Days after being accused of hiring young, inexperienced staffers for key positions in the state Treasury, new evidence shows that Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel, the Republican nominee for the state Senate race, dispatched a top aide to a beginner's course in the subject he was overseeing.
A roster of attendees for a seminar on the fundamentals of municipal bond law, held at the April 2011 National Association of Bond Lawyers, shows that Joe Aquilino -- Mandel's debt management director at the time -- attended the conference. The seminar is tailored for those new to the subject......
....Aquilino, 26, had been the political director for Mandel's 2010 campaign for treasurer before being tapped to oversee Ohio's debt management, including issuing new bonds and working with the state's investment underwriters. Aquilino has since left that position to serve as political director for Mandel's Senate race against Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio)....
This follows the investigative reporting by the Dayton Daily News that questioned Josh Mandel's hiring practices because he had hired inexperienced friends and campaign workers for his staff as Ohio Treasurer.
Ohio Treasurer Josh Mandel lists the following in his official biography on the Treasurer's website:
...Treasurer Mandel.....completed the Investment Decisions & Behavioral Finance program at Harvard University.....
Do you know what ...the Investment Decisions & Behavioral Finance program at Harvard University... really is? According to the program's website, it is two day course, with tuition at $4,000, complete with a dinner. OMG!
Even Josh Mandel wasn't experienced enough to be the Ohio's treasurer. He had to go take a class to find out how to do his job. Josh Mandel spends so much time out of the office, he appears to be campaigning instead of overseeing our tax money. How does he justify his campaigning during regular work hours?
With all this being revealed now about the workings of Treasurer's office under Mandel, you must wonder how many other unqualified, and inexperienced people got jobs because they were Mandel's buddies/campaign workers that are employed in the state. Are we as taxpayers responsible for paying for these courses that Mandel, Aquilino, and others have taken so that they could learn how to do their jobs???
If Josh Mandel cannot tell the truth and has placed these inexperienced and unqualified friends in tough, responsible positions, how can anyone trust him?