A possible state bailout of a Hamilton County agency serving children and the poor for misspending nearly $1 billion could become a major issue in Ohio’s November elections.
Democrats pounced yesterday after a Dispatch story revealed that the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services allegedly misused funds for a three year period ending in 2004, calling it the latest example of mismanagement by the state’s all-Republican government.
"The bottom line is that we wake up to more news about the way Republicans have mismanaged government over the last 15 years, and as much as you shake your head and wonder when it’s going to change, it never does," said Brian Rothenberg, spokesman for the Ohio Democratic Party.
He and other Democrats accused state Auditor Betty D. Montgomery, the Republican nominee for attorney general, of being asleep at the wheel, questioning why it took her office so long to uncover the misspending, allowing it to continue for three years.
"The job of the state auditor is not just to find things after they happen, but to prevent them from happening," said state Sen. Marc Dann, of the Warren area and the Democratic nominee for attorney general....
It appears that the Ohio GOP and their elected party members have just corrupted everything they touch. The Ohio Republicans have had the reverse "Midas Touch"-----everything they control they destroy only to gain money and power for their own benefit. This is really just plain sick and unethical because, according to the article above, "...the Hamilton County Department of Job and Family Services allegedly misused funds for a three year period ending in 2004..."Q: Is there a limit to Ohio Republican corruption?
A: Apparently, not, if you are allegedly misusing funds designated for children, families, and the unemployed.