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Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner‘s statement on Ohio State Auditor Mary Taylor’s findings about expenditures made by Ken Blackwell when he was in the twilight of his time as Secretary of State:
I am pleased to see that Auditor Taylor’s special audit finally confirms what I have believed since discovering these bonuses in January of 2007 and what Attorney General Marc Dann’s opinion has so stated: These bonuses were illegal and the misappropriated dollars should be returned to their rightful owner: the taxpayers of the state of Ohio. I will work with the appropriate authority to see that these funds are recovered.
You can read the audit that contains the information here.
The Daily Briefing wrote about Taylor’s audit earlier today:
State Auditor Mary Taylor this morning zapped fellow Republican J. Kenneth Blackwell for more than $80,000 in illegal bonuses to employees departing the secretary of state’s office as Blackwell closed his tenure there in 2006.
Taylor issued findings for recovery totaling $80,534 against 17 former employees for public monies illegally spent, as well as Blackwell, former Chief Financial Officer Dilip Mehta, and their bonding company Travelers/St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
…Taylor also nicked Blackwell for not complying with Ohio law because he did not provide his successor, Democrat Jennifer Brunner, with a letter listing the office’s inventory.
Personally, I’d like to see an amount determined that indicates just how much additional money Ohioans have had to pay because of his failures.
Ohio Daily Blog has more here.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:34 am March 25th, 2008 in Elections, Government, Jennifer Brunner, Law, Ohio, Politics, Voting
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I wonder if Dann will owe the state money for painting the flames on his SUV
Is that anything like what Blackwell did? I do not see the comparison. Blackwell gave money to others and left Brunner in the lurch. You are alleging that Dann had his vehicle painted.
Wouldn’t the first step be to have the state auditor audit that purchase? I thought someone said that the vehicle is the same one Petro had?