Ohio GOP= $$$$$

Governor Bob Taft of Ohio is now willing to take the responsibility for all those golf outings that were paid for by others. Obviously, Taft will have to deal with ethics charges. The question remains----Will he be forced to resign? http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050815/NEWS24/508150396/0/NEWS28

Deborah Pryce likes to hold fundraisers with lobbyists in special settings like golf courses or resorts. Isn't that nice? http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/12373130.htm

"While Federal Election Commission reports don't show how much the politicians raise at individual events, such as the golf outings, the lawmakers must disclose how much they spend to host the fundraisers. Members of Congress spent $444,569 on golf events in the first half of 2005, up from $376,088 in the first six months of 2004, according to a Bloomberg review of records compiled by PoliticalMoneyLine, a Washington company that tracks spending.

"The golf fundraisers are the summer equivalent of ski trips to places like Vail and Aspen in Colorado that lawmakers such as Ohio Republican Representatives Michael Oxley and Deborah Pryce have held with lobbyists. Lawmakers spent more than $100,000 at the resorts in the first quarter of this year, FEC records show."

Here are some of Congresswoman Deborah Pryce's recent individual contributors :
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_ind/2005_H2OH15046

I think it is interesting that the Burgetts of Fredericktown, Ohio are such great donors since their company, Kokosing "wins" most of the road contracts in Ohio.

The following address will take you to some of the companies/committees/pacs that have contributed to Pryce. If these companies like the GOP so much, maybe we should take our money somewhere else.
http://query.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/can_give/2005_H2OH15046

Pryce also received $1000 from Tom Noe (Ohio's coingate scandal) 10/8/2004.
http://www.opensecrets.org/indivs/search.asp?NumOfThou=0&txtName=Noe&txtState=OH&txtZip=&txtEmploy=&txtCand=Pryce&txt2004=Y&txt2002=Y&Order=N