New State Superintendent Heffner target of ethics investigation

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last friday on sound of ideas the weekly roundtable participants referred to this as a kettle of rotten fishes.

[irishbobcat]

Another Friend Of John Kasich doing illegal business dealings.....and so it goes when you put dirty neo-con republicans in charge of things....

New State Superintendent Heffner target of ethics investigation
Monday, July 18, 2011  04:07 PM
By Catherine Candisky

The Columbus Dispatch

Less than a week after being named state schools superintendent, Stan W. Heffner could be the target of an ethics investigation.

A Democratic lawmaker today asked Inspector General Randy Meyer to launch a probe into whether Heffner improperly tried to steer state business to a company for which he planned to go work.

Rep. Debbie Phillips, D-Athens, says Heffner, while serving as interim state superintendent and after accepting a job with Educational Testing Services, advocated for legislation that would have benefited the company, which provides certification tests for Ohio teachers.

"Mr. Heffner gave testimony before the Senate Finance Committee in support of legislation that likely meant significant revenues for his new employer. This official action on his part seems to violate the spirit, if not the letter, of Ohio's ethics law," Phillips wrote in a letter to Meyer.

Heffner, who has denied any wrongdoing, dropped plans to go work for the company last week after the Ohio Board of Education named him state superintendent.

The inspector general's office had no comment about the complaint. As a general rule, the office does not confirm or deny whether it has received a complaint or whether it will do an investigation, said Deputy Inspector General Carl Enslen.