PVA David O’Neill under-assessed Coach Cal estate by $900,000
North of Center News broke over the holiday weekend that the home of former University of Kentucky head boys basketball coach John Calipari had sold for $3.4 million. This...
The Impact of Diverting Public Money to Private School Vouchers in Kentucky
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy This November, Kentuckians will vote on an amendment to the state constitution that would permit the General Assembly to spend public money...
Taxes generated from the publicly renovated Old Courthouse go to CentrePointe Parking Company, LLC.
North of Center Thank former Mayor Jim Gray for the TIF arrangement This is Part 3 of my ongoing reporting of the CentrePointe Tax Increment Financing development project. Articles...
The Income Tax Was Never Going to Be Eliminated. But Admitting So Matters.
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy An important shift may have happened last month when the Kentucky House Speaker said the General Assembly will not be eliminating the...
Downstream riffles
North of Center Part 3 of a Paint Lick up-back How many parts does it take to adequately capture a 2 mile paddle? Three!Part 1: The unlikely wilderness of...
In Jefferson County, Privatizing School Funding Is About Undermining Democracy
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy This November, Kentuckians will vote on whether to change our state constitution to allow public dollars to go to private schools. We...
Protect Our Schools KY Launches to Defeat Voucher Amendment
Republished from Kentucky Center for Economic Policy The campaign to protect Kentucky’s public schools from disastrous private school voucher schemes is under way. On Thursday, the Protect Our Schools...
Paint Lick: Put-in to grounding zone 1
North of Center We often think of paddling rivers and creeks as a strictly downstream activity. One starts in one place and ends in another. Lexington, however, is surrounded...
The unlikely wilderness of your home place
North of Center When Totality hit, I headed for Paint Lick. Lexington lay at around 90% Totality, maybe 70 miles from the Full Monty. This was close enough to...
Assessing Calipari: UK coach’s property taxes barely rose despite major upgrades, housing boom
North of Center John Calipari arrived to Lexington from Memphis on an 8 year, $34.65 million contract to coach the University of Kentucky boys basketball team, the pride of...