Ex-Aides to Ohio Gov. Plead No Contest

[Judi Lynn]

Ex-Aides to Ohio Gov. Plead No Contest
Former Aides to Ohio Gov. Taft Plead No Contest to Ethics Law Violations

COLUMBUS, Ohio Feb 24, 2006 (AP)— Two former aides to Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest Friday to ethics law violations alleging they failed to report loans from the coin dealer at the center of Ohio's corruption scandal.

Doug Moormann and Douglas Talbott were the third and fourth former Taft aides to face charges as a result of their relationship with Tom Noe, a prominent Republican fundraiser who managed a controversial state investment in rare coins.

Taft and two other administration members pleaded no contest last year to similar charges of violating ethics laws.

Noe, 51, was accused in a recent 53-count indictment of embezzling at least $1 million from the investment and has pleaded not guilty. A state auditor's report this week said he funneled state money into his own businesses starting on the day in 1998 that he received the first of two $25 million investments from the state insurance fund for injured workers.
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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=1658010

[Botany]

1. Please let the truth in Ohio come out.

Repugs w/ Noe = corruption

Noe = Mrs. Noe head of the Lucas County BOE

Lucas County BOE = stolen election

The data is there ..... when the hell is the press going to report it.

[EFerrari]

2. Wasn't the Ed of the Todelo Blade on CSPN yesterday morning?

He had this quiet happy look when he was talking about coingate -- as if he was looking forward to months of coverage. :)

[Botany]

3. The Toledo Blade has been a stand up paper.

I live in Ohio and they have done a great job ..... they even published some
real good election pieces.

Noe or his wife do not strike me as the type who will go down without dragging
people down w/ them.