GILLES MELOCHE RESIGNS

Metro Animal Services Director Gilles Meloche has resigned effective December 31, 2009. It is being reported that Assistant Director Wayne Zelinsky has been named Interim Director.

Great news for all of us but I would like 2 things.

First, LEAVE NOW! Why wait? Meloche is a criminal and an embarrassment to us all why let him stay longer if we have already named an interim director.

Second PROSECUTE HIM! Prosecute his sorry butt for animal abuse and everything else you can find. This guy deserves no pity nor any mercy for anything he has done while Director.

And please do not forget who gave him the job either. eh Jerry Abramson?

Good riddance of garbage.

Just added: I just read Rick Redding's article on Gilles Meloche. You can view it here:

http://www.louisvillemojo.com/blogs/Blog.Cfm?EntryID=82204&BlogID=7387

Meloche, as you know, Is the Director of Metro Animal Services (MAS) and has been a problem for years. What is fascinating is how Jerry Abramson touts the great things Meloche has done.

From Jerry: “For more than four years, Dr. Meloche has been a strong change agent who has helped professionalize our animal services operation and significantly increase the percentage of adopted animals,” said Mayor Jerry Abramson. “I appreciate his dedication and service to our community, and I wish him much success.”

How can this idiot Abramson think he has any credibility whatsoever when he continues to live in denial of HIS failures?

Meloche has been an embarrassment to our community for years. He has been found guilty of sexual harassment, with more current charges pending, animal abuse and neglect, killing cats with a needle straight to the heart without anesthesia, selling steroids without a license, and the list goes on and on.

Jake Payne has some great info on this train wreck as well: Gilles Meloche & the Metro Animal Services Mess

Meloche is a failure as a human being in my opinion and so is Abramson who hired him and defended him to date and now tries to act like this moron was an altar boy in his job.

Meloche is gone, others will follow as these idiots hired and appointed by Abramson continue getting exposed now that Abramson has announced he is leaving the cover is off.

Abramson needs to go as well. Anyone who would continually allow this atrocity is not much of a man either in my opinion. If this idiot can screw up Louisville as bad as he has do we really need him in Frankfort?

No way. Remember to help get rid of Abramson when you vote on Gov/Lt Gov next election.

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THE KINGDOM: HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT GET? PLENTY

As many of you know I am the one who began the King investigation over a year ago. Initially I was intrigued by how much money Katie King received and where the source of the funding came from so I started searching. It started out as seeking an answer to one basic question.

Did Katie King buy the Judgeship illegally?

Of course based on the evidence I uncovered I believed so then, as I do now, which is why that part of the case continues today.

With that said I was amazed at how much more information on the King's started pouring in to me. It seemed as though everyone was waiting for someone to have the guts to challenge the King's. People from everywhere ex-employees, current employees, people who have had first hand dealings with Jim King all stepped forward, asking for anonymity of course, with stories of malfeasance and power and egos run amok.

When one person tells you a story then you take it with a grain of salt. When multiple people tell you the same stories you start wondering if they are true.

Today's CJ article by Joe Gerth is one of those truths. King, former wife move to seal divorce cases courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal. Quoting from the article:

"According to the 1981 case file, Rebecca King, who is now 55, filed for divorce on March 11 of that year, claiming that a week earlier her husband had burst through a locked bathroom door while she was bathing and threatened her.

“You make me sick, I can't stand to look at you and I would like to knock the hell out of you between the eyes,” he allegedly told his wife, according to a request for a restraining order.
The document claims he then followed her around the couple's house and wouldn't allow her to sleep, ripping bedcovers away from her. It claimed he pulled her away as she tried to enter the bedroom of two of their children and refused to allow her to call for help.


In the days after that incident, the pleading claims that Jim King, who was 29 at the time, continued “harassment, intimidation and demeaning language” that caused her to become “emotionally upset” and to lose 8 to 10 pounds in a week's time.
The day after filing for divorce, Rebecca King claimed, her husband twisted her hand and choked her after he caught her taking $20 from his wallet to pay for shoes for their youngest daughter. According to the court file, she reported her husband's actions to Louisville police “because she was fearful for her physical safety.”"

Of course perhaps now we can see why Katie is just as bad as Jim. Katie you may recall had 911 calls placed against her for trying to beat in an ex boyfriend's door and also had marijuana found at her home that an ex took responsibility for.

The apple does not fall far from the tree it would seem.

Abusing someone is a method of control. Period. It is a method of exercising power over someone else. It is a symptom of a much larger problem. And in the case of King those problems persist even today.

Here is what wikipedia has to say: Psychological abuse, emotional or psychological coercion used to compel another to do something they do not want to do, Physical abuse, infliction of pain or use of violence against another

You see the case of spousal abuse happened in 1981 and the divorce followed in 1988. Charges of emotional and physical abuse by King's ex wife have been known about for years. In fact about 9 months ago I decided to try and pull the case up myself to verify. Interestingly enough it had disappeared from local archives. Almost 10 days ago I tried again and finally requested a copy from Frankfort.

Kudos must go to Joe Gerth though for being a couple days quicker than I on the last request.

Some people continue believing that this is no big deal since it occurred so long ago. There is one problem with that argument.

