Coingate: Noe has left Ohio. Petro doesn't think he's a flight risk.

[barbaraann]

Petro Q&A

At a news conference in Columbus yesterday, Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro leveled charges against Tom Noe and rebuffed criticism that his office did not act quickly enough to investigate problems with the state’s failed $50 million rare-coin fund.
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Blade: “He’s left Ohio, right?”

Petro: “Yeah. But I don’t think he’s going to leave the United States.”

Other media: “Well, who would be responsible now for making sure he doesn’t leave?”

Petro: “That’s the criminal side. That really is prosecutors and others. He’s surrendered his passport.”

Blade: “Can’t you go to Mexico without a passport, though?”

Petro: “I know you can go to Canada. Can you go to Mexico? I think you can go to Mexico without a passport.”

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050722/SRRARECOINS/50722006/-1/SRRARECOINS2


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[MSgt213]

1. Yes you can go to Mexico without a passport.

[elehhhhna]

2. caymans--no passport req'd

[Straight Shooter]

3. Good grief, this reads just like a spoof.

Petro doesn't know you can go to Mexico without a passport? Is he really that ignorant?

Oh. Wait. Nevermind.

[htuttle]

4. Ohio Republicans seem to be the most gullible people on Earth

I'm thinking of sending them an investment offer. Here's what I have so far:

DEAR SIRS OR MADAMS,

SORRY TO INTRUDE ON YOUR DAY TO DAY LIFE. A MUTUAL FRIEND GAVE ME YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION. I REPRESENT MARTIN AKIMBE, NEPHEW OF FORMER LIBERIAN LEADER CHARLES TAYLOR....

[MeDeMax]

5. forget Canada & Mexico, they can't touch him in Florida

isn't there some law shielding property from grabbing by govt in florida ? Take a wild guess why the NOEs moved to FL.

It is unbelievable that people like elliot were asking the right questions but his boss cowman said "it was none of his business.

<...snip...>

"Keith seems to be questioning the investment merits of this partnership, plus he seems to be questioning the adequacy of the ," Mr. Cowman wrote. "I'm not sure he should be questioning either issue."

<...snip...>

Meanwhile you have to literally pull people's teeth to get an MRI approved on a Ohio BWC claim. What crock.

[NEOBuckeye]

6. Petro is Clueless

And he wants to be the next governor. Go figure.