Seventeen employees of Ohio's former elections chief must return $80,534 in bonuses and severance payments approved by their former boss as a result of a state audit released Tuesday.
State Auditor Mary Taylor said the payments authorized by former Secretary of State Ken Blackwell, a fellow Republican, were illegal because he did not have the authority to award the additional payments. The individual employees are liable for dollar amounts ranging from $949.68 to $9,704.
Blackwell said Tuesday he would be willing to go to court to challenge the findings...
Not only did Blackwell mess up Ohio voting, he gave away Ohioans tax money to reward his cronies. Ohio Republicans just don't get it.
