According to Louisville realtor Gregg Wagner, Jim King was at the McConnell fundraiser with three other gentleman. Wagner was one of about 20 war protestors who gathered outside the fundraiser which was held at the Cherokee Place home of republican businessman Larry Bisig. According to Wagner, when King left the fundraiser he walked past the protestors refusing to answer their question "what are you doing here Jim." Wagner says he and the other protestors were "livid" that a democratic Metro Council member would attend a fundraiser for McConnell then ignore the mostly democratic crowd of protestors out front.

Wagner says he called King today and King returned it. According to Wagner, King said he'd been trying to get a meeting with McConnell for more than two years. King told Wagner he wanted to discuss an "FAA issue" with the senator but couldn't get his ear. King claimed he rode along with a few friends who were going to the fundraiser so he might get a chance to finally talk to McConnell. King told Wagner he did not donate to McConnell's campaign.

I've placed a call to King's cell phone to hear the rest of the story.

UPDATE: Just talked to King. He admits is was "dumb" and "politically naive" on his part to walk into a McConnell fundraiser with a bunch of Iraq war protestors out front. King says he talked to McConnell about pressing the FAA to change the main runway at Louisville Int'l Airport from the east runway to the west runway so planes would fly over industrial areas, not the Audobon Park and Germantown neighborhoods in King's Metro Council district. McConnell told King he wasn't aware of the issue but would now look into it. King says he didn't contribute any money to McConnell and plans to back the democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in '08. He also says he's an opponent of the war in Iraq and didn't realize how his appearance at the republican fundraiser would look like a snub to the protestors.