Jeffersonville man wanted officer to jump-start stolen vehicle

Or maybe not such a new idea

Boel filed open records requests with local governments, universities and school systems asking if they had any contracts with Coleman or the Justice Resource Center or the Black Chamber of Commerce. Boel discovered that-from 1998 through 2002-the Justice Resource Center and the Black Chamber of Commerce were paid nearly $500,000 under those contracts to "identify and inform minority contractors about construction projects."

Boel's investigation revealed that Coleman's organizations had received:

* $150,000 from United Parcel Service

* $40,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

* $12,500 from Jefferson County government

* $67,637 from Jefferson County Public Schools where Coleman was employed as a "home school coordinator"

* $12,000 from Lexington Urban County government

* $29,250 from the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet

* $6,250 from Kentucky State University

* $11,250 from the University of Louisville

* $20,000 from the University of Kentucky

* $81,470 from Kentucky state government