Adrian Paul Bryant
@adrianpbryant.bsky.social
Formerly: City Hall Reporter at CivicLex 🏛️ Futurely: [REDACTED] at [REDACTED]❓🕵️ Always: Proud Kentuckian and Lexingtonian 🐎 (he/him)
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Janet Patton writing about Lexington Blue:
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Janet Patton writing about Lexington Blue:
President Donald J. Trump is unpopular in a mid-term year. The Russo Brothers are releasing another Avengers movie. The State Legislature is arguing about charter schools. Andy Barr and Amy McGrath are on the ballot.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
President Donald J. Trump is unpopular in a mid-term year. The Russo Brothers are releasing another Avengers movie. The State Legislature is arguing about charter schools. Andy Barr and Amy McGrath are on the ballot.
The Work Group ranked these recommendations, which are in order from most supported to least supported.
As expected, reducing the contingency fund *or* pulling $16 mill. from the fund are the most popular.
The third is to, well, *freeze all non-contractually obligated spending.*
As expected, reducing the contingency fund *or* pulling $16 mill. from the fund are the most popular.
The third is to, well, *freeze all non-contractually obligated spending.*
July 29, 2025 at 11:58 PM
The Work Group ranked these recommendations, which are in order from most supported to least supported.
As expected, reducing the contingency fund *or* pulling $16 mill. from the fund are the most popular.
The third is to, well, *freeze all non-contractually obligated spending.*
As expected, reducing the contingency fund *or* pulling $16 mill. from the fund are the most popular.
The third is to, well, *freeze all non-contractually obligated spending.*
Tonight's the last meeting of the FCPS Budget Solutions Work Group, which was created (after the occupational tax fiasco) to recommend ways FCPS can improve their budget.
Houston Barber is kicking it off by stressing the need for new revenue and giving a refresher on what the occupational tax is.
Houston Barber is kicking it off by stressing the need for new revenue and giving a refresher on what the occupational tax is.
July 29, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tonight's the last meeting of the FCPS Budget Solutions Work Group, which was created (after the occupational tax fiasco) to recommend ways FCPS can improve their budget.
Houston Barber is kicking it off by stressing the need for new revenue and giving a refresher on what the occupational tax is.
Houston Barber is kicking it off by stressing the need for new revenue and giving a refresher on what the occupational tax is.
I forgot to post an update that our Regal Greg recovered! He was in the hospital 2.5 days but his liver is largely back to normal and he is mostly acting like his extremely extroverted self again.
July 25, 2025 at 6:32 PM
I forgot to post an update that our Regal Greg recovered! He was in the hospital 2.5 days but his liver is largely back to normal and he is mostly acting like his extremely extroverted self again.
Our sweet boy Greg has an inflamed kidney and liver and it could be worse than that. He had a few vet tests but we have to have him hospitalized at an emergency vet in Richmond tonight. Please send prayers or love to the little boy who turned me into a cat person.
July 19, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Our sweet boy Greg has an inflamed kidney and liver and it could be worse than that. He had a few vet tests but we have to have him hospitalized at an emergency vet in Richmond tonight. Please send prayers or love to the little boy who turned me into a cat person.
I got a note from one of the people who recorded it which is nice on the whole, but the last sentence is one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me.
July 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I got a note from one of the people who recorded it which is nice on the whole, but the last sentence is one of the kindest things anyone has ever said to me.
Crum showed this map to Council. The green lines are public utility transmission lines, the light-green in the center is the Urban Service Boundary, and dark-green shapes are PDR farms (which could legally not build solar).
So the medium-green outside the center is where rural solar could be built.
So the medium-green outside the center is where rural solar could be built.
July 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Crum showed this map to Council. The green lines are public utility transmission lines, the light-green in the center is the Urban Service Boundary, and dark-green shapes are PDR farms (which could legally not build solar).
So the medium-green outside the center is where rural solar could be built.
So the medium-green outside the center is where rural solar could be built.
My June Books:
ROOM TO DREAM: One chapter is a traditional bio on David Lynch by Kristine McKenna, then the next is a memoir by him. Loved it.
MORE THAN WORDS: I read a lot of Warner in college, and honestly this was a greatest hits + some talk on AI. Didn't get much from it, but you might!
ROOM TO DREAM: One chapter is a traditional bio on David Lynch by Kristine McKenna, then the next is a memoir by him. Loved it.
MORE THAN WORDS: I read a lot of Warner in college, and honestly this was a greatest hits + some talk on AI. Didn't get much from it, but you might!
June 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
My June Books:
ROOM TO DREAM: One chapter is a traditional bio on David Lynch by Kristine McKenna, then the next is a memoir by him. Loved it.
MORE THAN WORDS: I read a lot of Warner in college, and honestly this was a greatest hits + some talk on AI. Didn't get much from it, but you might!
ROOM TO DREAM: One chapter is a traditional bio on David Lynch by Kristine McKenna, then the next is a memoir by him. Loved it.
