Then: Randy Meyer is New Ohio IG
Randy
Meyer, the chief investigator for state Auditor Mary Taylor and a
former police officer, was appointed Ohio inspector general today by
Gov.-elect John Kasich.
Meyer,
44, a Republican from Wilmington, will replace Thomas P. Charles, who
will be Kasich’s public safety director when he takes office on
Jan. 10. Kasich and Taylor announced the appointment today at the
Clinton County Courthouse in Wilmington, where Meyer was a police
officer from 1994-99.
Now: http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2014/05/01/new-coingate-report-to-include-roles-of-taft-aide.html
New ‘Coingate’ report to include roles of Taft, aide
State
Inspector General Randy
Meyer
is expected to release a new “Coingate” report today that
reflects the criminal convictions of former Republican Gov. Bob Taft
and his executive assistant on ethics charges.
The
report Meyer released last week
of
his investigation into the investment scandal at the Ohio Bureau of
Workers’ Compensation from nearly a decade ago did not include the
convictions of five whose records were expunged.
The
roles of Taft, former aide J. Douglas Moormann and three others were
missing from Meyer’s report.
Now,
the inspector general’s office concedes that blame
for the
presumed sealing of Taft’s and Moormann’s case files was
incorrecting
the mistake
on an investigative attorney’s research error.
…................Meanwhile,
top Democratic
leaders called yesterday for Meyer’s ousterbecause
of the initial report.
Ohio Democratic Chairman Chris Redfern said Meyer should “resign
immediately,” citing not only the report that turned up nothing new
but also Meyer’s failure to interview Taft or Noe. Redfern said a
new state investigation should be conducted by Ohio Legislative
Inspector General Tony Bledsoe.
Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Ed FitzGerald said Republican Gov. John
Kasich, who appointed Meyer, should demand that Meyer
resign................
Compiled
by:
Paul
Hunter
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