Here we go again: In today's Columbus Dispatch, readers are notified that more people associated the the Republican Taft administration have been charged by a federal grand jury investigating the problems in the Ohio's Bureau of Workers' Compensation. The Dispatch lists those people charged during the ongoing investigation of the BWC. For complete details see the Dispatch:
Thomas Noe (Coingate and Republican fundraiser: indicted on 53 felony charges, trial this fall)
Terrence Gasper (former CFO of the BWC: pleaded guilty to state and federal charges)
Ohio Gov. Bob Taft, Republican (ethics charges: pleaded no contest)
Brian Hicks (former chief of staff for Taft: ethics charge, pleaded no contest)
Cherie Carroll (Hick's former assistant: ethics charge: pleaded no contest)
J. Douglas Moorman (former Taft aide: ethics charges, pleaded no contest)
Michael Lewis and Daniel O'Neill (brokers who did business with the BWC: indicted yesterday)
Remember: a suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
