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20050819
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 Ohio
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-  Money
-  Politics
-  History
-  2006
Election - "Taft
Admits Ethics Violations." ... "Ohio [Republican
Governor] Gov. Bob Taft (R) yesterday pleaded no contest to charges that
he violated state ethics laws, becoming the first governor in the state's
history convicted of a crime and providing powerful ammunition to Democrats
seeking to break the Republican Party's dominance in a critical swing state."
... "Political analysts said yesterday that the spreading scandal that
put Taft in a Columbus courthouse, as well as public dissatisfaction over
an economy whose unemployment rate is above the national average, leaves
Republicans vulnerable for a potential housecleaning in next year's [2006]
elections." ... "The Taft name is one of the most storied in the history
of Republican politics. His father and grandfather were both U.S. senators,
and his great-grandfather, William Howard Taft, served both as president
and as chief justice of the United States." -By Dan
Balz -WashingtonPost
20050818
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Ohio
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- "Governor
of Ohio Is Charged With Breaking Ethics Law." ...
"Gov. Bob Taft, scion of Ohio's most famous Republican family, was charged
yesterday with violating state ethics law by failing to report 52 gifts,
including golf outings, hockey tickets and meals, on his annual financial
disclosure reports." ... "The charges, all misdemeanors, bring the first
prosecution of a major political figure stemming from a widening investigation
of Thomas Noe, a rare-coin dealer, Republican fund-raiser and friend of
Mr. Taft. State officials have accused Mr. Noe of mishandling and possibly
stealing millions of dollars from a state workers' compensation fund."
-By James Dao -NYTimes
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Ohio
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- "Ohio
Taft Fined $4,000 for Violating State Ethics Law (Update1)."
... "Ohio Governor Bob Taft was found guilty and fined $4,000 for violating
state law by not disclosing golf outings and other gifts, becoming the
first governor in state history to be convicted of a crime." ... "Taft,
the son and grandson of U.S. senators and the great- grandson of the 27th
U.S. President, William H. Taft, pleaded no contest to four criminal misdemeanor
charges. Franklin County Municipal Judge Mark S. Froehlich imposed the
maximum fine on Taft and spared him jail time." -By
Eddie Baeb -Bloomberg
20050815
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Ohio
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- "Cost
of Ohio's probe into scandals is $6.5M." ... "As
a result of the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation's troubled $50 million
rare-coin venture and failed Bermuda hedge fund that lost $215 million,
state government officials are investing in forensic accountants, lawyers,
financial consultants, and appraisers." ... "The price tag is estimated
at $6.5 million and growing because of the widening scope of investigations
into the bureau's investments and some of Ohio's leading political figures,
including Gov. Bob Taft." ... "There are already two convictions, three
grand juries, 144 bureau investment managers under review, 420,561 pages
of coin-fund records, and as much as $13 million missing from the coin
funds managed by Tom Noe, the prominent Republican contributor at the center
of the scandal." -By Joshua Boak
-ToledoBlade.com
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