This is getting juicier by the day.
The folks attacking Katie King, an inexperienced candidate running for District Judge in Louisville, are certain going balls-to-the-wall with her. And they’ve produced another letter, which they sent to us in the mail. The least they could do is use an anonymous email account. Scanning is lame. And receiving material at our home means things are likely to be thrown away.
This latest piece was dropped in the mail near Elizabethtown and came in a giant manila envelope. It’s two pages, single-spaced, and contains two awkward photographs of (allegedly) Katie King at the end of a terrible night (or a good one, depending).
It’s all about 911 calls involving Katie and her various boyfriends. And on one occasion in 2004, police showed up at her Tyler Lane home after a 911 hang-up/prank call where they discovered drug paraphernalia. Katie’s boyfriend at the time took responsibility for the glass pipe and marijuana on the coffee table. But. Uh. Yeah.
The letter closes with the tagline, “Two 911 calls. Zero jury trials. Experience matters.”
Anyway, take a look at the envelope and both pages of the letter we received yesterday:
20 responses so far ↓
1 Diamond Dog // Oct 10, 2008 at 10:17 am
Enough with the anonymous letters. It’s getting old.
2 jake // Oct 10, 2008 at 10:27 am
You realize I see the company network you’re commenting from, right?
3 ccd2 // Oct 10, 2008 at 12:16 pm
Ha! This is getting good. Please let all this dirty laundry come out on this girl. It’s an absolute joke that she’s in this race. This girl is a wreck, not to mention completely ignorant, rude, and closed minded. I can’t believe we haven’t seen any of Katie’s transgressions with the law covered more by the CJ, or any other media outlets. I grew up in this city with many people that know Katie, and I know a few that dated her. Pot is the least of the drugs people should be worried about. It sucks that this guy is being ousted for something that happened four years ago, and he did take the wrap for the pipe and marijuana that was hers. Trust me, Katie does that and then some, and if they had searched that house they probably would have found a handful of other narcotics. You can say that’s just hearsay, but trust me, it’s a fact. Can we just have this girl take a drug test and be over it? Can someone please make it a little bit more known to the public that she completely lied in her ads and statements. You should ask the ex mentioned in that piece if he ever had any conversations about her having to go in front of a board for cheating at UL law school when they lived together. If the dates are right he was living with her at that time. Do people usually running for judge have media relation personnel that produce ALL their statements? Why can’t SHE address these questions without having to consult her father and a PR rep they’ve hired? She has never had to worry about or deal with any problems on her own in her entire life. This is just sad that she’s got a chance to pass judgment on members of this community. If she didn’t have the name and backing she would probably be in front of the judge rather than possibly becoming one.
4 justajusta // Oct 10, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Hey. She should go out to J-town where her dad has his “bank” and let the J-town Mayor give her a drug test. He and the Chief of Police out there are good at getting things like that done to come out like they want them. Heck, if she doesn’t win this she would be a shoe-in for the J-town Council, I hear they are looking for some more of the “good old boy” type. Courier isn’t going after her, are you kidding. They might ruffle some feathers from Mayor Jer’s office. After all, daddy does everything the Mayor wants him to do. Besides, the C-J’s in Abramson’s back pocket. They’ll go after someone who has done a lot less and completely ruin their life, but go after somebody like King - NEVER. Remember the Jeffersontown Public Works Manager. They had no mercy on him - but the Mayor’s buddy’s daughter. Are you kidding me????
5 ccd2 // Oct 10, 2008 at 12:45 pm
Wonder if the Kings are gonna try and release a statement that puts all of this on the ex, and paints her as a standup character that did nothing wrong? Wonder if they’ll get him to agree with the staement or just run it anyways, hummmm, well see?
6 WTF // Oct 10, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Maybe she will remember selling drugs to me when I go to court and let me off!
7 alan harbig // Oct 10, 2008 at 1:24 pm
These people have PR counsel and they’re still so stupid? Might want to ask for a refund. Or the counsel should just quit…
8 jake // Oct 10, 2008 at 3:15 pm
Interesting note:
Chaplin, KY is where King Southern Bank was created/founded/whatever.
What the hell is up with that, folks? Someone fill me in.
9 Doug // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:15 pm
I think she is kinda hot…
10 fear and loathing // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:32 pm
oh my GOD, she smoked POT…in COLLEGE!!! I am shocked! No one who has ever run for public office has ever smoked pot before.
Get over it. Whoever is doing these letters needs a life. My guess is some guy who wanted to get with her and got turned down.
