Kentuckians Value Fairness!

Fairness Campaign Co-Coordinator Jeff Rodgers is joined by Statewide Fairness Coalition supporter, and candidate for Louisville mayor, Tyler Allen

Louisville mayor candidate Tyler Allen, an ally of statewide fairness, joined from all over Kentucky to participate in the annual lobby day and "Kentuckians Value Fairness!" rally sponsored by the Statewide Fairness Coalition.

It's the primary goal of the Statewide Fairness Coalition to pass a statewide fairness law, that would include sexual orientation and gender identity as a protection in existing discrimination law. Tyler has committed that when he's mayor, he's willing to speak before the Kentucky General Assembly on behalf of how Louisville's fairness amendment protections have been great for our city, and how they could make Kentucky better if they were extended statewide.

Tips of the Day!

If you haven't heard, the entire Allen family has embarked on a quest to learn more about all the neighborhoods of Louisville. Following a recent visit to the Butchertown neighborhood, Tyler's wife Chenoweth Allen posted this recap of their adventure:
http://exploringlouisville.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/butchertown/

Also, remember the Tyler Allen show is broadcast weekly on Ustream: Wednesdays at 8:30 AM. You can always go to our channel later to see archived episodes though if you don't get a chance to see it in the morning:
Tyler Allen Show Channel

Leadership Louisville Thing

Leadership Louisville selected Louisville's 128 "Connectors" and they are being honored for bringing the region together. W00t! W00t! Congratulations to all those that made the cut. See today's CJ.

Yes, Besides Tyler appearing to have made the list twice, slide #2 and #125, it looks like his pastor, Jud Hendrix also made the list. As did our pioneer supporter Metro Councilwoman Tina Ward-Pugh. YAY!

No word yet on when the CJ web guy is going to take down the 2nd picture of Tyler and replace it with who that person really is. We here at the campaign are betting that person is YOU!

Wednesday Highlights...

Today's Tyler Allen Show was broadcast from Soul Unique Restaurant. Kudo's to Phillip Thomas for letting us have the show at the restaurant! You should check it out, people are asking some great questions, even from our twitter!



Historyandissues.org did a nice recap of the last debate: Where the Louisville Mayoral Candidates Stand on the Bridges Project — Positions from Tuesday's Debate .

Also, in good fun, kudo's to Ed Springston, co-host of MyViewMatters radio show on WKJK 1080 AM, for coming out in today's blog entry HEINER REFUSES DEBATE! with this pseudo-endorsement!:

"With the exception of Tyler Allen on the Democratic side no Democrat is worthy of the office in my opinion." -Ed Springston

Ed's kinda hard to please, and that's why we like him so much!

From St James...

This campaign has always been about listening. Right after we started out at the St. James Art Show we were listening to the gripes, and hopes for Louisville from it's citizens. Because, as Tyler keeps saying...

"It's about a conversation."

Valley Report Endorsement!

Looks like we have a fan in Southwest Jefferson County.

"He asked me questions. Questions that were specific to Southwest Louisville, and he asked lot of them. That tells me he wants to understand what makes us tick. He wants to know what we, as a part of Greater Metro Louisville, expect from our mayor and our council. Tyler Allen is listening." -Brian Tucker, southwestlouisville.com

While we're talking about endorsements, here's a couple groovy citizen endorsements from our Headquarters grand opening:
DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE, FAVORITE, RATE, and COMMENT!!

Tyler Allen Show from Gateway Towers

Today's broadcast was from the new Zirmed Gateway Towers building on the corner of W. Market Street and Roy Wilkins Parkway.

Tyler Allen Show at Zirmed Gateway Towers

Leo Coverage of Mayor Race

Phillip Bailey did a decent recap in today's Leo of what's up in the mayor's race. Mysteriously he referred to Fischer as the "frontrunner," just like Fischer refers to himself in press releases and his website. It's actually two words. We love Phillip, though, so he's already forgiven.

Also, if you haven't become a fan of Tyler Allen on facebook, now's the time. See we started out with a facebook group in Jimmy Moore's living room back in September, and now, frankly, we should have went for the gusto and started out with the fanpage. So indulge us, and become a facebook fan, too: link Thanks!

Tyler's Rebuttal!

Since the CJ wouldn't print Tyler's rebuttal to Friday's CJ editorial, here it is on youtube! (Remember to RATE, FAVORITE, SHARE and SUBSCRIBE!!)

Gloves coming off...

Check out what the bloggers are saying about the Feb. 5th Courier-Journal editorial suggesting the mayoral candidates "get with the plan" and declaring that "the community should insist that candidates who aspire to city and state leadership fully embrace the bridges project."

Tyler takes on the C-J, Bridge issue by Rick Redding with louisvillemojo

"Tyler Allen: "We cannot set our city back just because very powerful people do not want an East End Bridge." by NA Confidential

Tyler issued this letter this morning, calling for supporters of to express their opinions to the CJ with letters: link. Folks could also submit their opinions to the Leo, by emailing the editor, Sarah Kelley at skelley@leoweekly.com.



Update: Also check out The C-J Editorial Board doesn't seem to understand that the East End Bridge is scheduled first in the Bridges Project by Steve Magruder, historyandissues.org.

Update #2: Also check out Tyler Allen Responds to CJ Editorial by Ed Springston of Louisville News and Politics

Update #3: Tyler Allen Responds To C-J Editorial by Gabe Bullard with WFPL

Fundraiser Pics from Friday

Here's some pix from the hoppin' fundraiser hosted by Jeffrey Tate and Brad Taylor last Friday night. If you'd be interested in hosting a fundraiser for Tyler, that sure would be swell!

Let us know when would be good for you and we can get it on the calendar!

People's Forum Feedback!

The bloggers are starting to talk, and it looks like Tyler did alright. Check out Agreement-fest at Mayoral Forum by John LaFollette, louisvillemojo.com.

"Tyler Allen and the soft-spoken Jackie Green probably had the best answers to questions that could actually be answered; both made a point to acknowledge complexity and demonstrate an understanding of how different parts of an issue fit together."- LaFollette

If you wanted to watch the video footage for yourself, Steve Magruder with historyandissues.org looks to be the first to have the whole thing up online in his forum:

Introductions and Closings (About 21 minutes long)
The whole 2 hours (but you have to download something)
OH^,OH^,OH^, THERE'S POLL ON THE 2ND ONE, GO VOTE!

People's Forum Tonight!

Ten local social justice have invited all the Louisville mayoral candidates to answer questions specific to the groups' goals at tonight's forum at the Metro United Way. We understand that all the sponsoring organizations are non-partisan and all the candidates were invited, regardless of party affiliation.

We know Tyler Allen will be there for sure.

Show up and hear which candidates give hopeful answers to what will probably be very difficult questions. Admission is free. While the forum doesn't begin until 6PM, the doors open at 5:30PM, so it's suggested you get there early to get the best seats in the house.


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