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Mayor May Still Be a “Hurtin’ Cowboy”
By rick | May 9, 2008
Whoa, Boy. In Dan Klepal’s C-J story this morning on the city budget, Jerry Abramson says the city would be a “hurtin’ cowboy” if not for a few breaks it got in the budget. Still, he’s singing the budget blues again, cutting another $3 million from the city budget for this fiscal year, just weeks before he is scheduled to offer up a new budget for next year.
He found another $3 million in excess money, including $1 million from the city’s health insurance plan and $800,000 from money set aside and not spent on bond issues. But the Mayor’s not getting a free pass — the Council’s Kelly Downard says it’s no economic downturn, but mistaken projections in the budget that are to blame.
How bad does it have to get before it’s time to eliminate some of the 7,000 jobs in Metro Government, rather than cutting services?
Poolish Move: The C-J’s editors think closing the city’s swimming pools is the wrong direction for the city to go to save money, and take a shot at the crazy idea of replacing them with “spray-grounds” that simply spout water in sprays. Hmph. Wny not just open up fire hydrants?
Clinton and the Ky Dems: Hillary Clinton will speak tonight at a downtown Louisville fund-raiser sponsored by the Kentucky Democratic Party. You can go for $50, and be among the 1,000 expected. The Herald-Leader reports the Clinton campaign is running a new ad in Kentucky and hopes for a big win here. Officials hoped Obama would also appear at tonight’s event, but he chose to campaign in Oregon this week, which also has a May 20 primary.
Thieneman TV: In the 3rd District Republican primary, Chris Thieneman is doing his best to make Anne Northup uncomfortable. He’ll start airing commercial spots this weekend, and we hope to have a copy for you here today. He says he’s got $125,000 to spend, including $60,000 of his own money.
Is Fischer on Drugs?: He claims he won’t be in the pockets of the big pharmaceutical companies, but Democratic Senate candidate Greg Fischer turns out to be profiting from them. As PageOne reports, Fischer has personal investments in Eli Lilly, Pfizer and Bradmer. Fischer’s getting a nice, expensive political education.
Enough Already: We think Jack Conway’s doing a good job and all, but touting his work against online perverts over and over again is getting a little old. Jake’s keeping track of such things, and counts six press releases since January on what a fine job Conway’s doing fighting MySpace and Facebook. Most of us can’t imagine our kids getting in that kind of trouble online, and if they did, I’m not sure Conway’s agreements will do much to prevent it.
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