Reply #2: Attorney says Petro fundraiser solicited $25,000 donation for state work

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http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news-21/1135115660202790.xml&storylist=cleveland

12/20/2005, 6:07 p.m. ET
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
The Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Attorney General Jim Petro's chief fundraiser told a lawyer that legal work for the state was available for a $25,000 donation, the lawyer said in a statement for a lawsuit charging corruption in the way Ohio awards contracts to private companies...

"I asked her what the going contribution was and she said $25,000.00; in addition to that she said that most contributors agree to host several fund raisers for the candidate and there would be some expense involved in hosting the fund raisers," said the affidavit, first reported on Tuesday by The (Cleveland) Plain Dealer...

The affidavit is part of Democrat Tim Hagan's lawsuit alleging corruption in the Ohio Republican Party.

Hagan, a Cuyahoga County commissioner and 2002 candidate for governor, alleges in his lawsuit that Gov. Bob Taft, other elected Republicans and the Ohio GOP awarded unbid state contracts in exchange for millions of dollars in campaign contributions...


Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court: http://www.cuyahogacounty.us/coc/com_plea.htm