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Wednesday, April 6, 2011

Ohio's Prison 'Ethics'

Wow, this is rich! I feel sorry for the citizens of Ohio because it is obvious that the public officials think their constituents are nothing but a bunch of morons...

From the Columbus Dispatch-

"The Ohio Ethics Commission says prisons director Gary C. Mohr does not have a conflict of interest with plans to privatize state facilities - even though he previously worked for a private prison company.

Paul M. Nick, interim executive director of the Ethics Commission, said in a letter on March 30 to state Rep. Matt Lundy, D-Elyria, that even though Mohr formerly worked for Corrections 

Corporation of America, there is no conflict if a state employee "has fully severed his relationship with a former employer or business associate, with no understanding that the relationship will be resumed in the future."

Nick noted that Mohr took the "possibility of perceived conflict seriously" because he turned over decision-making authority to Linda Janes, his chief of staff."

ajohnson@dispatch.com

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