There have been several reports of sexual harassment in the workplace at King Southern Bank with one report even going so far as stating that King was having sex with a subordinate on his desk in his work office. With more than one person stating this then based on history it does lead one to believe it is possibly true.

Why would any of this be relevant you ask?

Simply this.

So called men who abuse women are not men. Period. In my eyes anyway.

When the behavior continues such as sexually harassing women in the workplace and having out of court settlements to hide the action then this is repeated illegal behavior. This rumored behavior is alarming.

To try to allow the excuse that it was over 20 years ago is one thing but the continued behavior is the problem. This shows a pattern of behavior that is detrimental in leadership. It shows a pattern of behavior that puts women in an inferior classification and shows little regard for both women and the law.

This also clearly shows a willingness to ignore the law as has been done in the case of illegally funding Katie's campaign as well. Once again a pattern of behavior.

Abuse is something we cannot tolerate at any level from a leader. The fact that this is a pattern with King based on reports is a major red flag.

This is not what we need in leadership.

This is just the latest public problem with the Jim King express. He has shown over time that he is one who lusts for power and has little regard for people or the law in his quest for such.

This is why he cannot be Mayor.

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GILLES MELLOCHE: LEAVE SERIOUSLY AND TAKE SUMMERS AND ABRAMSON WITH YOU

You know so many have been covering the stories of Metro Animal Services and Gilles Melloche it really has not been something I felt needed addressed. Until now.

What will it take for the idiots Abramson, and his pet Deputy Mayor Bill Summers, to step up and fire this idiot. How much more does one have to do to justify their non existence on OUR payroll?

Take this story by Andy Alcock last night on WLKY: Vet Claims Harassment By Animal Services Director - Louisville News Story - WLKY Louisville (you can click the video on the top right).

Gilles Melloche has to be the most incompetent, or ego driven person I have seen yet. Well almost seen yet anyway. He has been found guilty of sexual harassment, faces even more allegations by others within the department of sexual harassment, and this is above and beyond the incompetent way he runs the agency.

How many animals died because he did not have an emergency plan available during the flood? Allegations of illegally giving meds to an adopt a pet center. Selling cats to people without letting them know they were sick? FAILING to honor a contract with a veterinarian that was signed by himself and Deputy Mayor Bill Summers.

Why does Bill Summers have a role in this? Simple he signed the employment contract and did nothing to ensure that it was being followed either. Essentially he did not do his job as well.

So many wonder why we in Louisville are looked at like quacks around the Country?

Look no further than the idiots Abramson has on the payroll appointed by him.

To say this makes us even more of a laughingstock to outsiders would be an understatement. Why has no one forced this guy out.

the list of atrocities by Melloche within the MAS and the idiocy by Summers and Abramson, who allow this to continue, should be a wake up call to us all.

Stand up and be heard! Tell these idiots that NO MORE will we accept this kind of behavior form someone WE PAY!

Melloche be a man for once in your miserable life and resign. Do us all a favor. I would suggest the same to Abramson and Summers but we know how shallow that manhood is. Accepting responsibility for failure is something they just have not shown they can do.

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JIM KING DOES IT AGAIN....

How many times can you keep making dumb decisions and still try to appear the best choice for a Mayor? I don't know but King keeps adding them up.

The Courier Journal just put a story on their website by Andrew Wolfson, Jim King asks lawyers to grade judge daughter courier-journal.com The Courier-Journal, where Jim King is asking for attorneys to rate his daughter highly. Why in the world would he be involved in this idiotic thing at this time.

Let's look at recent history shall wee?

Both Jim and Katie King were found guilty of illegally funding her campaign. Some will argue that the violations were considered "non-knowing" and they did not mean any intentional criminal acts. Unfortunately, most have not seen ALL the evidence though I have put plenty on this site.

The facts are that this case is not over by a long shot. There are so many glaring problems with the KREF decision that this is not going away anytime soon. I guarantee it. As the guy who brought this to the point we are at there are many other things that will be revealed in the coming weeks. But I digress.

Why would King even allow himself to be put in a situation that is ethically questionable at best and downright stupid at worst? Who in the world is his campaign advisor or do they have any control over him at this point. Of course many in the know will tell you King controls everything and does what he wants when he wants regardless of others opinions. But hey that is his prerogative.

The greatest comment in this article is one Katie herself made:

"Judge King said that she didn’t know her father was sending the e-mail and wouldn’t comment on it, other than to say “it wasn’t necessary, because my record this past year speaks for itself.” She added that her father, a certified public accountant, “is not a member of the bar and was operating outside his area of expertise.”

Why is this statement so funny? Simply this.

During the interviews with her while this whole KREF investigation has been ongoing Katie has consistently let Jim take the lead. Jim's public statements are that he told Katie taking the money was ok legally.

And she said ok and accepted the illegal gifts.

Um Katie?

Why would you now throw daddy under the bus and accuse him of working outside his area of expertise since he IS NOT a member of the bar because it may hurt you, yet you were so willing to rely on his opinion, OUTSIDE his area of expertise to fund your campaign?

This is yet one more reason to question everything the Kings are about. They do what they want because they think they can and it is up to us to make sure they cannot.

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Help campaign for opponents when they run against them, donate money to opponents so they can compete.

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But make sure you remember this stuff when you vote. Our future depends on it.

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