Decision today on Taft charges(1st Oh. Gov. criminally charged in office?)

[Algorem]

http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/1124271195126030.xml&coll=2

Free rounds of golf spurred ethics probe

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

Columbus - Prosecutors are expected to decide today whether Gov. Bob Taft will go down in history as Ohio's first governor charged with a crime while in office.

On Tuesday afternoon, prosecutors received findings of an Ohio Ethics Commission investigation into Taft's June 21 announcement that he failed to include a number of free rounds of golf on his annual ethics statements.

Representatives of the Columbus city attorney and Franklin County prose cutor plan to meet this morn ing to discuss the findings, said Franklin County Prose cutor Ron O'Brien.

"The purpose of the meeting is to review the materials and determine what - if any - charges should be filed or what - if any - charges are appropriate," O'Brien said...

[wicket]

1. kick

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[DoYouEverWonder]

2. Does that mean he will have to resign

if charges are filed? What happens then?

[barbaraann]

3. Check his golf scores, too.

n/t

[mod mom]

4. Hicks, Taft, lets hope Noe and Blackwell are next in line. nt