Toledo Blade -Ex-state aides use old ties to make, raise cash

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This is a very long article detailing the players, former players and cash contributors in Ohio. All the spin will make you dizzy.


COLUMBUS - From the governor's office to the Ohio Republican Party, high-ranking staff members have traded their official titles for personal riches and the influence that comes with helping select a U.S. president.
A select group of key players in state government have used the same network of connections they established in their official positions to make money for themselves and raise loads of cash for their party and President Bush, a Blade investigation shows.
The payoffs come in the form of lucrative state and federal lobbying deals, political consulting pacts, and having the pull to convince campaign contributors to support their candidates.
With their political mentors still holding all of the state's top offices, the newly minted lobbyists can guarantee that they have the ears of key decision makers in Columbus and access to offices they used to help run.

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1. Ohio dirty?

:wow:

but the dnc said that we are clean