Saturday, December 31, 2005
What a differencs a year makes.
The Toledo Blade shows us the what happens when you are a Republican and you break the law.
A year ago, Tom Noe was a powerful GOP fund-raiser, chairman of the Ohio Board of Regents and the Ohio Turnpike Commission, and a key player in the American rare-coin trade.Oh, how the mighty have fallen!
He looked forward to President Bush’s second inaugural after having a hand in his re-election as one of his top fund-raisers. The Maumee-area coin dealer also controlled the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s $50 million rare-coin funds and looked forward to the agency’s giving him $25 million more to invest.
A year later, Mr. Noe lives in voluntary exile in the Florida Keys, accused of stealing millions from the state’s rare-coin funds he managed and indicted on three felony counts for allegedly laundering more than $40,000 to the President’s campaign.
Instead of hob-nobbing with politicians or closing coin deals, Mr. Noe spends his days in a big white house on Stinger Road in the Florida Keys.
The $2 million home has breathtaking view of the waters of the Atlantic Ocean. It also has a pool with its own artificial waterfall.
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