Toledo Blade on Tom Noe’s dirty political contributions

Not a lot of reason, I suppose, for those outside of Ohio to be interested in Ohio politics, except for the fact that Bush squeaked into the White House on the strength of 120,000 votes in Ohio. The Toledo Blade continues its excellent coverage (they should really get a Pulitzer or something for this) on the Coin-gate scandal. The short version is that Ohio’s Bureau of Worker’s Compensation “invested” about $50 million in Republican operative, Tom Noe’s rare coin fund. Apparently, he turned around and donated a fair chunk of that money to Republican causes, including George Bush’s election efforts (not to mention a bunch of goodies for Mr. Noe himself.) Go check out the linked story for all the gory details.