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Inbox — Aug. 5, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Not So Fast

Jerry's kids

Facts, rumors and political innuendo

Louisville businessman Greg Fischer was quick to announce his candidacy for mayor, and he believes the early entry will help set the tone of his campaign.

Inbox — July 29, 2009

Letters to the Editor

Corrections

Gone to market

Once an anachronism, farmers markets are returning our eating to its roots

During a busy weekday lunch hour, clusters of people pour into the street to buy groceries for dinner and catch up with co-workers and neighbors.

How do I hate thee?

Despite a dip in documented hate crimes in Kentucky, officials acknowledge most are never reported

Jordan Gruver was waiting in line to buy a soda at the Meade County fair on a hot July afternoon in 2006 when a trio of Klansmen approached.

Auditor in chief

Internal auditor uncovers flaws in city payroll system, sparking criticism of mayor

Testifying before a Metro Council committee about a lack of oversight in the city’s payroll system, Metro Human Resources Director Bill Hornig tried to downplay one of several blunders uncove

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The most unusual of gatherings

Serving up juicy barbequed pig and political rhetoric, Fancy Farm did not disappoint

We’re sitting at one of the half-dozen red picnic tables, roughly dead-center at the 129th Fancy Farm Picnic, and the thick musk of barbequed pig permeates from nearly every pore of thi

Keep it Weird

Why you should buy local

The Louisville Independent Business Alliance is just one of many organizations across the nation that bands together local, independent businesses.

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Buy local

Corporate America and the co-opting of ‘local’

HSBC, one of the biggest banks on the planet, has taken to calling itself “the world’s local bank.” Winn-Dixie, a 500-outlet supermarket chain, recently launched a new ad ca

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Default mechanism

Some analysts think massive debt will send Gannett into Chapter 11

In the boneyard that is contemporary print journalism, Gannett Co., which owns The Courier-Journal, has so far avoided the deathwatch list.