One
might think this is a website primarily based on a dislike of the
Louisville Cardinals athletic teams which comes out of a university
that masquerades as an athletic program but this is so much more than
that.
The
purpose of this site is to bring into the open hard hitting news and
commentary about Louisville, Kentucky and some of the surrounding
Kentucky counties that are often associated with Louisville including
those areas in Kentucky systematically included as part of the
Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Louisville
sucks because a large part of it is due to Louisville Metro
Government or ie. the Metro Council and Mayor which makes policy for
the city and Jefferson County of which Louisville Metro now controls
the majority of in essence because its taxing district and law
enforcement patrols the entire county. Louisville sucks because
economically it is a cesspool in what could be a highly prosperous
metro area. Louisville sucks because its the 4th highest taxed US
city with a crumbling infrastructure, shitty roads, lousy public
services, corrupt government, and a populace that doesn't in most
cases give two healthy shits about the crime and crap that goes on in
their city.
Louisville
sucks because of the antiquated and bombed out infrastructure which
resembles something akin to Dresden in the 1940s despite a very high
tax rate on individual taxpayers are hosed as well as individual
business and small businesses. Louisville sucks because of political
correctness and having a mayor and police department that is more
interested in not stepping on the toes of the criminal class and a
certain voting bloc.
Louisville
sucks because its school system regularly ranks in the bottom 25
percent of the schools in the entire Commonwealth of Kentucky. A
state that isn't exactly among the brightest in the box of crayons
nor very sharp to start with and a US state that ranks well in the
40s when it comes to public K 12 education. Not to mention 47th in
the United States in percentage of its residents with a college
degree or post secondary training of some sort.
The
JCPS (Jefferson County Public Schools) at last glance ranked 127th
out of 160 some Kentucky school systems. Even down from 118th a few
years out of 154 school systems which ranked it in the bottom 25
percent of all Kentucky school systems.
Louisville
sucks because at large it has an ineffectual system of government
along with a system of incompetence and government corruption that
makes it look like the Chicago of the Ohio River Valley. Louisville
sucks because it spent 350 million on an arena to give it away for
next to nothing so the local college basketball team could play in it
for years for next to nothing in rent. All the while the interest on
the facility was in the 17 million a year range and the city couldn't
come up with enough tax revenue from its Tax Increment Financing
district to pay for the arena (which its backers and local
politicians claimed that it would do). All the while blowing away 17
million a year just on interest until the principal was due to start
payment in 2020 at approximately 16 to 17.5 million a year based on
350 million dollar cost of the facility.
All
because they have no NHL team, no NBA, and only two college teams U
of L men's and women's along with a smattering of concerts to support
a facility. Meanwhile the taxpayers end up supporting the arena
through their tax dollars (another thing promised that wouldn't
happen by POLITICIANS) at the tune of several million dollars per
year which is taken out of the city's general funding which instead
should be going to roads and infrastructure.
Louisville
sucks because the roadways are decrepit and falling apart all over
the city because the city ,stupidly I might add, decided that it
would be a great idea in 2009 to take over responsibilty for all
Kentucky designated and numbered roads in the city/county of
Jefferson. Of which they didn't have enough money or funding to keep
the roads repaired correctly and therefore they are falling apart.
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