I was listening to NPR and Louisville's Mayor was on to provide some lip service about the mortgage crisis. The thing that stood out in his interview was that he emphasized that Louisville was a town of 700,000 people. Now, I admittedly know little about Louisville. I believe I have driven through the town twice in the last 10 years, but the phrase that immediately entered my mine was bullshit. Heck, I always thought one of the advantages the Charlotte 49ers had when Louisville came to visit during their Conference USA days was the Cardinals coming to the "big city" (I am only somewhat joking about that).
Well, wikipedia as always knows all and answered the mystery around this - it turns out that Louisville is a town of around 250k, but they passed a measure to combine with the county 7 years ago. I do not care how they want to reclassify themselves, but you are a shrinking town of 250k, Louisville, and having your mayor throw out some absurd number on national radio just emphasizes some ego problem you must have.
Posted by shs4 at November 28, 2007 05:36 PM