November 2, 2009 – 12:10 pm
Militias?!?!: Oh god. Chris Kenning’s wonderful story in Sunday’s CJ about the uptick in Kentucky militias — a reaction to the crap-ass economy and the election of President Obama — left us unsettled and a little afraid, with echoes of Waco playing in our heads. Read it.
Dog days continue: In last week’s print issue we [...]
October 14, 2009 – 1:00 pm
In an attempt to inspire new leadership and fresh ideas in the race for mayor, Metro Councilman Brent Ackerson, D-26, said he plans to introduce a resolution before the council that would encourage the Kentucky General Assembly to amend Louisville’s merger law and set shorter mayoral term limits. The freshman councilman’s idea has sparked a [...]
September 30, 2009 – 3:20 pm
Metro government will launch a new 24/7 anonymous tip line Oct. 1, enabling citizens and city employees to report suspected fraud, abuse and other unethical activities on the part of Metro employees, contractors or suppliers. The ethics reporting service is completely anonymous.
The city contracted the ethics reporting service with The Network Inc., a technology company [...]
September 3, 2009 – 3:09 pm
Local developer Chris Thieneman will withhold filing a lawsuit against the city over the $950,000 loan given to The Cordish Cos. until Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway issues an opinion on the deal.
Joined by a dozen supporters who assembled in front of the Sports & Social Club, the community activist said Metro Councilman Hal Heiner, [...]
September 1, 2009 – 2:41 pm
Louisville developer Chris Thieneman will hold a press conference this Thursday to discuss a lawsuit he plans to file against Metro government for denying part of his recent open records request. Last week the south Louisville activist sent a request asking for specific details on how The Cordish Cos. spent a $950,000 city loan [...]
August 27, 2009 – 2:37 pm
Three weeks after sustaining more than $5 million in damage due to the Aug. 4 flash flood, Louisville’s Main Library reopened to the general public today. Mayor Jerry Abramson and Library Director Craig Buthod held a ceremonial “door-opening” to mark the public’s access to the library’s first floor, which offers a full range of library [...]
August 21, 2009 – 12:47 pm
In this week’s column I wrote that, in the total absence of accountability on Cordish’s Sports & Social Club project at Fourth Street Live, city government should consider adding a provision to contracts using taxpayer funds that would allow for a full auditing of subsequent spending.
Huzzah!: Next week, Democrat Jim King and Republican Kelly Downard [...]
Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson, speaking to the editorial board of the Charleston Gazette of West Virginia last week, explained our reasons for merging thusly:
You have the chance to be, to have growth — significant growth in your suburban areas. And the question becomes, as it was in the old City of Louisville, we were a [...]
The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness received a federal grant today for $6.3 million for its Healthy Start initiative that will fund the program for the next five years. Congressman John Yarmuth, D-3rd district, presented the health department with its first installment of $1,275,000, which will be allocated annually by the U.S. [...]
For only the third time in 20 years Louisville Mayor Jerry Abramson used the veto pen to send back legislation he says would undermine Louisville’s efforts to rebound from the recession. In a letter sent to the legislative body Abramson wrote the city bill would put Louisville at a serious disadvantage with competitor cities and [...]
