4 Plead No Contest in Ohio Ethics Case

4 Plead No Contest in Ohio Ethics Case
By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, June 28, 2006

(06-28) 12:34 PDT Toledo, Ohio (AP) --

In a scandal that has shaken the state's Republican-dominated government, four Ohio politicians pleaded no contest Wednesday to ethics violations.

Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber, Toledo City Councilwoman Betty Shultz, former Toledo Mayor Donna Owens and former state Rep. Sally Perz were fined $1,000 each on misdemeanor charges of failing to report gifts worth more than $75.

They were accused of receiving money from prominent GOP donor Tom Noe, then contributing it to President Bush's re-election campaign in their own names in an alleged scheme by Noe to skirt laws limiting individual contributions to $2,000.

The four bring to 14 the number of people charged in the scandal centered on Noe, who was hired by the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau to manage a $50 million investment in rare coins.
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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/06/28/national/a123445D51.DTL&type=politics

Don't the bigwhigs at the top GET it yet? When the lowly bottom gets caught, they will all turn, in a coordinated, synchronized effort, and point their fingers straight to the top?

For those of you in Ohio like myself...this whole corrupt MESS, IMO, really started with Gary DeMastry in Fairfield County YEARS ago...his peons turned on him too. However, he got away with SO much for so dang many years, he was emulated statewide.

This kind of shit is what happens when you get ZERO checks and balances in government.

On edit, - Mr. DeMastry is STILL in prison!

The kind who are responsible enough to also fix elections.

:kick: :kick: :kick:

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That is nothing compared to what their profits were on the scams they were running.

No surprise there..........

Now for a job in the federal government...I see bright futures all around (Do I need the sarcasm thingee?)