Taft joked about Noe, rare coins at roast; '04 speech did not mention BWC

[ok_cpu]

The August, 2004, speech includes oblique references to rare coins and money but not a direct reference to the state's failed investments with Mr. Noe, something the governor insists he did not know about until it was reported in The Blade on April 3, 2005.

Legislators have said that if Mr. Taft - who was convicted earlier this month of ethics violations connected to the scandal - is not being truthful, they would call for his impeachment.

William Wilkinson, lawyer for Mr. Noe, said the governor knew about the coin investment from a May, 2001, conversation he had with Mr. Noe. Mr. Wilkinson allowed that Mr. Taft might have forgotten.

The lawyer said yesterday that the statements in the roast "were consistent with the proposition that he knew."

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Taft joked about Noe, rare coins at roast; '04 speech did not mention BWC fund

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050827/NEWS24/508270432

[globalvillage]

1. Is there a link

to the rest of this article?

[ok_cpu]

2. Here it is.

And I edited the original. No posting for me before 9:00 I guess...

http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050827/NEWS24/508270432

[globalvillage]

3. Thank you.

Coffee's on me.
:donut:
:hi:

[zbdent]

4. Toledo isn't exactly a hotbed of liberalism, is it?

[salin]

5. conversation mid may - and second 25 Million state investment

in June. Pretty convenient.

Fact that is often left out of these stories is that the BWC was preparing to invest an additional 25 Million with Noe, when the BLade first started printing stories in April - and then the BWC halted its plans.

Mind you that there have been many reports that within the BWC there were known problems with the Coinfund - but they were about to invest another 25 Million...