Lawyer says fund-raiser touted jobs from Ohio Attorney General

Lawyer says fund-raiser touted jobs from Petro
http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/113507156687690.xml&coll=2

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O'Brien said that, last summer at Spice, a Columbus hangout for young professionals, he approached an attractive young woman, Amy Gravengaard, who introduced herself as Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro's fund-raiser.

"Within 60 seconds into the conversation, she focused on whether I was interested in becoming special counsel," O'Brien told The Plain Dealer. "She said, 'If you want to do it, here's what you have to do.' There were suggested levels of donations and fund raising."...

O'Brien detailed the conversation in an affidavit filed Monday in a Democrat-financed lawsuit that accuses Petro, Gov. Bob Taft and other top-ranking Republicans of selling state business for campaign cash. Republicans argue that the suit is politically motivated.

The new filing also includes comments from another Columbus lawyer who described how he gave to county Republican Party accounts, donations that enabled him to get around the $1,000 limit on direct donations from lawyers who do special-counsel work...

with TV ads stating that he and his family have VALUES!

The GOP is very tight in this state. I admire their strong organization. But I have no idea if there will be a bloodbath primary between Petro and Blackwell.....

Well, yeah, and so was the selling of state business and taxpayer services you asshats! :argh:

it's a good state and needs some real leadership after all these years of Repuke rule

absolute power corrups absolutely

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12/20/2005, 6:07 p.m. ET
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorney General Jim Petro's chief fundraiser told a lawyer that legal work for the state was available for a $25,000 donation, the lawyer said in a statement for a lawsuit charging corruption in the way Ohio awards contracts to private companies...

"I asked her what the going contribution was and she said $25,000.00; in addition to that she said that most contributors agree to host several fund raisers for the candidate and there would be some expense involved in hosting the fund raisers," said the affidavit, first reported on Tuesday by The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer...

The affidavit is part of Democrat Tim Hagan's lawsuit alleging corruption in the Ohio Republican Party.

Hagan, a Cuyahoga County commissioner and 2002 candidate for governor, alleges in his lawsuit that Gov. Bob Taft, other elected Republicans and the Ohio GOP awarded unbid state contracts in exchange for millions of dollars in campaign contributions...


Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court: http://www.cuyahogacounty.us/coc/com_plea.htm