*Boil Water Advisory* - Windsor Forest Area

From WHAS11:

Customers are encouraged to boil all water used in cooking or drinking for three minutes and not use water from refrigerators or ice from ice machines.

Streets involved in the Boil Water Advisory Include:

Alydar Court, Arnoldtown Road, Arnoldtown Woods Road, Bambi Way, Bold Ruler Way, Clayton Terrace, Coach Way, Docks Lane, Fox Ridge Court, Gatecreek Road, Gateview Circle, Gateview Place, Hardwood Forest Drive, Hi View Lane, Hill Top Manor Road, Holiday Drive, James Hill Road, Joe Don Court, Lakeridge Drive, Lakewood Drive, Mitchell Lane, Mountain Brook Drive, Norma Lee Drive, Paralee Drive, Pine Grove Court, Princess Wood Court, Queenswood Road, Regal Pine Court, Rica Road, Rush Court, Secretariat Drive, Smarty Jones Drive, Split Rail Drive, St. Anthony Church Road, St. Anthony Woods Court, Stonecrest Drive, Sunnys Halo Court, Timber Hills Road, Twin Lakes Court, Waverly Park Road, Windsor Forest Drive, Windsor Lakes Court and Windsor Lakes Parkway.

Shallow Hal Refuses Debate

My old friend, former coworker, radio host and fellow blogger Ed Springston has received word that 19th district Metro Councilman and Republican candidate for mayor Hal Heiner has refused to appear on Ed's radio show for a debate with Chris Thieneman. Hal's gang gives flimsy excuses on the refusal and sheepishly accuses Ed of extreme bias. Read all about it HERE.

Shallow Hal's campaign is clearly doomed and is now showing the fear.

An aside: Every time you hear Heiner speak, he brags about creating thousands of jobs in Louisville. He claims, as mayor, that he will bestow his genius upon the unwashed masses in order to continue to create jobs...but the only thing Hal is creating is an illusion.  In 1997, Hal "tapped into his life savings", bought some cheap land and developed it using out of town contractors.  A few companies moved in and hired some people at a low wage, and BANG!  That's Hal's record of "creating jobs".  I can tell you about a few more jobs he didn't create in Louisville. His campaign website, www.halformayor.com, was created by The Stoneridge Group, 554 W. Main Street, Tannery Row, Bldg. A - Suite 200, Buford, GA 30518.

That's Georgia, and that's all folks.

Mayoral Debate on Downtown Development

89.3 WFPL will air live coverage of the Mayoral Forum today at noon from the Convention Center. The debate will focus on issues related to development in downtown Louisville.


Listen live HERE.


UPDATE: Some of these candidates surprised me.  It sounded as though a few of them wandered into the room, strolled on stage and got miked by mistake. In case you missed the live broadcast, the archived version can be found by clicking HERE.

Analysis: Tyler Allen has found his voice, formed his message and is pounding it home. Allen is the clear winner here, outclassing the rest of the field by miles. Sharp answers. Passion. Intellect. Has a vision for Louisville and articulated it well. Very impressive. The rest (according to my notes) in no particular order: "Shallow Hal" Heiner erroneously continues to take credit for creating jobs by leasing warehouses to companies who actually do the hiring. Katie King's dad sounded as arrogant as ever because, well, he is smarter than you and way more successful. King also acted as though downtown was some sort of lawless war zone that needed its own police force to control the crime there. Chris Theineman stated Louisville was the most heavily taxed city in the country, said "uh" a thousand times and consistently turned to the shopworn tactic of beating up on Jerry Abramson (who is not in the race, by the way). Shannon White knows how to dress herself as well as other women and thinks Macy's is a small local business. The smartest one, Jackie Green, is an eccentric that can make the race fun just by telling the truth. Burrel Farnsley drinks too much and possibly had a few [dozen] before showing up today wearing shorts.  The monotone, utterly unexciting drone that is ice-machine inventor and self-described "entrepreneur" Greg Fischer needs to use the "big boy" voice when he shows up somewhere to campaign.  David Tandy failed to menace. Tandy's jobs program is based on Louisville's mayor revamping the Commonwealth of Kentucky's education system, which is impossible.

