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The following post by Ed Springston addressing the lack of action by the legal system regarding the campaign finance irregularities surrounding the judicial campaign of Judge Katie King should give lawyers pause on how others perceive us and the judicial system.  Entropy in physics is one thing, but judicial entropy takes a serious toll on the confidence and respect that our judiciary needs from the public. 

Ed is not a lawyer, but he is a member of the public and his perspective and viewpoints are worth noting and understanding since he is letting us know how outsiders view the judicial system. 

Bad news does not get better with age, and this matter needs resolution.  But resolution by appropriate and responsible authority. 

Here's the post from Mr. Springston:

THE SPORT OF KINGS: KING SAGA CONTINUES

By Louisville News and Politics

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Many of you have been writing and asking me for updates on the King situation and I have to tell you I have been busy with other priorities so it has taken awhile to update.

My sincerest apologies.

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Here is a recap of what has been going on:



It?s been 631 days since King gave his first illegal $10,000 contribution.

It?s been 458 days since King gave the last illegal $50,000 contribution.

It?s been 358 days since I filed my KREF complaint against the King's.

It?s been 156 days since I filed the King criminal complaint.

It?s been 127 days since Hart Megibben was appointed special prosecutor.

It?s been 109 days since I filed the Grand Jury Packet.

It?s been 47 days since Hart Megibben asked for a KSP investigation.

It?s been 15 days since I filed criminal charges against King attorney's Cubbage/Snyder

?? and we?re still operating in the blind with no results.



Rumor has it that Katie King dismissed a DUI case for lack of probable cause last week even though the defendant violated traffic laws, admitted to smoking marijuana just before driving, and the lab report tested positive.

I am going to pull the court video because King reportedly even admitted on the record she doesn?t know the law. The defense attorney was one of King?s main campaign sponsors in her recent fundraiser, Rob Eggert.

Seems to be a habit of Katie King showing favoritism to her friends and donors instead of partnering with police as she campaigned on doesn't it?



I have also been told that none other than Governor Steve Beshear's office contacted KSP a month ago and told them to stop the investigation into the Kings. Of course, this is just a rumor but it sure does make sense considering everything has come to a complete stop.



My best guess is that O?Connell, Megibben, the KREF, the KBA, the KSP and possibly the JCC might be trying to work something behind my back. I honestly don?t know but the silence is very suspect.

For the record I have never been contacted by the KSP as part of this investigation nor have I been contacted in any way to date by County Attorney Mike O'Connell in response to the criminal complaint.

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Definitions of entropy from dictionary.com:

en?tro?py

1.

Thermodynamics. a. (on a macroscopic scale) a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, pressure, or composition, that is a measure of the energy that is not available for work during a thermodynamic process. A closed system evolves toward a state of maximum entropy. b. (in statistical mechanics) a measure of the randomness of the microscopic constituents of a thermodynamic system. Symbol: S

2.	(in data transmission and information theory) a measure of the loss of information in a transmitted signal or message.

3.	(in cosmology) a hypothetical tendency for the universe to attain a state of maximum homogeneity in which all matter is at a uniform temperature (heat death).

4.	a doctrine of inevitable social decline and degeneration.