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So, what does she do?: Fisher's hiring of Columbus mayor's wife is troubling, and firing of woman who questioned it may be even more so
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| Last Edited | None Entered Jun 05, 2007 09:31pm |
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| News Date | Wednesday, June 6, 2007 03:30:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Tuesday, June 05, 2007
W e are not so naive as to suggest that politics has no place for a bit of pa tronage. All other things being equal, hiring a political friend almost always makes more sense than hiring an adversary.
What's indefensible is putting on the government payroll someone without a clear job description who gets paid for not coming to work.
And Ohio Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher seems to have engaged in just such an abuse of discretion in hiring the wife of Columbus Mayor Michael Coleman for a $70,000-a-year job in the Department of Development.
Frankie Coleman, who came to her job with a ton of personal baggage, was so unsure of her duties that she told colleagues she didn't know what to put on her business cards. And parking records and other documents examined by Plain Dealer reporters Reginald Fields and Aaron Marshall suggest Coleman may have cheated on payroll time sheets.
Inspector General Tom Charles is investigating, as he should. Any evidence of possible wrongdoing should be forwarded to the Franklin County prosecutor |
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