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AUGUST 2025

Louisville Metro

VIDEOS: (1) Valley Station business spotlight (2) EMS blood transfusions (3) Community Safety Commission

Metro Government on chopping block?

David Nicklies, Realtor and developer, has challenged the constitutionality of merged local governments in Louisville Metro and Lexington-Fayette Urban County
Nicklies Developer

In a lawsuit filed in Jefferson District Court Monday, Nicklies argues that the laws enabling these consolidations are examples of unconstitutional “special legislation” — laws tailored to specific localities in violation of Sections 59 and 60 of the Kentucky Constitution…

The Kentucky Supreme Court previously agreed to uphold SB 1. In a press release, Nicklies said the Court’s decision to rehear the arguments — following the election of Justice Pamela Goodwine — opens the door to broader constitutional scrutiny.

“What’s at stake isn’t just one policy,” Nicklies said. “It’s the legal foundation of how Kentucky’s largest cities operate.” Read more.

State Rep. Jason Nemes (R-Louisville), a member of the House GOP leadership, warned in a recent Courier Journal op-ed that the JCPS board’s legal challenge to SB1 could have unintended consequences. “If the Court rules that the Constitution prohibits legislators from enacting laws that have a single-county impact, many laws that benefit Louisville, Lexington and other communities would be at risk,” Nemes wrote. “For example, Metro Louisville’s consolidated city-county form of government could be vulnerable to a legal challenge because it was made possible by a law that applied to a classification of cities that only includes Louisville. A successful legal challenge to Metro Louisville’s government could undo the merger.” Read more.

OUTRAGEOUS ACCUSATIONS

Hankison Justice Blog
The Appeal begins ...and more. Watch for news and comment.

Metro Louisville Features

Stuck in traffic

El Toro patents

One of Louisville’s most well-known tech companies recently announced that it had received four new patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), according to a news release... the patents allow El Toro’s clients — the likes over the years have included Ford, Toyota and Merck — to match digital activity to physical locations without being reliant upon traditional cookies from websites. Read more.

El Toro targeting
Churchill Downs used to be better | Opinion

I am old enough to remember Churchill Downs as a humble track that bolstered neighborhoods and businesses. ...Moving the Kentucky Oaks to prime time is the latest heinous anti-community action in a very long line of Churchill Downs' decimation of neighborhoods and local establishments. Read more. | COUNTERPOINT

A Statement from the twelve Republican Members of the Louisville Metro Council related to last week’s kidnapping and bank robbery by convicted criminal on shock probation.

...The decision to offer shock probation to this convicted violent offender was a terrible mistake. This wasn’t the first time this has occurred, but it can be the last. In the coming weeks, Republican members of the Metro Council’s Minority Caucus will work to create lasting policy initiatives that will help bring greater transparency to our court system along with proposals that will support our collective goal of creating a safer community.


Citizen Revolt (peaceful) Against Continual Tax/Fee Hikes and more

WAVE TV stirs up a story

mayor

Asked if he made the right decision to reverse Louisville's 'sanctuary city' policy, Mayor Greenberg answered, “I believe we will avoid seeing mass ICE raids in this community,” Greenberg said. “I was looking to prevent that, to prevent National Guard from being in our city as well. And so that is the hope.”
Marxists on the move in Louisville
WAVE: Since the decision, there have been no mass ICE raids or national guardsmen in the streets, but critics say Greenberg’s decision added fuel to local immigrant fears of deportation, leaving uncounted residents feeling less secure.
“Because I think people are seeing the leader of the city say yes to Trump, and people know Trump is anti-immigrant,” Carla Wallace, co-organizer of Louisville Showing Up for Racial Justice said.

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Kentucky

Multibillion-dollar BlueOval SK EV Battery Plant Launches Production
Blue Oval Battery Plant
The BlueOval view, three years ago - WikimediaCommons img
Plant on I-65 employs 1,450 now and will increase to 5,000

THANKS, DAD

Citizen Speaks Out against Data Centers

Optum headquarters
Optum Rx headquarters in MN

Goliath vs. David:

Optum Rx invokes open meetings law to fight Kentucky counties on opioid suits

UnitedHealth Group’s multibillion-dollar pharmacy benefit manager, Optum Rx, is suing five Kentucky counties in an attempt to force them out of national opioid litigation against the company.

Daniel Cameron on full throttle; takes American Voice call at KY Grassroots Patriots meeting

Trump Sues Beshear

Beshear Sues Trump administration
KY refuses to report true SNAP stats.
Lance Pearson interviews Massie
Cooperidder on Massie and Morris
Michael Faris Policy Goals
Lesser known candidate

Not a good look

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WHY?

Why can students file a complaint against the for-profit school industry but not the public school system?
KY pastor abolitionists warn
Opposition warns; calls for abortion ban repeals
AG Coleman News Releases
KY public safety leaders support AM Radio for Every Vehicle Act

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USA & World

Developing and damaging!

Discussion about Democrats
Dems are lost
C-span records the unbelievable HHS hearing
RFK report begins at about 13:47

“You've Taken $855,000 From Pharmaceutical Companies”
Kennedy Spars With Senators During Wild Testimony.

RevolverNews: For years, the American people have been gaslit, silenced, and lied to. We were told that Russiagate was real, that Trump was Putin’s puppet, and that the intelligence community had the evidence to prove it. But now, the whole thing is blowing wide open, thanks to President Trump and Tulsi Gabbard. And what’s being exposed isn’t just some shady political hit job; it’s something way bigger. This was an orchestrated coup attempt. A deliberate, calculated, and sinister scheme to take out a presidential candidate and then sabotage him once he won.
Designer Babies
Tech Billionaires Spearhead Efforts to Build Gene-Edited Designer Babies

Continuing Covid Fallout

Covid Vaccine
HHS on the job
In a letter sent last week to West Virginia health departments, HHS warned health officials to honor the governor’s executive order and its 2023 state law to recognize religious exemptions. The HHS letter isn’t legally enforceable, but serves as a warning that West Virginia risks violating state laws, one attorney said.

Sudden deaths, incapacitations soar among COVID-jabbed airline pilots

CDC Hit With Lawsuit Over Failure to Test Cumulative Effect of 72-Dose Childhood Vaccine Schedule Read more.

chicago skyline
Mayor calls on citizens to rise up against national guard in sanctuary city
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Illegal arrivals surpass 25,000 by the end of July, the fastest pace ever recorded.

Cartels never give up
Sheriff describes challenges
cartels never give up
Young teen girl defend her sister who is 12

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Stephen Miller speaks out
Miller speaks out
Liberal media rages at arrest of 'family man' in DC—turns out he's an illegal immigrant wanted for child sex assault

Harvard grad’s best advice

Fastzone Features- The Way We Are

Trump Pardons Pro-lifers

Dr. Ben Carson interviews Bevelyn Williams
Pardon Me trailer

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