Opinion

Herald-Leader investigations into excessive spending by the Kentucky League of Cities and Kentucky Association of Counties reveal that both groups provide their executive directors BMW SUVs. Yet, there's plenty of Kentucky-made vehicle options: Toyota in Georgetown; Ford in Louisville and even the Corvette plant in Bowling Green. Not sporting one of these brands certainly seems off-message for organizations that help local governments with economic issues and that promote the commonwealth nationally.

A faint hum has become an audible buzz as a series of private and public investments in downtown came to the fore in the last couple of weeks.

Lexington's Convention and Visitors Bureau stirred up a bit of controversy recently by choosing a blue depiction of seminal Thoroughbred stallion Lexington as the image representative of the Horse Capital of the World.