DeWine’s Office Tries to Distract from Growing Pay-To-Play Scandal

COLUMBUS – After a string of negative news stories about how Mike DeWine has personally met with lobbyists of firms seeking State contracts and documents showing changed scoring sheets to rig bids to benefit an inexperienced DeWine donor, today Mike DeWine’s office suddenly rushed out a press release claiming to have a record year in collections the last fiscal year, which ended a month ago.

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Akron Beacon Journal // July 23, 2014

The occupants come and go, Republicans and Democrats, yet so much about the Ohio attorney general’s office remains the same, especially the connection between raising political money and awarding contracts for legal work. The past decade, Richard Cordray has received criticism for presiding over such a link. So has Jim Petro, and now Mike DeWine, the current holder of the office.

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Dayton Daily News // July 19, 2014

Columbus — In doling out lucrative collections contracts, Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine passed over more experienced vendors in favor of a friend’s new collections agency.

His campaign and the state Republican Party received hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign donations from collectors as they sought work from the state.

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