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COURTS: Allegations of election finance impropriety made and the response - Jefferson District Court Judge Katie King

By Michael Stevens

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Mark Herbert has the following post and link to his story as follows. Of course, there are other stories providing the other side of this election finance issue indicating no violations of state law were made:Registry Complaint Filed Against Jim and Katie KingBy Mark Hebert Political blogger and former mayoral candidate Ed Springston has filed a complaint with the Registry of Election Finance that alleges District Judge Katie King, Metro Councilman Jim King and King Southern Bank conspired to illegally finance some of Katie King's campaign for judge. Here's the story.Here's the response indicating nothing wrong.King's lawyers defend loan from father's bankLawyers respond to campaign complaintBy Andrew Wolfson ? awolfson@courier-journal.com ? February 27, 2009Jefferson District Judge Katie King's lawyers say the $209,000 loan she got from her father's bank a week before November's election was made "in the ordinary course of business" and was not an illegal election contribution.In a response to a citizen's complaint filed earlier this month, King's attorneys also say the Registry of Election Finance told her father, Jim King, last July that gifts he made to her would not be considered campaign contributions, which are limited by law to $1,000.The response was filed yesterday to a complaint from blogger Ed Springston, who alleged the loan from King Southern Bank amounted to an "illicit" last-minute contribution. He claimed the loan exceeded what was justified by her $41,465 salary as an assistant county attorney or by the value of her home pledged as collateral.King's lawyers, Sheryl Snyder and Joe Terry, said King's total 2007 salary -- as supplemented by income from a title search company she co-founded -- was $72,025, which they said is "more than adequate" to cover the $1,164 monthly payment on her five-year loan.They also said her house was independently appraised recently at $245,000, which...

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on March 01, 2009 (boomark / email).