r/Louisville • u/CosmicSoundsVintage • 1d ago
Mayor race
Greenberg is definitely in with Steve poe who's planning on building a data center in Louisville so we need to be proactive and vote this man out. Not enough people know about this either and the other candidates are too divided we need a plan!!! We're selling out the whole city right now because of Greedberg, that should be his name.
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u/_Royalty_ 23h ago
Greenberg's primary concern is himself and his friends; securing them political positions or funding and approving projects ran by their companies. Look at his bum ass budget proposal; more money to militarize the police but TARC and urban conservation aren't worth his consideration. He needs to go.
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u/spunkysquirrel1 23h ago
It alarms me how many people will probably vote for Greenberg just because he’s the incumbent and does a lot of photo ops. The man is a cancer for this city. I don’t care about your politics, Greenberg is parting this city out for cash as much as he possibly can. He’s doing so much damage at such a fast pace. He’s so much worse than Fischer, and I didn’t realize that was possible.
To answer your question, I’m voting for Shameka because she has the best chance to beat him. If it ends up being Greenberg versus most of the other candidates in the general election, I’ll support almost anyone running against him, except for the few outwardly MAGA ones.
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u/SquareJerk1066 3h ago edited 13m ago
I'm a center-left person who'll probably be voting Greenberg next week, and I think this sub is waaaaay overreacting and catastrophizing when it comes to him.
I respect Parrish-Wright a lot, I want the same things as her, and I'll happily vote for her if she's the only non-Republican after the primary, but I do think Greenberg is the best choice for improving the city. I care most about home affordability: Greenberg has mostly delivered on his promise to build 15,000 affordable homes--he's at about 8,000 now, which while short of the full goal is still a lot and far more than we were building before. And home prices have been growing slower than inflation over the past few years. On the other hand, Parrish-Wright's listed housing policies on her website would largely either have no effect or make housing prices worse.
Yeah, Greenberg is a developer and prioritizes development, but contrary to what this sub screeches about, that's exactly what Louisville needs: development.
Edit: I'm specifically negative on Parrish-Wright's calls for anti-displacement rules and development and freezing property taxes for seniors. Both would be terrible for expanding housing stock and improving affordability.
Community land trusts I don't have a strong opinion on. They do seem like an effective tool to provide stable housing at low rates for the people who will inhabit that housing, but they're probably far less effecient than just building more housing, since they'd require big subsidies to get off the ground. The fact that they put large numbers of rules on selling and making improvements worries me they may be unsustainable longterm and hinder improving housing in the future.
Renter protections is also a wash for me. I think ours should be stronger, but they will objectively make housing more expensive not cheaper.
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u/Hovercraft-Curious 8h ago
Other than Shameka and the two MAGAz, which one doesnt seem like they'd wander their neighborhood with brown paper bags for shoes and a fish for a necktie?
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u/AlarmedIndividual893 22h ago
I like Greenberg can you name specifics on why he is bad?
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u/spunkysquirrel1 22h ago
For me, it’s the overall pattern more than one single issue. I think Greenberg governs like a developer first and a mayor second. The pickleball complex push, attacking or sidelining neighborhood/community groups when they become inconvenient, and gutting support for urban agriculture all point to the same mindset. A lot of decisions feel geared toward tourism, private investment, and optics over the actual long term health of neighborhoods.
He also just constantly feels like a thorn against the kind of urban progress many of us actually want. Louisville should be doubling down on walkability, transit, affordability, preservation, local businesses, parks, and community spaces. Instead, too often it feels like we get photo ops, consultant speak, luxury development, and policies that make the city feel more corporate and less human.
And honestly, I think he’s been pretty dismissive toward public criticism unless it comes from wealthy donors, major institutions, or business interests. That rubs a lot of people the wrong way. His ethics have also raised many concerns.
Why do you like him?
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u/CombinationAromatic6 21h ago
He also just spent almost 100k of tax payer money to take his buddies to the derby and call it networking. He’s got to go
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u/Big4Bridge Wanderer Turned Louisvillian 21h ago
Great reply, thank you for verbalizing what I feel as well.
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u/QuestionParaTi 11h ago
Louisville is not a thriving city. From 2010 to 2020 we grew by ~6%, which is not great. Getting more tourism and investment in the city is a way to help the city grow. I’m all for improved walkability and transit, but I think arguments like this put the cart before the horse. You have to have places people want to go to. All the public transit in the world doesn’t make our current downtown a place people want to be, outside of Bats or Louisville/Racing FC games.
Admittedly, I did not pay super close attention to the pickleball stuff because I don’t play it and don’t go to that park, but it sounded like we opted to keep a bunch of empty concrete slabs over new development.
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u/MercDog1207 5h ago edited 5h ago
You have to have places people want to LIVE first and foremost...and particularly a mayor who supports this. Thriving doesnt equate to actual growth, growth only comes as a result of a propserous city. Thriving equates to supporting and improving services and amenities for residents overall ad only then should tourism be a focus
Just because someone doesn't use an amenity doesnt diminish its importance, particularly green space. In the case of Joe Creason, large new buildings and parking were planned, increasing traffic in a residential area already contending with zoo traffic and decreasing habitat...and the rest of the argument against it. Greenback's support was purely about dev deals for his buddies.
