Dan Johnson considering 37th Senate

Shortly before 11 pm Friday evening Louisville's 21st District Metro Councilman Dan Johnson who is a Democrat, let his Facebook friends know that he's considering filing for Senator Perry Clark's vacated 37th District Senate seat. Redirecting moved Clark into the 35th with Denise Harper Angel (And a couple dozen other Democrats who would make great state legislators.)

I was recently impressed with Johnson for introducing a resolution for the Louisville Metro Council to let Congress know that we want the re-instatement of the Glass-Steagall Act through HR 1489. Glass-Steagall was repealed in 1999, but only in the last year has it become crystal clear that bankers and gamblers shouldn't be doing business with one another. This is just one of the issues Occupy Louisville, and Occupy Wall Street, are all about.

Chris Thieneman, a Republican and former mayoral candidate who successfully led the charge against a proposed library tax a few years ago, filed for the Republican primary for that seat earlier this week. (http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20120125/NEWS01/301250081/Chris-Thieneman-state-senate-filing)