What’s the deal with attacking reporters for, you know, REPORTING?
We find it absolutely laughable that long-time Louisville attorney Mike Lemke would continue to attack the Courier-Journal for reporting information it was given in the case of the woman who murdered her two children.
Seriously, what the hell is the deal? What’s with this rash of […]

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Seriously, AP? First you’re suing people who use more than five words at a time from your stories and now you’re quoting Brett Hall– who was fired for dropping the f-bomb at an Ernie Fletcher press conference– as a reliable Republican strategist in a story about Steve Beshear and ethics?
Beshear had taken […]

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Now other players in the years-long Robert Felner may-be-squandering-grant-money saga are admitting that they’re working with federal investigators.
We learn from the Courier-Journal’s Chris Kenning that Tom Schroeder, the guy who served as the head of Felner’s “non-profit” National Center on Education and Prevention in Rock Island, Illinois is cooperating with investigators.
But the bit Chris Kenning […]

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Don’t forget our favorite newsie-politico-dork show on KET tonight! Comment on Kentucky airs at 8:00 P.M. Eastern. If you can’t watch it live, make sure you check out the excellent archive on KET’s website.
Mark Hebert will be substituting as host for Ferrell Wellman this week and next so the show should be extra […]

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The entire Courier-Journal editorial board is now spreading the myth that the federal investigation into Robert Felner’s activities is only about a $694,000 federal grant. Myth/lie/whatever. It’s not the truth. Law enforcement tells us otherwise. The mainstream media in other states tell us otherwise. This investigation is huge and federal […]

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Please accept our apologies for being slow today. Too much business to handle, not enough hours in the day. Also, who is buying a new laptop for us? And who is gifting us a new iPhone?
Lunsford’s second quarter numbers are out and the McConnell camp is huffy. [PolWatchers]
Bill Cox quit as […]

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What’s with Nancy Rodriguez of the Courier-Journal telling Ferrell Wellman on Comment on Kentucky that the federal investigation of Robert Felner and the University of Louisville only involves a $600,000+ grant? That couldn’t be further from the truth. It’s but a small portion of the investigation according to our sources and, well, the […]

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Mark Nickolas has been gone from Kentucky– literally living in Montana– for many months. This site and others have more than stepped in to take over the Kentucky blogosphere where Mark left off.  And we’re appreciative of the role he played while he was temporarily involved. We’ve gone on to break […]

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KET always does a bang-up job with our favorite newsie-politico show. So. Watch it tonight.
Guests are:
This week’s Comment on Kentucky guests are:
Jack Brammer, Herald-Leader
Al Cross, Institute for Rural Journalism at UK
Greg Stotelmyer, WTVQ-TV

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Nancy IS doing some investigative work. It’s about damn time! And no, I don’t take back anything I said. It’s been THREE weeks. It took three weeks to come up with a major story? Give me a break.
Anyway, here’s part of Nancy’s story:
A $694,000 project grant managed by former University […]

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