Ed Springston is not one to wait around. Last Friday, he dropped off a packet of information directly to the Jefferson County grand jury, and Springston says the grand jury has the authority to move the case forward without any involvement by a prosecutor.
Springston sent a letter to Hart Megibbon, the special prosecutor in the case appointed by attorney general Jack Conway, describing his case and his legal right to present it.
The South End activist originally pressed for charges against Metro Council member and King Southern Bank president Jim King over illegal campaign contributions to his daughter Katie.
Springston says he's not been given cooperation from Commonwealth's attorney Dave Stengel (a supporter of King's Mayoral bid). Springston also makes clear in a 12-page document that King's bank holds a $521,000 mortgage on Stengel's home.
King gave his daughter Katie, a candidate for District Judge, $145,000 during her 2008 campaign, which she won in a close contest with David Holton.
King has acknowledged the contribution violated Kentucky Registry of Election Finance law, but says the violations were "unknowing" because he got an e-mail from a KREF staff member that he says exonerates him.
But Springston documents an e-mail trail in which the dates don't match up, and calls both Kings and their attorney, Sheryl Snyder, liars.
Springston, who distributed his documentation to media today, cited Kentucky law permitting his right to present the case directly to the grand jury.
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Rick Redding