COLUMBUS — Tom Noe used state money to try to pump up an online gambling company in which he and other prominent Republicans were investors, records show.Mr. Noe invested at least $100,000 of the state’s rare-coin money into financially troubled Games Inc., which has plummeted in value in the last year as its CEO Roger Ach II, a politically connected Cincinnati businessman, sought public contracts.
Mr. Noe is among several prominent Republicans who have invested in Games Inc.
Brian Hicks, former chief of staff to Gov. Bob Taft; Bob Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party; former Senate President Stanley Aronoff, and Lucas County Republicans Patrick Kriner and Sally Perz all own shares in the company, records filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission show.
Ugh. But then there's this, oddly enough.
Jerry Springer, a Democrat from Cincinnati and a talk show host, is also listed as an investor.
That's weird. Why would Jerry be involved with anything related to prominent Republicans, especially Tom Noe?
Ignoring that fact, this is just another rediculous use of public money. It's time to derail the gravy train.