Reports: Ohio Govenor's Aide Helped Noe For White House Visit

[Robbien]

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Reports published Thursday said an assistant to Ohio Gov. Bob Taft's former chief of staff lobbied the White House to get top Republican donor Tom Noe invited to a reception to Ohio State University's national championship football team.

The Blade of Toledo reports that an aide to former Taft chief of staff Brian Hicks sent e-mails to Collister Johnson, the White House's former associate director of political affairs, in 2003, asking if Noe could attend the Ohio State reception.

The Columbus Dispatch reports that Johnson told Taft's office that the Ohio State reception was one of many involving sports teams that day and that schedulers were -- quote "trying to keep the numbers down."

The Blade says that Noe, Taft and Hicks attended the event.

http://www.whiotv.com/news/4695646/detail.html

[BR_Parkway]

1. associate director of political affairs - is this a tax funded positition?

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

2. I'm almost certain that it is

nt

[WCGreen]

3. I have posted this elsewhere but I want to keep

posting it whenever Taft's name comes up in anything....

He has, according to a top republican that is a personal friend of mine (yes we have very spirited discussions but remain cordial after the yelling stops) says that Taft has engaged a criminal attorney.....

I believe this has also been reported in the media but I can not find a verification.....

Let's just say my elected friend is close enough to the situation to know that their is trouble on the horizon for the GOP in Ohio....

[OzarkDem]

4. Tom Hayes is on the front page

of the Toledo Blade today, <<tee hee>>

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage

[WCGreen]

7. Hey Dem Girl.....

Tom Hayes has always been there to pick up the glory from the work of others....

Now he may be ready to pick up the troubles inhereted from switching parties.....

[OzarkDem]

8. I'm dubious

as to whether he can be trusted to manage this situation. He's presided over a lot of whitewashing already in Columbus, apparently the R's need his cover up skills again.

[WCGreen]

11. His cover up skills haven't been all that keen

as of late....

[mom cat]

5. I hope that the trouble shines light on the vote fraud!

This is very good news indeed. Thanks for the tip.

[cmd]

6. He hired the same attorney that represented the naked photographer

It was reported last week, but I didn't save the link. I just chuckled remembering that fine republican, the Naked Photographer.

edit: Here we go:
http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/0623taft.html

[OzarkDem]

9. GOP makes my skin crawl

Who was that pervert, anyway? He must have been very influential to have been able to afford the services of the Ohio GOP's own criminal attorney.

[cmd]

12. He was a lawyer

He worked for the GOP. More republican values. Goggle Columbus naked photographer and laugh yourself silly.

[WhiteTara]

10. may they all rot in jail!