Thursday, February 22, 2007

Are you surprised?

In today's Columbus Dispatch there is a story about a former state senator who is being investigated. Here are some excerpts from the article:

A former state senator could face criminal charges for his efforts to obtain significant reductions in the workers’ compensation rates paid by his company....

Before I continue quoting the article, please guess the former state senator's political party affiliation. I'll wait.
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Correct! He is an Ohio Republican!!!!

Here is more from the article:
.....Jeffry Armbruster, a Republican from North Ridgeville, was served with a complaint by the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee in December informing him that the group thinks he might have violated either state law or the code of ethics. Armbruster left the legislature at the end of 2006 because of term limits.

After a future hearing, the committee could refer the matter to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien.

A key concern is that Armbruster, while serving as vice chairman of the committee that oversaw issues related to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, allegedly called bureau officials into his Statehouse office to discuss getting his rate reduced.....


These Ohio Republicans are just ........... . I'll let you fill in the blank.