Dear University of Louisville: STOP WASTING OUR TAXPAYER DOLLARS!

This is getting ridiculous and it needs to end once and for all.

What seemed like a simple change involving the Mint Jubilee Derby Eve gala has devolved into a legal battle pitting the event’s co-founders against the University of Louisville.

Today Chris Thieneman is filing a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court charging the U of L Foundation and the Brown Cancer Center with federal trademark infringement, tortious interference with prospective business relations, and unfair competition.

It all seemed simple enough. Thieneman, owner of the Mint Jubilee trademark and co-founder of the 13-year-old Derby Eve gala, decided he didn’t want the University of Louisville’s Brown Cancer Center to be the designated charity for the event after a five-year licensing contract expired.

As we’ve reported, he sent U of L a letter asking it to sign off on allowing the licensing agreement to expire, since the agreement with the school didn’t end until just before next year’s event. U of L officials said, sure they’d sign it.

Click here to read the rest. And get ready for UofL to waste more and more of your tax dollars instead of doing the right thing.

I mean, really, letting someone as controversial as Chris Thieneman call the shots and make you look liked damned fools? What kind idiocy does that take?

All this does is waste money. It harms charity. It makes the University of Louisville look like it once again has egg all over its face.

Who is in charge of this mess at UofL? Is Jim Ramsey really this stupid?

It’s really tough to be on Chris Thieneman’s side over this. Really tough. But goodness gracious. What the living frack. Can’t even deal.