🌎 Resumen en español · traducción automática
On Thursday night, in a single unanimous roll-call vote with no debate and not one member of the public at the microphone, the Urban County Council enlarged a tax subsidy for the Red Mile that has been on the books since 2010.
Mayor Linda Gorton opened the legally required public hearing on Ordinance O-044-2026, asked twice if anyone wished to speak, and — “seeing no one” — closed it. Minutes later the council adopted it on second reading. The ordinance expands the boundary of the Red Mile Tax Increment Financing district, folding in the one part of the historic harness track that had never been inside it: the racetrack and its grassy infield…