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THE BLADE

ver the past 10 months, Tom Noe’s fall has cost people their jobs, their reputations, and in the case of Gov. Bob Taft, his family’s good name. The governor and two of his former aides have been

convicted of accepting gifts from Mr. Noe. Two more former Taft aides will face a judge in a Columbus courtroom this week for accepting loans from the indicted coin dealer which they did not disclose.

THE UNIVERSE OF TOM NOE O

■ People identified in an FBI affidavit as “conduits” that Tom Noe used to launder more than $45,000 to the Bush-Cheney campaign: MTS executives Bart Kulish, Phil Swy, and Joe Restivo, Mr. Noe’s brother-in-law. Sue Metzger, Noe executive assistant. Mike Boyle, Toledo businessman. Jeffrey Mann, Toledo businessman. Joe Kidd, former executive director of the Lucas County board of elections. Lucas County Commissioner Maggie Thurber, and her husband, Sam Thurber. Sally Perz, a former Ohio representative, her husband, Joe Perz, and daughter, Allison Perz. Toledo City Councilman Betty Shultz. Donna Owens, former mayor of Toledo. H. Douglas Talbott, a Columbus lobbyist and former aide to Gov. Bob Taft.

■ Other former Taft aides: Doug Moormann, Columbus lobbyist. Jim Samuel, Columbus lobbyist. Jim Mermis, Columbus lobbyist. Cherie Carroll, a Columbus lobbyist and former assistant to Brian Hicks. Brian Hicks, Columbus lobbyist and former Taft chief of staff.

■ Gov. Bob Taft.

■ Former Bureau of Workers’ Compensation officials: Terry Gasper, former chief financial officer. James Conrad, former administrator. Jim McLean, former chief investment officer.

■ Ohio businessmen whose firms received BWC money from Tom Noe: John Ulmer, owner of the Westhaven Group. Roger Ach, of Games, Inc. Bob Bennett, chairman of the Ohio Republican Party is an investor.

■ Elected officials who received campaign contributions from Tom Noe: All have agreed to give the money to charity, or to return it to the Workers’ Compensation Bureau: U.S. Senator George Voinovich. Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell. Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro. Ohio Auditor Betty Montgomery. Ohio Supreme Court Justices: Judith Lanzinger. Evelyn Stratton. Maureen O’Connor. Terrence O’Donnell. Thomas Moyer. (Chief Justice)

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