More to come soon, and thanks for making The Valley Report a part of your day.

Yes, It Snowed AGAIN. Lets Move On...

- On Friday, Jake at The 'Ville Voice reported mayoral candidate Chris Thieneman violated campaign finance law.  It may seem like a small thing, but if his people don't know these basic rules, you have to ask yourself what other laws are they breaking because of ignorance.

- Southwest Louisville Young Professionals is an affiliate of the Southwest Dream Team that links young professionals -- who live in or grew up in -- Southwest Louisville for business and professional networking. Join the facebook group today.

- From The Local Weekly: Riverview Park will be closed beginning February 15th thru July 1st of 2010. This is due to $1.2 million in improvements to the park. A portion of the cost, $300,000, has been provided by a donation from David Jones. Future improvements to the park will include, a boat ramp, a new playground, and a splash park. This is the first phase of a master plan that will add significant new venues and major public spaces in the park. While the master plan will take many years to complete, these improvements will add significant attractions to the park.

-  I don't like twitter.  I think it is useless and over-hyped, just like CNN's Rick Sanchez.  There, I said it.

2010 Mayoral Campaign Commentary - Tyler Allen

In my life, I have found myself in the company of a wide, strange variety of people. I have been known to hang around and make friends with estranged family members, dregs of society, anarchists, millionaires, hill people, those known as the "elite", horsemen, trade unionists, hippies, lawyers, business owners, gun nuts, losers, winners and sometimes...politicians and political candidates. This past fall, just as the foliage was getting golden, I had the opportunity to sit down with Tyler Allen, Democratic candidate for Metro Mayor. All of the traditional rules I have for meeting with candidates were pitched out the window because of Allen's honesty and his extraordinary ability to make you feel as though you have known him forever. Rarely have I met a person running for such a high profile office that was so personable, humble and brimming with excitement for not only the future of Louisville's businesses or economy, but also for the well-being of it's citizens. It was just the two of us. No attorneys or campaign staff were present, and at no time did his eyes dart around the room while we spoke or do that little look over the shoulder weirdness or check his watch or show any fear whatsoever. But make no mistake...he isn't naive. He is just that damned good.

He asked me questions. Questions that were specific to Southwest Louisville, and he asked lot of them. That tells me he wants to understand what makes us tick. He wants to know what we, as a part of Greater Metro Louisville, expect from our mayor and our council. Tyler Allen is listening.

He hasn't raised a load of money and isn't running a huge, Washington D.C. style campaign like some of his opponents. What he does have are ideas, and the are Good Ones that require your immediate attention. I am telling you this because it is my sincere hope that each and every one of you will spend some time browsing his website and getting to know Tyler and his positions. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask him.

Tyler Allen is a serious candidate and is spectacularly qualified. I hope he earns your consideration.  He would make a wonderful mayor.

www.tyler4mayor.com

Laissez le Bon Temps Rouler

- Lock your doors, run and hide, bring in the brass monkey: The National Weather Service in Louisville has issued a winter storm warning for tonight. We are expected to get 4-6 inches of snow. That means anywhere between NO MEASURABLE SNOW to 15 inches of filthy wet slush that will cripple all ground and air transportation for 4 days. Stock up on good booze, gas up your generators and add some cable channels to your lineup. Or maybe warm up the car and go for a drive. This could be the big one.

- In what turned out to be an unusually exciting game, my New Orleans Saints hog-tied and whipped the Hoosier-fied Colts 31-17 last night in the Super Bowl. Yeah, I said Super Bowl. Not the "Big Game" or "Bowl that is Super". The biggest complaint I heard about the game is that the commercials weren't that good.  The coup de grâce was the 4th quarter interception of a pass by the Colts' Payton Manning that was returned for a touchdown, resulting in the final score. Fans in Indianapolis went home and straight to bed after that play.