11 Matt Loomis // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:34 pm
So let me see if I got you guys. Smoking weed in the past means someone can’t be a judge now?
I guess none of you guys have ever done an illegal drug, ever, not even once.
12 jake // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Regarding comments I’ve deleted: If you’re going to comment, please be a respectable adult. Please. Nothing too vulgar. (You know it takes a LOT to make ME uncomfortable)
13 So and So // Oct 10, 2008 at 4:59 pm
Uhhh…basically yes dummy. And it aint just weed. Mr. Detenber has already been unsuccessfully strong-armed into making a statement to indemnify himself and exonerate her. What a bunch of bullshit. These people are evil. But hey…she’s hot!!! Stupid Louisville voters make me sick.
14 ridiculous // Oct 10, 2008 at 6:33 pm
I might have smoked weed, but I’m not running for judge. It’s not just weed with her either. She’s gotta realize she’s gonna be a hypocrite if she’s elected and passes judgment on people that come before her, but she doesn’t really care. She doesn’t even have a full understanding of the law and the role of a judge with two years experience. If you want proof look at her campaign statements. It’s the fact that she’s inexperienced, and is not a good lawyer to start with that’s the problem as well. It’s nice when you can coast your way through law school while never being prepared, get out of a cheating charge, and get placed in Irv Maze’s office because your dad is chums with him. Read the rating polls taken by her peers and see what they have to say. Read posts by people that work in the court system with her. Massive yard signs and a huge checkbook provided by family ‘friends’ should not suddenly make you have any right to be a judge. I realize this is the reality of it, all I have to do is look at the idiot who’s in the White House for a recent example. It’s nothing new, but for anyone who knows this girl from growing up around here the situation is laughable. This has got to be the biggest joke to real lawyers and people that have worked for the court system for years and have taken it seriously. There are lawyers active for decades that don’t run for judge because they respect the fact that it takes experience and time to get prepared for that position…And please don’t vote for her because you think she’s hot you idiots.
15 Carter Burger // Oct 11, 2008 at 10:19 am
She smoked it, but didn’t inhale. And I agree with Doug, she’s a little smoking herself. Let’s see more of those Myspace photos!
16 Dwayne C. LeFony // Oct 12, 2008 at 12:15 am
Dear fear and loathing,
You possess in your loathing a profound pedagogical fear. Sit up straight and curb your curricular recalcitrance. Listen to Dwayne LeFony and be educated!
Why should anyone care that Katie has never handled a case regarding domestic violence, DUI, criminal non-support, sex crime, juvenile crime, small claims, district civil, probate, and disability? Why should anyone care that Katie has raised $207,440.00 to mask her immaturity? Why should anyone care whether these attacks against her are more superficial than her own campaign? She is hot, right?
Devotion to one’s city is a damn rare thing these days. Katie King permanently tramp stamps her love of Louisville on her body, and we question the relevance in this election. Have we also forgotten how Ms. King inked her place in Louisville’s athletic lore by leading the Assumption Rockets to their first ever national title in Volleyball?!?
You are naïve not to contextualize your vote in view of this early-morning marijuana mishap. Recall that in 2004, Katie King was the reigning Z Salon and Spa “Z-Girl” of the year. Have you thought to consider, in the wake of this scandal, whether she was stripped of her crown? If Z Salon permitted Ms. King to fulfill her reign, who are we to deny her a judicial throne? Katie’s coronation awaits!
Sincerely,
Dwayne C. LeFony
17 Ed Springston // Oct 12, 2008 at 5:55 am
I was one that received this letter as well. It reinforces what many have spoken to me about and that there is more than marijuana in her past and present. Unfortunately none will use their real names for fear of retribution by Jim King’s money.
The truth will out as many of us are diligently working on getting the proof we need.
18 Polar // Oct 13, 2008 at 7:12 pm
One big problem with this country is that, instead of being qualified, we instead have elected the spoiled brat playboy/playgirl spawn of the rich and avaricious to run this country. George W. Bush and John McCain qualify for that. So, indeed, does Katie King. I want competent people in office, not the demon spawn of the rich.
19 Matt Loomis // Oct 21, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Hey, did any of you guys find any actual evidence yet, or is this still pure conjecture?
20 SScheuermann // Oct 29, 2008 at 6:45 am
I got some advice for Katie King. If she really wants to confront the “good ole boy” system in Jefferson County, she should not stand next to the three Audubon Park Police Officers in her latest commercial. These unprofessionals are the Moe, Curly, and Larry of Good Ole Boys. Oh, I guess that would make her dad, Jim King, Shimp. Vote David Holton!
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