What's next with the Bi-State Authority?

"...What Allen, Green and (to a lesser extent) White understand that their better-polling peers do not is that the bridges project isn’t just about bridges: It encompasses more elements of mayoral purview than any of the other manufactured “issues” that have so far dominated this race..." - Jonathan Meador, LEO Weekly

When we saw Jonathan show up to cover the last NPP meeting, we knew a fiery follow-up would ensue. Go to HERE for his entire coverage of the event that was hosted at St. Joseph's in Butchertown just over a week ago.

So what's next?...Well, we figured since the Bi-State (TOLLING) Authority is MAKING DECISIONS ON THE MOST VITAL ISSUE FACING LOUISVILLE'S FUTURE, it would be kind of important to attend the meeting.

We are hosting a coffee and donut reception at our campaign headquarters, 600 E. Main St. (the old Billy Goat Strut Building), Thursday from 8:30 am- 9am, then we'll be carpooling to New Albany to attend the meeting that starts at 10 am and supposed to be over by Noon. If you want to carpool with us, by all means come on down. (Candidate or party affiliation doesn't matter!) RSVP on facebook if ya wanna see who else is coming: LINK

LEO Fatlip makes us crave ice cream /Urban League Forum Recap

The LEO's Jonathan Meador doesn't hold back, and we heart him for this so much we want to celebrate with ice cream and cookies. Here's a snip but check out the whole blog entry: (LINK)

"...In fact, so great is The Courier-Journal’s disdain for any thoughtful opposition to this terrible plan that they effectively fucked up their own “interview” with Democratic mayoral primary candidate (and co-founder of 8664) Tyler Allen. Earlier this morning, Allen was subjected to a half-hour’s worth of bridges-related questioning despite the fact that Allen could’ve probably talked about a lot of other things besides transportation, but whatever: The C-J was out for blood...."

Tyler Allen, who is used to a little bit of rough play from the Courier Journal, joined fellow candidates Greg Fischer, Lisa Moxley, Greg Fischer, Chris Theineman, Connie Marshall, Hal Heiner and Shannon White in a Tuesday-night forum sponsored by the Urban League and hosted by Meyzeek Middle School. Among other things, Tyler got a chance to stress the two highlights of his recently-introduced education plan: "Beginning with the end in mind," which is about helping parents with educating our children before they hit public school, and with the transition into education or the workforce after they graduate.

Kudo's to those that produced this forum because it was really efficient and smooth. (BTW, if you are curious how the Meyzeek banner in this picture was printed right here in Louisville, check out this video: Tyler Tour of USA Technologies.)




----------------------MARCH 17 8:44 AM UPDATE---------------
Dan Klepal with the Courier-Journal covered the mayoral forum sponsored by the Urban League: (LINK) Here's a snip:

"Democrat Tyler Allen said the city has underperformed on job attraction for many years leading up to the recession. He said the key is investing in transportation, housing and education, which all will make Louisville a more attractive city to businesses and create jobs.

'We need a city that is open, inviting and exciting for people with new ideas,' Allen said."

-------------------MARCH 17, 11:49 AM UPDATE-----------
Rick Redding with Louisville Mojo weighs in with coverage of the Urban League event, too: (LINK)

-------------------MARCH 18, 8:00 PM UPDATE-----------
It was not Redding from louisvillemojo that wrote about this forum, but John LaFollette. My apologies!

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!