Ohio Governor Says He Failed to Report Golf Outings on Disclosure Forms

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Ohio Governor Says He Failed to Report Golf Outings on Financial Disclosure Forms

The Associated Press
Published: Jun 21, 2005


COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Gov. Bob Taft failed to report a number of golf outings on his financial disclosure statements, the same omission that figured in the earlier resignation of three of his agency heads.

In a letter to the Ohio Ethics Commission, Taft wrote that it "has recently come to my attention" that he failed to list the outings on required financial disclosure forms in past years. He released the letter Tuesday.

The Republican said he would seek the commission's guidance on how to make reimbursements and provide appropriate disclosures. Taft would have no further comment on the advice of his lawyer, spokesman Mark Rickel said.

Rickel said he would not comment on the number of outings or who may have sponsored them.

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGB21H419AE.html


Nyuk nyuk nyuk

[Erika]

1. Ah, Republican Moralism

Don't we all worry how to report golf outings? I'm sure that's a daily part of American worker's lives, right? As they try to pay their bills.

[TheDebbieDee]

2. That's not surprising...........he's the same closed-mouthed, stupid

fuck that failed to report that the state's $215 million Workmen's Comp fund had been lost through misadventure to MDL's crackpot rare coin investment scheme.

[donkeyotay]

9. try to keep up with your Republican crime family scandals

The $215 million lost thru MDL is a separate scandal from the currently admitted to $10-$12 million coin scandal. The Noe coin scandal is the one connected to illegally donating ill-gotten gains to the Party of God and Morality.

So far, the WH has returned $4,000 in scandal #3.
The defendants have pointed fingers at each other, and law enforcement has had evidence stolen in scandal #2.
In scandal #1 MDL came out like good repukes and said none of it was their fault.

Try to keep up.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

17. Reminds me of the quote

"The shit piled up so fast in Vietnam you needed wings to stay above it." Martin Sheen, who went on to become the "Shadow President" of the United States.

[donkeyotay]

20. LOL

"The shit piled up so fast in Vietnam you needed wings to stay above it." Martin Sheen

Sheesh, I was just using a step ladder.

[madmom]

10. MDL and the rare coin fraud are ...

two totally seperate instances.215 mill. for MDL over 500 mill. for coingate and counting.Now today another hedge fund investment has surfaced.Stay informed at www.toledoblade.com (this paper is doing real investigative journalism)

[JohnnyRingo]

3. The spin here in Ohio has him as a term-limited con that doesn't care

By the time the dust settles on his ethics problems and paybacks to his contributors, he'll be on easy street.
He's just barely tryin' to stay inside the law.

just barely.

[OzarkDem]

6. Wishful thinking

This scandal is going to take down the entire top tier of Repub leaders in state government.

Dems really have to keep pushing for a legal investigation. R's have already gotten a taxpayer funded whitewash campaign underway. I can't believe they put $750,000 in the state budget to have their own toadies investigate the investments while cutting health care and education funding.

The evidence in Colorado is already missing. The FBI needs to get involved pronto.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

18. All of the 2006 Republican candidates...

are part of this Administration and have been feeding at the same trough. Believe me, if Taft has been doing it, every other statewide office holder (all of the Republicans) have been doing it to. A criminal investigation could effectively decapitate the Ohio Republican Party -- and an Ohio Republican Party without the use of its brain is...is...well it's still the same Party, pretty much.

[Carla in Ca]

22. Here is a thread I started last night.

The heat is on, termed out or not.

<http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x1875688>

I also cross-referenced this thread into mine. We need a playbook!

[NVMojo]

4. Profiles on Moral and Values, brought to you by the Republican Party!

[jimshoes]

5. Here's hoping to have

most of this state's top repubs facing criminal charges before the Nov. elections. And some dems willing to capitalize on it.

[bushisanidiot]

7. He's a repuke so the story will be buried.. as with all other GOP scandals

idiots..

[mod mom]

8. Not this time, this is part of Coingate and will be the downfall

of the neocons, it leads back to the election fraud and money laundering into bu$h/cheney '04!

[u2spirit]

23. I wish I had your optimism

I wish I had a nickel for every scandal I thought would bring down the junta!

[underthedome]

11. Taft is an embarrassment to Ohio. Takes no personal responsibility

for anything, he'll blame an aid for the omission or some other bullshit.

So what's the penalty for this omission, just him saying "Opps, I'm sorry I'm an idiot." Doesn't cut it.

[Gunit_Sangh]

12. Taft didn’t tell of golf outings

I saw an earlier posting from AP about this, but the Columbus Dispatch has much, much more. It looks like Noe may really be singing!


http://www.dispatch.com/election.php?story=dispatch/2005/06/22/20050622-A1-00.html

<snip>
The rush to amend disclosure statements followed subpoenas for records issued by state Inspector General Thomas P. Charles to Taft, members of his staff and other public officials. On May 23, Charles asked Taft’s office for records because he found during his investigation that "certain members of the governor’s staff may have received lodging accommodations and other items" from Noe.

Taft said in a June 14 letter to the Ethics Commission that it has "recently come to my attention that I failed to list a number of golf outings or events on my financial disclosure forms over the past several years."

<snip>

Public officials are prohibited from accepting a golf outing from someone who is "interested in matters before, regulated by, or doing or seeking to do business" with the official’s agency, under a 2001 Ethics Commission opinion.

The law also forbids anyone who has business or official relationships with a public agency from promising or giving a round of golf to officials at the agency, the opinion says.

[Richardo]

13. "They say that cat Taft is a baaad mother...."

:rofl:

[merh]

14. Shut yo mouth!

:rofl:

[not fooled]

15. can Blackwell be connected to all this?

would be nice to derail that jerk's further politican aspirations. Difficult to believe that he wasn't involved in all of the corrupt GOP criminal activity in Ohio. Well, in addition to election fraud; I mean more of the financial stuff. :nopity:

[Roland99]

16. That's not all he forgot.

[Doctor_J]

19. Why hasn't that guy been impeached yet?

He's more corrupt than *

[madmom]

21. because Ohio, just like the US is run by all repugs. n/t

[VegasWolf]

24. Opps! My Bad, the gov snickers. nt