Luken For Prosecutor? Can't Happen
I HATE lazy journalist! Hate them with a passion. Hate when they get a press release, phone call, or talking points memo from somebody and fail to check the facts. All too often, Kimball Perry, of the Cincinnati Post, is one of those lazy journalist that I hate.
This time Tim Burke sent a fax to Kimball with a list of potential write-in candidates for prosecutor. Instead of double checking the names on the list, Kimball just published the story. On the list were at least two men who are not eligible to be prosecutor, Charlie Luken and Eric Kearney.
(Don't take my word for it, the records are online at the Ohio Supreme Court's website. Just plug in the names Charles John Luken and Eric Henderson Kearney. Luken is "inactive" and Kearney is "not registered".)
Not only could Kimball have checked with the Supreme Court, he could've called them and asked if they were licensed to practice law in Ohio, he could've checked this blog (which they read at the Post), or he could've just related what Luken said when I put him on the stand in April which is "I am not licensed to practice law in Ohio." Kimball was in the courtroom that day and heard Luken's testimony.
Update: I know some of you don't believe it unless the "white man" says it's true. Well, the white men at the Enquirer wrote this this morning.
If the Enquirer knows Luken doesn't have a valid law license, and is ineligible to be the Prosecuting Attorney, why are they putting his name in the story of potential replacements?- Luken has said he won't run for re-election as mayor, and he declined to comment on whether he'd be interested in the prosecutor's race. His license to practice law has lapsed, however.
9 comments:
How hard is it to change from inactive status to active?
The list is Burke's. Kimball Perry simply reported what was provided. Nate - you nit pick way too much.
Yeah. I know the list was Burke's but the byline on the story was Kimball Perry's. He should have checked out the names on Burke's list before writing the story. The Post is supposed to be a newspaper, not a press release archive.
Here's to trying to ease the confusion over the Mayor's law license: Attorneys who don't really practice but who want to save money (it costs a LOT to renew the license, get malpractice, insurance, etc.) and still hold onto a valid license, can ask the Supreme Court to grant an "inactive" status. It's simply a way to say, "Hey, I don't want to take the bar exam again, but I don't want to practice right now."
It's not that the Mayor let the license lapse or that his license is not valid. He simply went "inactive." http://www.sconet.state.oh.us/atty_reg/Public_AttorneyDetails.asp?ID=0023008. It's kind of like going on the disabled list in baseball. It doesn't mean you're not on the team, it just means you can't play right at this moment, but you may be able to get activated in time to play in tomorrow's game.
Basically, all the Mayor would have to do would be to ask the Supreme Court to reinstate his license, send a check to pay for his "active" status, and he'd be good to go. For most inactive lawyers, I'd say the process may take a while, but I'd guess that given Charlie's stature as Mayor of Cincinnati, the change to active status could be done fairly quickly. But given that the court is majority Republican and Charlie would only have one reason to become active again, the process may take even longer, who knows?
The relevant Supreme Court rule (Bar Rule VI, Sec. 2) reads, "An attorney who is admitted to the practice of law in Ohio may be granted inactive status by applying to the Attorney Registration Section for an exemption from payment of the registration fee at the time the attorney files a Certificate of Registration. Until the attorney requests and is granted reinstatement of active status, an inactive attorney shall not be entitled to practice law in Ohio; hold himself or herself out as authorized to practice law in Ohio; hold nonfederal judicial office in Ohio; occupy a nonfederal position in this state in which the attorney is called upon to give legal advice or counsel or to examine the law or pass upon the legal effect of any act, document, or law; be employed in the Ohio judicial system in a position required to be held by an attorney; or practice before any nonfederal court or agency in this state on behalf of any person except himself or herself."
Kimball Perry is a lazy ass journalist.
This is the same K. Perry that printed the names in that rag the post about the other boycott groups suing y'all BUT failed to do an update informing the hood that y'all WON IN COURT!! This some bitch Perry didn't even come back and report that part of the story I had to hear about it on the buzz. and licking boots lincoln rushed dude off the radio real quick like but he let the other side tell thier side of the shit!!
When julena fryerson said some shit about boycotters rocking her car & some kinda fight took place (allegedly)
Folks, You just can't believe every damn thing you read in the honkys' newspaper.
Luken for asslicker in'05...The racist muthafucka!!!!!!!!
This is hopeless. You have Allen vulnerable in the upcoming election with a gaping self-inflicted political wound and your niggling about two names. Focus! If you want to get rid of Allen help find a qualified electable candidate for a write-in campaign. My word Nate, if you were a qualified write in candidate I'd for you before I'd vote for Allen and I think your a tedious little clown (or fool).
why don't you just finish law school and take the bar exam yourself? Focus! Then you can run for these offices and stop 'plainin' 'bout them other folks. So now Eric Kearney is on your shit list since he drop kicked your vanity column from the Weekly Bird Cage Liner?
Some of you anonymous trolls make the most retarded comments. Eric Kearney and his wife Jan Michele are both good people and friends. Eric isn't on any list of mine. I just point out the facts. Before Tim Burke placed Eric's name on the list he should have first checked to see if he was licensed to practice law. There is nothing personal about my comments. Eric isn't registered with the Ohio Supreme Court anymore. That's all there is to it. As for my column, it still exists. I am a freelance writer. That means I choose my topics and I decide when I want to write. Why don't you get a life and quit worrying about mine?
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