City Council and Clarksville’s Town Council approved resolutions at separate meetings Monday night urging federal transportation officials to expedite construction of the easter(sic) bridge and postpone the downtown bridge construction until there are alternatives to charging tolls on that span. [C-J/AKN] Maybe Downtown Louisville wouldn’t be in such a sorry state if all of [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Downtown · Indiana · Jerry Abramson · Lexington · Metro Government · MSD · Ohio River Bridges · State Government · Taxes · Transparency · WAVE

Ohio River Bridges Debacle Jobs Reality: Meh

April 19th, 2012 · 3 Comments

Greg Fischer ran on a platform of JOBS, JOBS, JOBS. But when you take a look at page 300 of the Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (Warning: Massive External PDF Link), you learn: “As shown, construction of the LSIORB Project would result in a shift in permanent employment within the LMPA, and a decrease of [...]

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Tags: Greg Fischer · Mayor's Race 2010 · Ohio River Bridges · Oops · Transparency

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