Tag Archives: Tyler Allen

8664 wins ‘Big Idea’ contest

February 10, 2011 – 2:05 pm

The Greater Louisville Project announced that the grassroots movement 8664 is the winner of its Create Louisville: Your Big Idea project, but the group won’t get a one-on-one sit down with Mayor Greg Fischer as originally promised. The contest was designed to engage citizens, elicit fresh thinking and new ideas about the city, and garnered [...]

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Chicago Reader profiles Louisville campaign strategist

January 13, 2011 – 3:06 pm

In a story about the political operatives behind the race for mayor of Chicago, our alt-weekly brethren profiled Louisville-born Jason Perkey, who served as the campaign manager for Congressman Danny Davis, D-IL after running a handful of progressive local campaigns. From the Chicago Reader: Perkey, 36, has a mild southern accent, an expansive demeanor, and [...]

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State Police take over mayoral endorsement investigation

October 26, 2010 – 4:19 pm

With the general election a week away, Kentucky Attorney General Jack Conway’s office has turned over the investigation of two Louisville mayoral endorsements to state police. In a letter sent to the chairmen of the Democratic and Republican parties, the attorney general’s office said the inquiry was being referred to the commonwealth’s law enforcement agency [...]

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3 Dems and a Heiner

October 25, 2010 – 4:25 pm

Flexing bipartisanship, Republican mayoral candidate Hal Heiner has unveiled his latest ad, which features former Democratic mayoral candidates Shannon White, Tyler Allen and Lisa Moxley, who endorsed the Metro Councilman in the general election. Check it out: The one-minute ad will air on local and cable television, and paints Heiner as the change candidate while [...]

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Moxley endorses Heiner for mayor

September 30, 2010 – 11:27 am

Standing in front of The Academy at Shawnee in the heart of west Louisville, former Democratic mayoral candidate Lisa Moxley endorsed Republican Hal Heiner for mayor. In the race for mayor, Moxley is the third Democrat who ran in the primary to cross party lines and publicly announce her support for the east Louisville Republican [...]

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Allen endorses Heiner for mayor

September 9, 2010 – 2:28 pm

After weeks of speculation, Louisville businessman and former mayoral candidate Tyler Allen has crossed party lines to endorse Republican Hal Heiner in the race for mayor of Louisville. The co-founder of the grassroots 8664 group, who came in fourth in the Democratic primary, cited Heiner’s ability to lead Louisville from day one and that he [...]

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New King mailer hits Fischer on tolls

May 13, 2010 – 12:55 pm

After airing a set of television advertisements and a mailer attacking his opponent, Democratic mayoral candidate and Metro Councilman Jim King, D-10, continues to slam businessman Greg Fischer, this time for supporting tolls to pay for the $4.1 billion Ohio River Bridges Project. The second mailer: Earlier this week, LEO reported that among Louisville’s mayoral [...]

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Did the C-J ‘inadvertently’ endorse Allen?

May 12, 2010 – 7:32 pm

Using a bit of reverse psychology going into the final days of the primary, Democratic mayoral candidate Tyler Allen is telling supporters that The Courier-Journal’s endorsement of his opponent, businessman Greg Fischer, has unintentionally given him the momentum. The newspaper’s editorial board dismissed the 8664 co-founder this past Sunday, calling him a “political gadfly” who [...]

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Allen unveils first TV ad

May 7, 2010 – 3:36 pm

Hoping to get his vision for Louisville out to a broader audience before the May 18 primary, Democratic mayoral candidate Tyler Allen will begin airing his first campaign television commercial next Monday. Check it out: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU2UxkhLUQI[/youtube] The advertisement introduces the Louisville businessman as a candidate interested in making better investments towards the city’s future. Predictably, [...]

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Allen campaign teases neighborhood vision

March 31, 2010 – 5:10 pm

Using a presentation technique that he perfected as a grassroots activist, Democratic mayoral candidate Tyler Allen unveiled a campaign video today that conveys his vision for revitalizing Louisville’s debilitated neighborhoods. The abandoned buildings and other eyesores featured in the short teaser were taken from the co-founder of 8664′s recent visit to parts of Southwestern Louisville [...]

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