on their website,
http://www.wkyc.com/news/ , or the net at all.Local star liberal Democrat County Commissioner Tim Hagan,who ran against Governor doof Taft,and his lawyer were talking about bringing out information about Taft and Ohio Republican corruption that will dwarf Coingate,about huge kickback deals and on and on.I wasn't paying close attention because I thought it'd be on the station's later broadcast or website or the Plain Dealer's(they're affiliated somehow) website,but noooo...and the station's news is wiped out by sports til 6 tonight.Anyway this story could be huge,maybe some real reporter out there could find out about it.Tim Hagan is no slouch,he's a close friend of the Kennedy's,his wife is Star Trek captain(and "Mrs. Columbo"!) Kate Mulgrew and he should be Governor or Senator.
Tim Hagan
http://tim-hagan.biography.ms /
...Hagan grew up in Youngstown, Ohio, as one of seven siblings (including a twin brother, James) and graduated from Ursuline High School. Hagan then attended Youngstown State University (then known as Youngstown State College). He was drafted for military service during the Vietnam War and sent to serve in Germany in the late 1960s. After leaving the military, he worked as a baker and a steelworker in Youngstown before going on to earn earned a degree in urban studies from Cleveland State University in 1975. He then worked as a social worker in Youngstown...
In 1978, Hagan became chairman of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party beating Garfield Heights, Ohio ward leader Henry S. Trubiano in a lopsided victory. In that position, he became one of the first Democrats to endorse Edward M. Kennedy in the 1980 presidential election over the sitting Democratic president Jimmy Carter. This was not a lone decision. Prior to his endorsement, Hagan ha been a guest of Edward M. Kennedy at his home in Hyannisport. After he had been appointed County Recorder, then failed to keep the seat in an election, Hagan ran for a seat on the Cuyahoga County commission for the first time that year, losing to Republican Virgil Brown . He ran again in 1981, this time successfully. Hagan served on the Cuyahoga County, Ohio, commission for 16 years (1982-1998)...
Hagan described himself as an avowed liberal, ingrained by his father's politics, and experssed regret at the moderate trend in the Democrat party in the 1990s. He was known to quote Camus in his speeches, a habit that did not earn him the affection of blue-collar voters. But he allowed for compromises with his innate liberalism, agreeing to go along with government funding for the Cleveland Gateway project, which included the construction of Jacobs Field and Gund Arena.
Hagan has received praise from both sides of the political aisle. Republican Jim Petro , the Ohio State Auditor and former fellow commissioner, called him "the most honorable politician I've ever known." He even earned the friendship of former rival Forbes, who, during the 1989 election, had described Hagan as a "pimp."...
http://www.cuyahoga.oh.us/bocc/hagan.htm 
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