Democrats try to convert coins to political capital

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-17/1118030235272390.xml&storylist=cleveland

6/6/2005, 12:01 a.m. ET
By CARRIE SPENCER
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Democrats seized a well-timed political opportunity from another Republican fund-raising scandal as they criticized the GOP-drafted state budget, a massive plan with just a few paragraphs addressing a tarnished state investment linked to a political donor.

Even as the Senate was debating the two-year, $51 billion budget last Wednesday, several Republican statewide officials and lawmakers were announcing they would return or donate to charity campaign contributions from Tom Noe.

The suburban Toledo coin dealer has acknowledged through his attorney that about $10 million is missing from what should be a $55 million rare coin fund he used to manage for the Bureau of Workers' Compensation.

Democrats stretched the budget debate for hours, venting frustration over tax cuts that return more money to the wealthy, new taxes on electricity and cigarettes and cuts in state aid to cities and libraries. Meanwhile, they took jabs at Noe and his Republican ties...

[AndyTiedye]

1. What A Feeping Biased Story!

THE REPUBLICANS GOT CAUGHT WITH THEIR HAND IN THE TILL!

The Democrats call them on it and the story leads with how we
are being so political by doing so.

STOP THIEF

[WLKjr]

2. well when they lied and stole from me, it became capital to use against

them.


Fuck Noe
Fuck Taft
Fuck Blackwell

I hope they all get brought down with this.