MORE THAN WORDS: I read a lot of Warner in college, and honestly this was a greatest hits + some talk on AI. Didn't get much from it, but you might!
I cannot make one of these types of lists without feeling lame or insecure in some way. But alas, here is what I have for my Best of the Century.
June 24, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I cannot make one of these types of lists without feeling lame or insecure in some way. But alas, here is what I have for my Best of the Century.
6th District Councilmember Denise Gray just announced that she is *not* running for re-election in 2026. She cites the media cycle around her allegations of sexual assault against then 4th District Councilmember Brenda Monarrez as a major reason why she is stepping away.
June 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
6th District Councilmember Denise Gray just announced that she is *not* running for re-election in 2026. She cites the media cycle around her allegations of sexual assault against then 4th District Councilmember Brenda Monarrez as a major reason why she is stepping away.
May was slow, but here's what I got.
@maklelan.bsky.social's THE BIBLE SAYS SO looks at things people think are in The Bible, but ain't, and vice versa! God has a wife? It's more likely than you think.
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS is one of the weirdest books I've read. Amazing title, though.
@maklelan.bsky.social's THE BIBLE SAYS SO looks at things people think are in The Bible, but ain't, and vice versa! God has a wife? It's more likely than you think.
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS is one of the weirdest books I've read. Amazing title, though.
June 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
May was slow, but here's what I got.
@maklelan.bsky.social's THE BIBLE SAYS SO looks at things people think are in The Bible, but ain't, and vice versa! God has a wife? It's more likely than you think.
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS is one of the weirdest books I've read. Amazing title, though.
@maklelan.bsky.social's THE BIBLE SAYS SO looks at things people think are in The Bible, but ain't, and vice versa! God has a wife? It's more likely than you think.
MY LIFE IN THE BUSH OF GHOSTS is one of the weirdest books I've read. Amazing title, though.
More on this will be in the (insanely packed) newsletter for Monday, but Lextran will present their long awaited microtransit feasibility study.
The consultant recommends this zone to do a pilot in: a two year, $2million+ pilot that they estimate would have 1.9 passenger trips per hour.
The consultant recommends this zone to do a pilot in: a two year, $2million+ pilot that they estimate would have 1.9 passenger trips per hour.
May 30, 2025 at 7:40 PM
More on this will be in the (insanely packed) newsletter for Monday, but Lextran will present their long awaited microtransit feasibility study.
The consultant recommends this zone to do a pilot in: a two year, $2million+ pilot that they estimate would have 1.9 passenger trips per hour.
The consultant recommends this zone to do a pilot in: a two year, $2million+ pilot that they estimate would have 1.9 passenger trips per hour.
One of my favorite CivicLex supporters (who is always quick to call me out on spelling errors and not defining acronyms) randomly dropped in the office to bring me this bag off coffee as gift.
"Cheeky, precocious, smart ass... I immediately thought of you when I saw it!"
"Cheeky, precocious, smart ass... I immediately thought of you when I saw it!"
May 30, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One of my favorite CivicLex supporters (who is always quick to call me out on spelling errors and not defining acronyms) randomly dropped in the office to bring me this bag off coffee as gift.
"Cheeky, precocious, smart ass... I immediately thought of you when I saw it!"
"Cheeky, precocious, smart ass... I immediately thought of you when I saw it!"
A little early, but I know I won't be finishing any books in the next two days.
Here's what I read in April: a book following survivors of the Hiroshima bombings and a memoir from a death row chaplain. Both - and I am sure you'll be shocked to learn this - kind of bummers!
Here's what I read in April: a book following survivors of the Hiroshima bombings and a memoir from a death row chaplain. Both - and I am sure you'll be shocked to learn this - kind of bummers!
April 28, 2025 at 3:49 PM
A little early, but I know I won't be finishing any books in the next two days.
Here's what I read in April: a book following survivors of the Hiroshima bombings and a memoir from a death row chaplain. Both - and I am sure you'll be shocked to learn this - kind of bummers!
Here's what I read in April: a book following survivors of the Hiroshima bombings and a memoir from a death row chaplain. Both - and I am sure you'll be shocked to learn this - kind of bummers!
Allegedly it's World Book Day. Here are some fiction and non-fiction books that mean a lot to me. Read them!
April 23, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Allegedly it's World Book Day. Here are some fiction and non-fiction books that mean a lot to me. Read them!
Lots of zingers throughout, but here is one worth clipping.
April 23, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Lots of zingers throughout, but here is one worth clipping.
Here is a big long list of "Complete Street" safety projects.
April 15, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Here is a big long list of "Complete Street" safety projects.
(My own design from our staff t-shirt fundraiser in the Fall is also, for some reason, still up for sale!)
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April 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
(My own design from our staff t-shirt fundraiser in the Fall is also, for some reason, still up for sale!)
www.bonfire.com/adrians-hors...
www.bonfire.com/adrians-hors...