(Editor’s note: Shortly after being reelected November 6, Congressman John Yarmuth stated he would be “doing everything I can” to make sure Sen. Mitch McConnell loses his senate seat in 2014.) Ask any self-loathing Kentucky Democrat what would possibly cause them to cast a vote for U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell, and they’ll all probably tell [...]
All the votes have been counted and the last of the political yard signs have been washed away by this week’s torrential downpours. That means it is time once again for our annual look at the schizophrenic behavior of Kentucky’s proud electorate. “What does this all mean?” is a question we like to address this [...]
Republican State Senate candidate Chris Thieneman has admitted to falsely certifying he lived at a Dixie Highway motel on election day in November 2011 in order to illegally cast a ballot in a precinct where he was not entitled to vote. He also failed to get a duplicate drivers license within 10 days of an [...]
[Editor's Note: This post was modified on October 26, 2012 at 5:35pm to include the link to the official "Motion to Disqualify" that has been filed by Robert Walker II against Chris Thieneman] Since my post appeared on Republican State Senate candidate Chris Thieneman’s little residency problem, every snitch and squealer in town is aching [...]
Insiders with deep connections in the local Republican and Democratic parties are spilling their guts as we march ever closer to the November election, alleging in private what many in Louisville’s South End have said openly for years: Chris Thieneman does not live in the senate district where he is a candidate. While this is [...]
If you’re out and about in the southwest area of Louisville this weekend, be sure to slide by the 27th Annual Southwest Festival at Sun Valley Park. A traditional family affair, the Southwest Festival is always an interesting outing. The festival starts tomorrow morning with the annual pancake breakfast, hosted by Southwest Community Ministries. Here [...]
What do you do when your campaign promise turns out to be an openly-mocked example of bad sloganeering? If you’re Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer, you pimp out free* training for moving van careers to a desperate, job-starved citizenry. Last week, Fischer’s office fired off a press release (complete with the use of the phrase “synergistic [...]
A few weeks ago, University of Louisville President Dr. James Ramsey gave his annual “State of the University” speech. During his talk, Ramsey attacked elected state and local officials for budget cuts to higher education and to funds that provide indigent care at University of Louisville Hospital. Several weeks earlier, the same Dr. Ramsey had [...]
Brian Tucker: The agony and the ecstacy of Texan secession
(Editor’s note: Texas secessionists claim the state – once the Republic of Texas – has the right to secede under the terms of its 1845 annexation by the United States. However, Insider Louisville can find no such clause.) A couple of weeks ago, everyone was talking about a few meaningless petitions making the rounds in southern [...]