Ohio governor fined $4,000 for ethics violations

[brooklynite]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest Thursday to charges that he broke state ethics law by failing to report golf outings and other gifts. A judge fined him $4,000.

Taft told the judge he chose not to plead guilty but was taking responsibility for ethics lapses. His no-contest plea wraps up the case less than 24 hours after Taft became the first Ohio governor charged with a crime.

He was fined the maximum $1,000 for each of four misdemeanor counts. No jail time was ordered; the charges carried a maximum sentence of six months on each count.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/ohio.governor.ap/index.html
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The citizens of Ohio will certainly sleep soundly tonight...

[JesterCS]

1. He also

Has to email every state worker and citizen of Ohio with an apology within the next 7 days.

If i dont get an email, im raising hell! =D

[mtnester]

3. FABULOUS, the mail will come from our tax dollars

he can keep his fucking apology.

[JesterCS]

5. Well.....

he's already straining Ohio with taxes..

Governor Bob Tax is what my dad calls him.

It cant get much worse...


well, i take that back.

[newyawker99]

19. Hi JesterCS!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[mtnester]

2. I am sure he can find some coins to pay for it

since he is such a buddy of Tom Noe and most of the violations involved him.

[Canuckistanian]

4. Meet the next GOP candiate for president in 2012....

Since when does being convicted of a crime even slow these guys down?

[0007]

6. I wonder if this judge played golf with this piece of shit?

$4000 ain't nothing to these fat cats. What if Taft stuck his prick into the judge's mashed potatoes?

[Botany]

7. He was sniffing back tears @ his plea hearing .....

This is the tip of the iceberg ...... his lawyer, "He turned himself in"
but he forgot to say he did it only after Noe & coingate came out.

Funny, he knew about the lost millions in worker's comp last fall but
only talked about this june ..... again after the Toledo Blade came out w/
the facts.

Facts
he golfed with Noe
Noe's wife was head of the Lucas County BOE
Lucas county had many glitches and mathematical irregularities

[Judi Lynn]

8. What a colossal disappointment.

It seems Republicans must be so sweet judges just can't bring themselves to get too stern with them. Must be their good looks.

The governor has fired others over ethics violations. But he said Thursday he would not resign, saying he still can be an effective governor and has much he wants to accomplish.

Bless his heart. What a Republican.

[Botany]

12. the boy is mayo on white bread w/ skim milk

I wonder if he got a call from KKKarl telling him to keep quite.

the boy is the tip of the iceberg

[BQueen]

14. Some wag referred to his dad as

"the Dagwood Bumstead of American politics" -- apple didn't fall too far, but Bumstead is good hearted, Taft looks like a doofus, but is one nasty bastid.

[JesterCS]

9. anyone else having problems?

Posting a new thread? everytime I click the POST icon at top it tell sme the page no longer exists.

[BQueen]

15. May not have enough posts yet

They have a minimum number before you can start a thread (they never say how many, just "not many") I imagine this is it, although I never tried to start a thread early on, so I don't know what message you get

welcome to DU!

[JesterCS]

16. re

TY TY =D

Didnt realize this sight was so well visited. I check in couple times a day and notice how many responses to threads come in, and at a quick pace.

Nice place to get info =D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Welcome to DU!

Keep posting...You'll be able to create new threads soon! :hi:

[underthedome]

10. And the GOP continues to burn in Ohio!

Good riddence and please Taft don't resign, your like the eternal flame. :)

[mod mom]

11. GOP Governor adds to the Hall of Shame.

[zbdent]

13. Hah! The repukes will hate him more - the ONE Repuke who said this:

"I accept full responsibility for this mistake and I am very sorry."

Of course, this is only one that they caught him in.

[SoCalDem]

17. and yet Martha Stewart spent time in jail, paid a fine, and

is being harrassed daily..

[Dynasty_At_Passes]

18. A total slap on the wrist from the corrupt Ohio system...

He paid his money with a grin. Instead, legally he should be behind bars for four months. And at the least resign after this Noe scandal.