He had no choice but to hire a black female police chief with Louisville connections who can say she had nothing to do with the Conrad years. There was no possibility of them getting anyone better from another city. Nobody's going to work for Fischer in his last disastrous months as Mayor. That would stain their careers. She's been out of it for a while and isn't moving for a chief's job, so that puts her at the top of the list. Her main problem will be Fischer, Hesen and Hess barking orders at