We are witnessing some political action at The Ohio State University. Brian Hicks, once chief of staff to disgraced Gov. Bob Taft, serves on the Board of Trustees of the university. Some students want Hicks out.
http://www.thelantern.com/media/paper333/news/2005/09/26/Campus/Usg-Senators.Call.For.Hicks.To.Resign-998310.shtml
'Hicks, former chief of staff to Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, was convicted of first-degree misdemeanor ethics charges in late July. He was found guilty of failing to document accepting gifts, including trips taken to the Florida home of coin dealer and GOP party contributor Tom Noe. Noe was the central figure in the scandal regarding unreported losses and theft of investment funds. The Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation ultimately lost hundreds of millions of dollars from this scandal. Hicks was serving as Gov. Taft's chief of staff at the time that the trips were taken.
"I believe that Brian Hicks should have resigned after the criminal nature of his transgressions became clear and, while I wish that we could avoid this situation, I feel that he should do the honorable thing and step down from his position on the Board of Trustees as soon as possible," said Brennan Howell, chairman of USG's Policy and Governance Committee. The Policy and Governance Committee has jurisdiction over any legislation pertaining to USG interaction with entities within the university, according to USG bylaws.'
