Data Center Moratorium Vote

LG&E continues to be Louisville's utility company

Stuart Benson

Link to watch it yourself. It's three hours, so get your popcorn ready... https://bit.ly/4iG227p

@deadparentswhatnow Becky Robison joined me at the microphone last week to discuss one way that we may be able to prevent vacant and abandoned properties here inside the Metro area. We also discuss three metro council votes with big implications to all Louisvillians.

By the way, the new data center definitions and recommendations to our land development code heads to a vote of the Planning Commission on 8/20 at 1pm in the Old Jail Building, 514 W. Liberty Street.

Metro Council passed the budget with a 22-3 vote. Many vital services were decreased, or cut out all together, including the Housing First model program, Arthur Street Hotel.

Listen in to learn more about the Soil and Water Conversation District, and hear more details about what down at the nearly four hour Council meeting on the 25th!

Sixth & Jeff is back with this special primary election episode!

Jefferson County Candidates Running PDF: https://bit.ly/candidatefilings 

Various County-Wide Early Voting Locations: https://bit.ly/louvotes

FY 2026-2027 Budget Hearing Schedule: https://bit.ly/budgethearingsinfo

On this episode of the pod, Alena & Taylor talk about:

• King Louis XVI Statue cleaning
• Data Center being built in Louisville
• Dem Caucus Drama
• Day 1 Health Insurance for City Employees

Links from today's episode:

• Restroom map
• Flock camera map

Alena & Taylor cover the ICE Mask Ordinance getting voted down (from last month), an update on flock cameras and why you should hate them, and the Planning Commission sucks (as usual).

Links:

• LMPD Map
• Louisville Metro sues to keep surveillance records secret 
• Man who died in Louisville jail was subject to ICE detainer 
• Metro Council, advocates at odds on how to advance Louisville police reform 

In this episode, Alena and Taylor talk about:

• Bringing back an ordinance that would put restrictions on masks for law enforcement officers like ICE
• Why snow removal was such a disaster
• Taylor breaking up with the Democratic Party

Tune in! No links this week!

Links:

Louisville Forum about Data Centers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRF3U8j1L5U

LSURJ ICE Resistance: https://www.facebook.com/SURJLouisville

Alena and Taylor will tell you who is running for what offices for Louisville Metro in 2026.

Also covered: the Metro Council organizational meeting, the mayor's new Chief AI Officer, and a mini horse named Bandit.

On this week's episode, Alena and Taylor talk about the most recent council meeting where they decided on emergency weather shelters, Parkway Place, and Givaudan land downzoning.

Links from the show:

•  https://linktr.ee/MetroCouncilRecord 
•  https://www.bizjournals.com/louisville/news/2020/07/30/rhodia-redevelopment-proposed-for-west-end.html 
•  https://www.courier-journal.com/picture-gallery/news/local/2024/04/22/former-louisville-chemical-site-readies-for-major-development-photos/73388794007/