Blackwell says opponent 'asleep' when millions lost

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Article published Thursday, February 16, 2006

RACE FOR GOVERNOR

Blackwell says opponent 'asleep' when millions lost

Petro defends state's efforts in pursuing Noe

By JAMES DREW and STEVE EDER
BLADE STAFF WRITERS

COLUMBUS - Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell yesterday called Attorney General Jim Petro, his opponent in the Republican primary for governor, a "watchdog asleep at the switch."

In a speech to Ohio Farm Bureau members, Mr. Blackwell charged that Mr. Petro has a "disturbing pattern when it comes to watching over taxpayers' funds."

He pointed out that Mr. Petro was a Cuyahoga County commissioner in 1994 when the county treasurer lost more than $100 million in a failed investment fund, a member of the State Teachers Retirement System board when its director was snared in an ethics scandal, and he reacted sluggishly to problems with the investment practices of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, including the $50 million rare-coin investment that GOP fund-raiser Tom Noe controlled.

"You can't profess to be the state's most competent manager when there are so many examples of being asleep at the switch, when millions of dollars have been lost," Mr. Blackwell said.

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They're both crooks!


Noe stole from funds until May 26:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2457184&mesg_id=2461182

[Epiphany4z]

1. ooo goody

I hope they rip each other up in the primaries

[rurallib]

2. I can hardly wait for the accusations of voting fraud.

That should be funny and revealing at the same time. I am sure both will accuse the other with details of how it was done. Oh goody.