We hear through the grape vine that University of Louisville president Jim Ramsey is making telephone calls in support of Larry Clark in the Speaker Pro-Tem race against Joni Jenkins.
We’re pretty sure this is bad news for Larry Clark. Aside from the fact that Clark was probably the only person other than Tony Lindauer to support Steve Henry for governor after he found out he was under investigation, Larry just isn’t exactly a well-liked man in the State House. So this Ramsey thing could further tarnish his reputation.
Ramsey, you’ll recall, recently developed a less-than-stellar reputation for defending Robert Felner in super-awkward ways while in public. Praising a man who allegedly swindled potentially millions of dollars in grant money, allegedly sexually harassed people and caused all kinds of unrest at the College of Education for several years is hardly a good move on his part. Also not a good move to trash and belittle 30+ individual faculty members at UofL who filed grievances and complaints against Felner by calling them “crap.” You may read all about Ramsey here, here and here. Not exactly a smooth move on Larry Clark’s part to get Ramsey on board.
For more information about Larry Clark’s recent past, dig in after the jump…
- Larry Clark tried to sell Kentucky a bill of goods on energy policy [September 5]
- Larry Clark worked against the House leadership in an attempt to get his way with casino gambling legislation [February 26]
- Larry Clark supported alcohol wholesalers and then pretended it wasn’t because he takes tons of money from them [March 4]
- Larry Clark threatened reporters at WLKY [March 6]
- Larry Clark wants to limit choice when it comes to primary elections [March 11]
- Larry Clark flip-flopped and tucked tail on Stream Saver legislation [March 12]
- Larry Clark said he was embarrassed to be a part of House leadership in Kentucky [April 17]
- Larry Clark allegedly endorsed a candidate for U.S. Senate in an attempt to curry favor for his employer, United Electric. [May 8]
5 responses so far ↓
1 Tony Lindauer did not support Steve Henry // Jul 31, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Despite being told over and over again by reputable sources you continue to insist that Tony Lindauer supported Steve Henry. He did not. Please correct your error.
2 jake // Jul 31, 2008 at 1:22 pm
There is no error. Tony Lindauer DID support Steve Henry.
I know– people took photographs of him leaving a Henry fundraiser in 2007 and I worked for Henry until I realized he was potentially breaking the law.
Don’t tell me what I know to be fact and what I witnessed with my own eyes.
You don’t have to write a check to support someone. And you don’t attend fundraisers in honor of someone unless you support them.
3 Tony Lindauer did not support Steve Henry // Jul 31, 2008 at 1:38 pm
He attended fundraisers for many of the Democratic candidates but DID NOT endorse or give money to ANYONE.
He attended fundraisers in Louisville for democratic candidates as a show of good will. There is NO evidence he ever endorsed or even gave a hint of support for any one candidate.
I know you hate Steve Henry but please stop going after reputable, democratic public servants.
4 jake // Jul 31, 2008 at 1:51 pm
You’re kidding me, right? Tony didn’t attend any Lunsford fundraiser that I was a part of.
I repeatedly saw him at Henry fundraisers that I know for a fact he was a part of.
This isn’t about hating Steve Henry.
Elected Officials don’t attend fundraisers as a “show of good will.” That’s bunk.
Like I said, you don’t have to endorse or give money to a candidate to support them. If you don’t support them, you don’t show up at their fundraisers where you speak out in favor of them.
What’s most interesting to me is that people tied directly to Lindauer’s family (you) are the only ones constantly attempting to distance him from Henry and various other situations. That’s nice and all, but give me a break.
Maybe we should start examining information that surfaced during Tony’s campaign for PVA. I doubt that’d be pretty.
Further, did Tony ever apologize for his shenanigans about singing at the Ford Dinner? No? Imagine that.
5 BHG // Jul 31, 2008 at 2:02 pm
I have no reason to doubt you about his ties to the alcohol wholesalers, but I actually was fine with the idea of selling wine in groceries. It’s that way in Ohio, and when I lived in Arlington, VA, it was common for all my yuppie friends to brag about getting wine at Whole Foods — you could pick out a white wine and put it in their speed-chiller while you finished your shopping. Of course, I don’t remember any independent wine shops in Arlington while I was there, so you may have a point there.
Actually what I’d love to do is just completely redo Kentucky’s alcohol distribution laws to make more modern sense while still keeping state control but the wholesalers would block that as potentially putting them out of business.
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