October 15, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Cut list: Despite the optimistic economic forecast nationally, Mayor Jerry Abramson says the first quarter is not looking good and more cuts to the budget are likely. After last year’s slash and burn, we are wondering what might be on this year’s cut list and whether the mayor spoke too soon when he canceled the [...]
October 13, 2009 – 12:05 pm
Playing the dozens: After announcing that the Louisville African-American Think Tank will be hosting monthly political forums in west Louisville that will focus on the mayoral race, the Rev. Gerome Sutton made it a point to tell The Courier-Journal, “The West End does not know (Metro Councilman) David Tandy.” One prominent Tandy supporter has taken [...]
October 12, 2009 – 1:26 pm
Bag Krag?: He’ll announce today that he’s resigning! U of L AD Tom Jurich has Jon Gruden waiting in the wings! Wait, the Cards won on Saturday? As the inestimable Eric Crawford wrote in Sunday’s C-J, the rumor mongers are going to hound U of L football coach Steve Kragthorpe until … well, forever. And [...]
October 8, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Rain on Jerry’s parade: During a committee meeting in which a senior adviser to Mayor Jerry Abramson said the city “moved pretty quickly” in picking up curbside debris after the Aug. 4 flash flood, Metro Councilwoman Judy Green, D-1, blasted Abramson and said it was was “unconscionable” he did not immediately dispatch Public Works [...]
October 6, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Money men: As the local punditry predicted, mayoral candidates Greg Fischer and Metro Councilman Jim King, D-10, are the fundraising leaders. Both topped $200,000 in campaign contributions, leaving the other candidates in the dust. It’s still early and the dollar derby isn’t all that matters. Besides polls it’s the only crude way reporters can measure [...]
September 29, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Curse you: In a recording that has gone viral on YouTube, U.S. Senate candidate and Lt. Gov. Daniel Mongiardo criticized Gov. Steve Beshear in comments laced with profanity, saying that due to a lack of support from the governor, he is “close to saying fuck it all. I do not need this job. I do [...]
September 22, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Oh the Humana-ty: After being bludgeoned by U.S. Sen. Max Baucus for using scare tactics to criticize part of his health care bill, Louisville-based Humana Inc. is under federal investigation. The health insurance provider is being accused of trying to scare seniors about health care reform through a series of mailings that said Medicare participants [...]
September 16, 2009 – 12:01 pm
The King and I: In this week’s Jerry’s kids we sat down with Metro Councilman Jim King, D-10, to talk about a few issues. The hard-knocks councilman is a leading candidate for mayor who knows government and business policy well. But the King campaign hit its first snag yesterday. According to a preliminary report by [...]
September 10, 2009 – 12:01 pm
Tyler Allen is running for mayor: Just in case you missed it, Louisville businessman and co-founder of the 8664 campaign Tyler Allen is running for mayor. He filed a letter of intent with the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance, which allows him to begin raising and spending money for the campaign. Allen will make an [...]
August 31, 2009 – 12:09 pm
Day one: The trial of ex-PRP football coach Jason Stinson begins today, and with everything that’s riding on it — permanent changes to the way high school football coaches work with their players being the national story, Stinson and PRP’s future the local one — it’s certain to be a circus. Stinson was at the [...]
