Interesting e-mail I received today about the Ohio debacle...

[madmom]

Commentary - Noe's Indictment Validates Baumgartner Allegations

OAK HARBOR, OHIO----Coin dealer Thomas Noe, GOP fundraiser and longtime friend and ally of Gov. Robert Taft, was indicted Monday in Lucas County, charged with 53 counts in connection with the alleged mishandling of a $50 million investment of the Ohio Workers' Compensation Bureau.

And now it's been revealed that Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro is under investigation in an alleged "Pay to Play" situation. Two Akron-area attorneys have accused Petro of telling them that they would lose their contracts with the attorney general's office because they failed to support Petro in his 2002 election campaign.

Neither of these recent developments surprise former Oak Harbor attorney Elsebeth Baumgartner, a long-time critic of Ohioan government. Dr. Baumgartner, who has alleged massive federal and state grant fraud as well as abuses of power and position by public officials, particularly numerous judges in northern Ohio, has paid the price, being disbarred for speaking out, then losing her license as a pharmacist and is now saddled with numerous criminal charges of dubious substance, after retired visiting judge Richard Markus, known as a rent-a-judge due to his private judicial practice, filed a complaint against her that she allegedly sent him intimidating emails.

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In an alleged attempt to shut her up and discredit her, in addition to disbarring her, the Ohio courts labeled her a "vexatious litigator", prohibiting her from filing any legal motions or actions. In fact, in one instance she was even denied her Sixth Amendment right to file an appeal in her own criminal matter.

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http://www.northcountrygazette.org/articles/021406Validation.html




more at link

[Selatius]

1. They have control of congress and the courts. n/t

[madmom]

2. yes indeed they do...I live there and I know first hand

[Doctor_J]

3. THIS is friendly fascism,

and what we can look forward to nation-wide. Our right to "petition the government for grievances" is gone - even if a complaint somewhow makes it through a lower court, eventually FatTony and Slappy will see it, and a ruling in favor of dictatorship will be upheld. In this case, a prominent critic of the state government is disbarred, thereby rendering her a non-threat.

[mirandapriestly]

4. Horrifying. There is no one to turn to, they've put phony

judges & officials in every important spot. It's like a horror movie.