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Feeling Good Friday

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Tonight’s Lead Story: Did anyone expect Cordish to stick around after all the teeth-gnashing and accusations leveled by Hal Heiner in local media this week? And then all those threats from Metro Council members to hold them to a financial guarantee? The Baltimore developer is walking away from the deal. Told ya.
No Offense: To my […]

Mayor Blames Council for Blowing Cordish Deal

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Mayor Jerry Abramson put the blame on the Metro Council for blowing the city’s chances to land a major development deal downtown. In a release sent moments ago, his quote is strong:
“The nation’s top downtown developer wants to invest between $200 million and $430 million in our city and create 3,000 construction and permanent jobs, […]

Some Explosives Advice for the City

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Now that the legal obstacles are at least temporarily cleared for the bomb storage device on Cardinal Hill, the city should get its crews out to the site and start building. Tomorrow.
Surely the police department is ready to go. They’ve been awaiting approval for at least five months. Whatever funding it needs is there. And […]

Score! One for Maven, LEO

Friday, October 10th, 2008

The new online incarnation of LEO has a few treats, or tricks, depending on your point of view, for online readers.
One of them is the return of C.D. Kaplan the sportswriter. The Maven’s rumor column on sports disappeared from the print edition some time back, part of a subtle shift in focus and space constraints […]

Yarmuth-Northup Live. . . Right Now

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Score one for the C-J.
If you want to catch the John Yarmuth-Anne Northup debate, you can watch it live on the C-J’s website, starting up in a few minutes.
It’s on WFPL radio and a delayed version will be on Metro TV — but if you want to watch it live, looks like the Courier is […]

There’s Katie King News–Go To Page One

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Here’s the pictures we got in the mail yesterday. With 25 days and counting before the election, this is getting more and more interesting. Almost makes it fun to check the mail.
We don’t mean to make light of the situation. King faces David Holton in an election for District Judge. She’s inexperienced, but has the […]

Doll Should Say: News People Are Dumb

Friday, October 10th, 2008

From the people who brought you the image of Jesus in a Cheetoh is this story that seems to have originated at a Tulsa news station — there’s a growing number of grandmas who think a Fischer-Price doll says “Islam is the Light” and “Satan is the King.”
You’ll be shocked to learn that Fox41 sent […]

Nothing Doing on Metro Council

Friday, October 10th, 2008

The Metro Council last night chose to put off any decision on the controversial Cordish Company negotiations. We finally heard from the Baltimore developer, who is none-too-pleased with the Council’s questioning of the deal it had already worked out with the Mayor.
Bottom line is there are several deal-breakers involved, the biggest being a desire by […]