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"^Harry Hope" |
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01 Aug 2005 07:41:17 PM |
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Ohio democratic Congressman in deep doo |
Strickland's Friends
This photo reminded us of the Democrats' hypocrisy on "pay to play"
politics. Ohio Congressman and gubernatorial wannabe Ted Strickland was
caught recently (by the Lisbon Morning Journal) rubbing shoulders at a
fundraiser with Youngstown's legendary poster child for political
corruption, JJ Cafaro.
The multi-millionaire Cafaro was convicted in 2003 on federal charges of
bribing former Ohio Congressman James Traficant with cash and gifts in
exchange for political favors. Cafaro got a reduced sentence for testifying
against Traficant, who is still spending his eight years in the slammer for
bribery and racketeering. Traficant is scheduled to be released exactly
four years from tomorrow.
Cafaro, meanwhile, stayed out of the political spotlight for a few years
(though his daughter tried unsuccessfully to run for Congress in 2004), but
he's apparently back on the scene these days glad-handing with his pal Ted
Strickland and making some new "pay to play" friends.
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| Title: Ohio Republicans lose $300 million in workers compensation fund |
01 Aug 2005 08:39:36 PM |
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http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/12277562.htm
Investigators continue looking at governor's office
ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio - A task force investigating wrongdoing in state government
continues to look at current and former employees of Gov. Bob Taft as well
as individuals in the state insurance fund for injured workers.
Convictions of Taft's former top aide and an assistant happened last week
only because a legal deadline to charge them was about to expire, said David
Freel, executive director of the Ohio Ethics Commission.
But there are still "multiple numbers of individuals" under investigation,
Freel said.
"The focus is on employees and former employees in the governor's office and
in the Bureau of Workers' Compensation and the Bureau of Workers'
Compensation oversight process," Freel said.
Taft continued Monday to withhold comment on the ethics commission'
examination of his failure to report up to 60 golf outings during his
administration.
Taft, 63, a Republican, announced in June he had failed to report the
outings.
"All the facts are not yet clear," Taft said during a visit to Cinergy Corp.
in Cincinnati. "We will get them all out there just as soon as we can - I
hope sooner than later."
On Friday, Taft's former chief of staff, Brian Hicks, pleaded no contest to
filing a false financial disclosure statement involving vacations at the
Florida home of coin dealer Tom Noe, a GOP fundraiser.
Questions about Noe's investment of $50 million in state funds in rare coins
has ballooned into a scandal involving $300 million in losses at the
workers' compensation bureau and several state and federal investigations.
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