Over at Page One Kentucky, Jake does a good job with the math of the Cordish loan and the time it would take to make that money back in tax revenues. Give it a read:
http://pageonekentucky.com/2009/03/30/how-long-would-it-take-to-pay-back/
Jane Hamsher over at FireDogLake has a petition up about the AIG bonus debacle, and is trying to get 20,000 signatures on it by Wednesday night. Here's the link:
http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/Transparency
Talking points are below the jump:
Ben Carter over at Bluegrass Roots is onto something, and I think it's got legs. In fact, it may (note may) have enough legs to give us a new junior Senator. At the very least, it's another example of both Jim Bunning's inability to control his mouth, and some politicians inability to play by the rules.
You should jump to Ben's article and read the whole thing, but here's the gist of it ...
There's been a lot of talk lately about transparency in The Ville, especially in Metro government. Whether the calls are genuine, or just a way of scoring political points, I can't say for sure. What I can say is that while most people agree that transparency is a good thing. the Louisville version of it reminds me of Sally Rand: lots of stuff flying around, an occasional glimpse of what looks like real information, but in the end, only a big tease.
Let's take, for example, the current budget crisis --
Friday, February 20, 2009 at 7:02AM in Policy and Politics | tagged Budget, Finance, Louisville, Metro, Transparency 