Ohio governor fined $4,000 for ethics violations(Taft pleads no contest)

[LiberalVoice]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Gov. Bob Taft became the first Ohio governor found guilty of a crime Thursday as he pleaded no contest to charges that he broke state ethics law by failing to report golf outings and other gifts.

Taft told Franklin County Municipal Judge Mark Froehlich he chose not to plead guilty but was taking responsibility for ethics lapses.

The judge found him guilty and fined him the maximum $1,000 for each of four misdemeanor counts. As expected, no jail time was ordered; the charges had carried a maximum of six months on each count.

Taft, a great-grandson of President and later Chief Justice William Howard Taft, nodded as the charges were read, and his wife, Hope, sat behind him showing no emotion.

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/08/18/ohio.governor.ap/index.html

[Eurobabe]

1. Sick thing is, here in Warren Co.

I doubt the Bu$hBOTS really care.

[wtbymark]

2. 4 grand - thats like a quarter to me