Noe's county GOP can't account for $190,000 in donations

[Algorem]

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County GOP can't account for $190,000 in donations
10/28/2005, 2:19 a.m. ET
The Associated Press

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — The Lucas County Republican Party can't determine who donated almost $190,000 received from 2003 through early this year, the party's interim chairman said.

Doug Haynam sent a letter Thursday to the county elections board to reveal the discrepancies that occurred while Bernadette Noe, wife of embattled coin dealer Tom Noe, served as chairwoman. He also sent a copy of the letter to the Ohio Ethics Commission...

Ohio law prohibits knowingly filing a false campaign report. Lucas County Prosecutor Julia Bates said elections officials had not referred the case to her office Thursday...

Bernadette Noe's lawyer, Buzz Roberts, said she was not responsible for the party's accounting problems. Noe resigned as chairwoman in February...

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=NEWS09


Article published Friday, October 28, 2005

Dems see culture of corruption; GOP distances itself

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051028/NEWS09/510280405

COLUMBUS - From the Ohio Statehouse to the White House, nearly seven months of controversy swirling around Tom Noe intensified yesterday as Republicans grappled with the indictment of one of their most prominent fund-raisers...

Yesterday the Democratic National Committee again called on President Bush to return the "tainted money" raised by Mr. Noe, but the President has resisted, instead giving back $4,000 that the coin dealer and his wife contributed directly.

"Tom Noe is a prime example of the culture of corruption that President Bush and his special-interest cronies have fostered in Washington and state capitals across the country," DNC spokesman Karen Finney said in a statement....


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• Origins of $190,000 puzzle local party | 10/28/2005
• BWC critic backs panel to control investments | 10/26/2005
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• Taft may return $10,000 Noe inauguration gift | 10/22/2005
• Taft may return $10,000 Noe inauguration gift | 10/22/2005
• Petro won't sue Lucas County GOP | 10/21/2005
• Petro won't sue Lucas County GOP | 10/21/2005
• Groups back direction of Bureau of Workers' Compensation | 10/20/2005
• Coin-fund worker raised auditor’s suspicions | 10/20/2005
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The following are documents detailing evidence taken when Tom Noe's Toledo collectibles shop was raided.
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[salin]

1. funny, I thought I read that Petro decided not to pursue

the Lucas County GOP. As if there was Noe problem there. :eyes: