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Setting the Record Straight: The 2021 Alaska Landmine Article
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In November 2021, the Alaska Landmine published a piece about me that left out the central fact: the Alaska Democratic Party had hired me, taken my work, and refused to pay. Five years later, here is the actual record.
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Chevy Chase Showed Its True Colors Monday. It Wasn’t Pretty.
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This is not advocacy. This is stigma dressed in scrubs. Let’s be honest about what happened Monday in the Council Chambers. More than 260 residents of one of Lexington’s wealthiest, most comfortable neighborhoods showed up to fight tooth and nail against a mental health facility moving in down the street. They brought attorneys. They…
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George Rogers Clark honored with parade after first boys-girls state title sweep since 1928
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WINCHESTER — George Rogers Clark High School celebrated a feat nearly a century in the making Sunday, as hundreds lined the streets for a parade honoring the Cardinals boys and girls basketball teams — the first Kentucky school since Ashland in 1928 to win both state titles in the same year. The double championship…
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One Firm, Many Hats: McBrayer’s James Frazier at the Center of Lexington’s Legal Web
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A Lexington bank’s request to disqualify a Fayette Circuit judge has pulled back the curtain on a pattern of overlapping roles that has placed one man — and one law firm — at an unusual intersection of judicial, civic, and legal power in Lexington. James H. Frazier III is the CEO of McBrayer PLLC,…
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Lexington doesn’t need another tourism tax. It needs answers | COMMENTARY
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VisitLex wants more of your money. The publicly funded tourism bureau is asking the Urban County Council to approve a new Tourism Improvement District — a 2% assessment on hotel rooms that would funnel an estimated $2.1 million per year into marketing, consultants, and destination branding. Before the Council votes, it should ask a…
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City hall vote and city job interview overlapped for former Lexington councilmember
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A Lexington city councilmember who voted to create a new senior government position later accepted that same job, interviewing for it during the same week she cast the decisive vote to advance the administration’s $152 million City Hall project. Hannah LeGris, who represented the city’s 3rd District, voted in October to create the Access…
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Lynn’s proposed vacancy tax faces major legal hurdles under Kentucky law, experts say
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Democratic Socialist candidate for Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council At-Large Herbert Lynn has pitched a new “vacancy tax” on empty housing units as a signature solution to Lexington’s affordability crisis — a proposal he’s promoted while citing housing figures that do not withstand basic scrutiny. But local experts contacted by The Lexington Times say the…
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Lexington doesn’t need big-city cosplay — it needs real housing policy | Opinion
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I’ll admit it: it’s kind of refreshing to see a candidate show up with energy. In a city where too many campaigns feel like they were workshopped by a consultant who’s never paid rent, the enthusiasm is honestly… enviable. Lexington needs candidates who want to swing at big problems instead of politely circling them.…
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Big Decisions, No Public Agenda: Stormwater Policy Meets the Dark
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On Dec. 5, a group of engineers, planners, academics, and consultants gathered to talk about Lexington’s stormwater future. They discussed wetlands, sewer capacity, growth plans, pollution data, and manuals that will quietly shape how the city grows for decades. They also did it without a publicly posted agenda. That absence wasn’t a clerical oversight.…
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Analysis: Continuity vs. Change Takes Shape in Lexington’s 2026 Mayoral Race
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As Lexington heads toward the 2026 mayoral election, the outlines of a familiar but still-fluid contest are beginning to emerge. At its core, the race is shaping up as a test of whether voters want to double down on experience and continuity—or whether the city’s growth pressures, housing costs, and civic frustrations create an…