Robin Webb wins the 18th State Senate District special election, the Louisville mayoral race and potential candidates, Trey Grayson takes his campaign announcement across the state and the swine flu invades Oldham County schools. Check it out.

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Have you read Sylvia Lovely’s resignation memo to members of the Kentucky League of Cities? If not, DO SO IMMEDIATELY! She mentions BRITNEY EFFING SPEARS! Seriously. I am not making this up. [MAJOR PEE ALERT] Don’t miss this glorious flashback. [B&P] Robin Webb beat Jack Ditty by some 280 votes last night. Close-ish call, for [...]

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Stick around. We’ll have results as they come in. UPDATE: This may not be a sign of things to come, but I’m hearing from tons of Republicans who voted for Robin Webb. (I don’t think the early numbers from Robertson that have her ahead mean anything at this point) Seems the GOP split on the [...]

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Sylvia Lovely is no more at KLC. Here’s her letter/memo: MEMORANDUM TO: KLC Membership FROM: Sylvia L. Lovely DATE: August 25, 2009 To My Friends: First of all, I get emotional over important events in my life. I have even been known to laugh at funerals and cry at weddings. Or, at the first coo [...]

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Special election predictions? Robin Webb or Jack Ditty? Mitch McConnell loves cupcakes. [B&P] Yeah, about the economy getting better and all that mess. It’s not, you know, actually happening. [San Jose Mercury News] Something about this doesn’t pass the smell test. Can’t put my finger on it. [Check It] Domestic terra-ist Randall Terry visited Louisville. [...]

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There has been much hemming and hawing about whether or not Jack Conway will step up to the plate and woo Democrats in Kentucky. But. I have a prediction: Jack Conway will do something like reverse his position on mountaintop removal or cap & trade at the advice of his strategists. And he’ll quickly lose [...]

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will be in Louisville tomorrow. She’ll meet with veterans and deliver remarks at the American Legion 91st Annual National Convention downtown. The shindig will take place at the Kentucky International Convention Center at 1:15 P.M. Eastern. Should we go? Will it be worth it? Would it be more [...]

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Here it is: There’s going to be a new entry into the race for Metro Louisville mayor. Metro Councilman Jim King will announce his candidacy Wednesday. According to a spokesman, that announcement will take place Wednesday at 11:30 a.m. at the Swiss Hall in the city’s Schnitzelburg neighborhood. This is going to get interesting. Discuss.

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Could someone explain to us why this makes sense? Just received in an email blast: From: Milly Diehl Subject: We are Kentucky Women for Mongiardo To: Hundreds of state employees, Justice employees, Virginia Woodward, et al Subject: We are Kentucky Women for Mongiardo Importance: High In celebration of U.S. 19th Amendment Women’s Right to Vote [...]

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Finally, something we can all agree on, right? Right. Papaw Governor Steve Beshear has declared September the month of bourbon. Sure, we could complain about how the state’s new alcohol tax has done tons of damage to the Commonwealth’s bourbon industry, but, uh… we’d rather focus on all the good stuff surrounding bourbon. Like how [...]

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