Kentucky: Jim Gray

Hayward Wilkirson, head of Preserve Lexington, served up a splendid op-ed in the Monday edition of the Herald-Leader.

He lays out four very simple policy changes that could and should be implemented now based on lesons we've learned from the CentrePointe non-velopment and be sure to check those out in detail.

He also gives us a Harper's Index, of sorts, a comprehensive run down of the Webbs' lies, Mayor Newberry's collusion, and the sad history of this ridiculous project:

■ 599 days since Newberry, developer Dudley Webb and Harold Tate of the Downtown Development Authority unveiled plans for CentrePointe, claiming it would be open in time for the WEG.

A new candidate has joined current Mayor Jim Newebberry and former Mayor Teresa Isaac in the 2010 Mayoral race:

Eric Patrick Marr notified the Kentucky Registry of Election Finance on Wednesday that he intends to be a candidate in the Lexington mayor's race in 2010.

Marr, 36, a native Lexingtonian, said he decided to run for mayor because when he returned in 2007 after being gone for 16 years, "I discovered Lexington was invisible and irrelevant on the national scene."

There's more about Eric at his campaign website.

In related news, Jim Gray remains coyly silent... but certainly it's only a matter of time.

Failed developer Dudley Webb is really good at building (or not building) epic failures that ultimately turn into blights for the city of Lexington and have to be bailed out with their tax dollars.

On the other hand, successful developers/businessmen like Jim Gray actually build projects that not only create real jobs (not Fraggle jobs), but actually add value to society. Like this one:

Lexington-based Gray Construction has been hired to design, engineer and oversee the expansion of building that will become an assembly plant for a startup automotive company.

V-Vehicle has the backing of venture capitalist Kleiner Perkins and former Texas oil magnate T.

Today was a VERY SPECIAL day at the LFUCG. Dudley Webb was kind enough to visit and take questions from the Council, and it's little surprise that he is STILL trying to scapegoat people for his giant CentrePointe FAILURE.

And Dudley (as our IP address hits reveal) is apparently a big Barefoot and Progressive fan:
"This became a cause célèbre for editorial writers, columnists, bloggers, public officials, rumormongers and others," Webb said, adding that he will not "continue to respond to this negativism."
Negative?!? Who could be negative about what a fantastic success Dudley's Ditch is?!? He deserves nothing but love and admiration, like Councilman George Myers gave him, as he told Dudley to "keep doing what your doing".