Want to be involved in a new effort from Page One and The ‘Ville Voice to focus on ad-free, citizen-funded investigative journalism? It’ll trend toward more long form work. [Jump In] Don’t worry, that dang bridge is never going to reopen. You should probably just call in sick. [FOX41] Today at 1:30 the Metro Council [...]

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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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According to Moody’s, commercial real estate value increased just 19% from May 2004 to April 2012. It was 120.37 in May 2004 and ended up at 143.73 in April 2012. But in Louisville? Commercial real estate values apparently increased by a million trillion percent. Like the fancy new VA hospital site. In May 2004, that [...]

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Really, what the crap, Louisville? Why is it we’re allowing Lexington and New Albany (really, flipping Indiana!?) to trump us on the food truck scene? Why are we bogged down in silly ordinances that make it nearly impossible for super-clean, innovative and healthy food trucks to do business in this town? The local food scene [...]

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Yesterday, David Yates dropped a new mail piece discussing Doug “Protecting Our White Women” Hawkins’ corruption and involvement in the Javanon scandal. Here’s what he said in a release: Today Yates dropped a mail piece telling voters about the $7,000 worth of neighborhood funds that Hawkins has spent on the Private, East End Soccer Club, [...]

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Last week, the Board of Zoning Adjustments got hit with yet another lawsuit for what can only be classified as stupid behavior on behalf of Jerry Abramson. Here’s a reminder, in case it’s already slipped your mind: Seems like it was just a few weeks ago when we last discussed the BOZA-Butchertown-Swift-Metro Government mess. Remember [...]

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Seems like it was just a few weeks ago when we last discussed the BOZA-Butchertown-Swift-Metro Government mess. Remember it? Laws broken, chairwoman ousted, yadda yadda. You know how the story goes in Louisville. If you have friends in high places? You get a free pass. So… dun dun dun… let’s talk about that some more. [...]

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On Thursday, legal counsel for JBS Swift requested an extension of time to exercise the over-discussed modified use permit. An extension, it should be noted, that legally had to be requested 30 days before the permit is set to expire (expiration August 31). Not surprisingly, the matter was placed on BOZA’s agenda during the 11th [...]

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The situation with Germantown bars over whether they have the right permits to let people drink their tasty beer outside. You know what I’m talking about, right? Doesn’t this remind everyone else about what occurred on Baxter Avenue after Fourth Street/Cordish/Jerry’s Menz went all crazy? Sure, there were problems on Baxter with drunks being – [...]

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Earlier we discussed Judge Fred Cowan’s ruling about the Louisville Metro Board of Zoning Adjustment (BOZA/Board) landscaping requirement for the JBS Swift pig slaughtering factory in Butchertown. But there’s always more to the story. Upon reading Cowan’s ruling, it seems to us that he’s essentially telling the Board that it properly recognized there were increasing [...]

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