![]() ![]() They have all been great big messes and some led to a changeover in control of government from one political party to another. ![]() Greed, combined with enormous hubris and an unreasonable expectation that they would never be caught, fueled many.Īnd then there were the classic sex scandals, where elected officials thought somehow they could get away with using their public offices as something akin to a brothel. Money is at the root of many of them, with bribery of public officials at the heart of those scandals. What follows here is a recap of nine of the most significant scandals that have taken place in the lifetime of most adult Ohioans. In fact, it's been reported that, as of today, no state in the Union has a bigger scandal than the $61 million bribery case that federal prosecutors have brought against former Ohio Speaker Larry Householder and his associates for pushing a $1.3 billion bailout of Akron-based First Energy for two failing nuclear power plants.Īs big as it is, that scandal does not stand alone as a black mark on what, for most of Ohio's 218-year run as a state, has been a fairly stable and reliably honest government at all levels. ![]()
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