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Councilwoman Green issues statement on LEO fake issue letter

April 1, 2011 – 1:55 pm

It was only a matter of time before the fabricated content of LEO’s third annual fake issue would solicit a too real response from some corner of this city, but we didn’t expect that embattled Metro Councilwoman Judy Green, D-1, would actually be the one to respond to a fake letter to the editor written [...]

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EXCLUSIVE: LEO interviews Watson

February 24, 2011 – 11:46 am

In the current issue of LEO Weekly, columnist Joe Manning recently conducted a face-to-monitor interview with IBM Supercomputer and Jeopardy! champion Watson. In it, man and machine touch upon some timeless (and timely) topics, such as political disenchantment, the obsolescence of people and the buildings they have erected. A glimpse of the singularity, after the jump.

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Lauren Feldman named new publisher of LEO Weekly

February 2, 2011 – 5:18 pm

Chris Ferrell, CEO of SouthComm Inc, today announced that he has named Lauren Feldman the new publisher of LEO Weekly, Louisville’s only alternative newspaper. “We are excited to have an industry veteran of Lauren’s experience joining us in Louisville,” Ferrell said. “We think she will be a great catalyst for LEO Weekly’s continued growth.” Feldman [...]

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Yarmuth ♥ Abramson

December 6, 2010 – 4:43 pm

Aww, isn’t this nice? From Congressman John Yarmuth’s office: On Tuesday, Congressman John Yarmuth (KY-3) will pay tribute to Mayor Jerry Abramson’s more than twenty years of service to Louisville during a speech on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. After the love fest tomorrow, we’ll dig through the old “Hot Coals” archives [...]

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Incentive to discriminate

August 26, 2010 – 2:32 pm

In this week’s physical manifestation of the entity known as “LEO Weekly,” we tell you about the pro-big business machinations of the multi-tentacled Kentucky Farm Bureau Federation. We forgot to tell you, however, about the dozens of businesses that give Farm Bureau policy-holders product and service discounts — essentially trading financial incentives for tacit support [...]

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Lally blocks LEO from Twitter

July 20, 2010 – 11:08 am

For whatever reason, Republican congressional candidate Todd Lally‘s campaign has blocked LEO Weekly from following him on Twitter. We’re not sure what message that is supposed to send or what social networking rules of etiquette this falls under, but it’s clear that the campaign account isn’t private and can be accessed by anyone by a [...]

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FOX 41 President endorses King

May 14, 2010 – 12:49 pm

Traditionally it’s been noteworthy when newspapers make endorsements, but political observers might want to take note that Fox 41 President and General Manager Bill Lamb endorsed Democratic mayoral candidate and Metro Councilman Jim King, D-10, in a recently televised editorial. Check it out: With the May 18 primary a few days away, it’s debatable if [...]

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Lunchbox: Frankfort’s failure

April 8, 2010 – 12:01 pm

Budget amnesty on the horizon: House Democrats sent a revised budget proposal to Senate Republicans that cut spending by half. For the past few weeks budget negotiators have been deadlocked on the roughly $17 billion state spending plan, which is the one piece of legislation they’re required to deal with. In this week’s edition of [...]

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day from LEO

March 17, 2010 – 12:34 pm

We hope you enjoy the feast day that celebrates Ireland’s culture even if it is a weekday. Everybody else in the country sure seems to be even in the midst of a shamrock shortage. And if you missed it last weekend, take a look at LEO Weekly’s own party bus, which took home the “Best [...]

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The alt-weekly wars

March 12, 2010 – 12:23 pm

Long ago, if you remember, LEO Weekly and Velocity traded barbs regularly in print and online. However, it’s been a relatively quiet rivalry, besides a few outside observations. And it is nothing like the ongoing beef in San Francisco between rival publications, the Bay Guardian and SF Weekly. From SF Gate: The San Francisco Bay [...]

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