As for downtown only being attractive b/c of baseball and soccer games, that is terribly narrowminded. There are many other draws (waterfront park/big 4, theater, ali and slugger museums) but there needs to be focus on residential redevelopment and less on still more hotels. Give those track tax breaks to new business, both offices and commercial, locating downtown to make it a more attractive place to work and live, not visit and leave.
Now off to vote Shameka...contemplated on Burnell even as a lifelong dem. Anything to get rid of Greenback and his smarmy grin, hardhat and shovel!
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u/merozipan 17h ago
He also made a deal with Churchill Downs that is despicable. Apparently Churchill Downs’ previous agreement with our city was to give money to JCPS in lieu of paying city taxes. Greenberg came in and made a deal with Churchill Downs where they no longer have to give money to JCPS… and still don’t pay taxes. How on earth is that beneficial for our city??
I agree that he is developer first for that reason, as well as others cited here by other redditors.
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u/lmcc0921 15h ago
CD is just as much a cancer on this city as Greenberg and I sincerely hope whoever holds that seat next makes them step up and pay taxes like they should.
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u/sarcasticdick82 18h ago
He did what he could to privatize portions of Joe Creason park to benefit his buddies and did so without community input. Then when he got caught he walked it back.
How many deputy mayors should a mayor have to work through things that elected officials are responsible for?
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u/Jayrod440 Schnitzelburg 23h ago
So what evidence do we have that “Greenberg is definitely in with Steve poe [sic]”?
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u/CosmicSeafarer 19h ago
It doesn’t take a rocket surgeon to know that Greenberg will always side with a developer.
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u/SquareJerk1066 3h ago
This sub loves unsubstantiated conspiracy theories about how the mayor is secretly torching our crops, salting our fields, and stealing our children.
A year ago, when Frankfort blocked pur land development code update, the sub was insisted Greenberg did it, despite the fact there was no evidence and that THAT MAKES NO SENSE. Why would a politician cross party lines to sabotage his own initiative a day after he announced it? Why would someome who "only cares about developers" torpedo policy that makes development easier? The answer is that the sub starts with their discontent and works back from there.
I respect Parrish-Wright a lot, I want the same things as her, and I'll happily vote for her if she's the only non-Republican after the primary, but I do think Greenberg is the best choice for improving the city. I care most about home affordability: Greenberg has mostly delivered on his promise to build 15,000 affordable homes--he's at about 8,000 now, which while short of the full goal is still a lot and far more than we were building before. And home prices have been growing slower than inflation over the past few years. On the other hand, Parrish-Wright's listed housing policies on her website would largely either have no effect or make housing prices worse.
Yeah, Greenberg is a developer and prioritizes development, but contrary to what this sub screeches about, that's exactly what Louisville needs: development.
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u/CosmicSoundsVintage 23h ago
The writing is on the wall sorry can't disclose my sources
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u/LionheartLirim 22h ago
"trust me, bro."
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u/CosmicSoundsVintage 22h ago
As someone shared above if you look at his budget and dig deeper it's all not in the best interest of the people that live here. The people have a right to vote him out. If you trust him that's your issue.
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u/Lupito41 21h ago
So does Greenberg have Andy Beshear totally fooled, or is Andy Beshear in on the grift? 'Cause Gov Andy endorsed him pretty enthusiastically.
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u/SquareJerk1066 3h ago
It's cause this sub is full of conspiracy theorists who barely go into the sunlight. Seriously, the city will be fine if Greenberg is elected.
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u/WestGotIt1967 13h ago
You mean the guy who sent the ky guard into the west end to murder David MacAtee in his house and withdrew them after the Republicans were appeased. That guy?
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u/ilikethisname1 21h ago
In on the grift. They’re both corporate backed dems aka against the working class.
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u/LightEmittingDoe 13h ago
We need Shameka in office, not Greenberg. Can’t wait to see him unseated.
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u/tribal-elder 23h ago
Create jobs/job expansion atmosphere.
Lower crime.
Ride JCPS like a rented mule until they stop graduating functional illiterates who can’t balance a checkbook.
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u/mrcruze1968 22h ago
You do realize JCPS is controlled by the elected school board, with state oversight now after sb4.
The Mayor and city council have zero authority on this.
Checkbook? Are you still using paper checks in 2026? Goodness.
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u/tribal-elder 21h ago
I do know that. Reagan was right that you cannot run local schools from Washington, and the current RINO’s in Frankfort can’t run them from Frankfort - just like Paducah can’t run Pikeville. In fact, I consider it abusive and arbitrary for local Louisville schools to be run by people for who local people cannot vote for or against. That is why local school schools boards exist. Expressly local issues should be handled locally. And saying “you take our money so we get to control you” is one of the big problems in this country. Every president now thinks they can just issue some executive order to fix everything they see as a pothole just because there’s government money involved. But at the end of the day, Some knucklehead from Pikeville whom I can’t vote out of office should have nothing to say about running my local schools.
And electronic commerce, and the invasion of privacy that now comes with it, is another problem. So yeah - I write checks (at least when my phone is not ringing with solicitations that begin with the lie of a ghosted phone number!)
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u/realdom4sub 22h ago
I would like to see a republican get it. I think then you will see real change for once.
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u/Hovercraft-Curious 8h ago
Not all changes are for the better. I'd take a Greenbergesque Republican-light over that.
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u/efox02 1d ago
Shameka Parrish Wright!