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The State of Ohio - TEL Issue; Food Pantries
 
 
HEADLINES: Former CFO of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Terrence Gasper, entered guilty pleas for bribery, fraud, racketeering and money laundering. Auditor Betty Montgomery is out of the hospital, but is still recovering from the effects of a rare illness. About half of young offenders end up in prison within three years of their release from juvenile facilities. Ohio State University's president, Karen Holbrook, has announced she's retiring next summer.

SEGMENT 1: The pros and cons of the new TEL law versus the defunct TEL ballot issue. With John Mahoney of the Ohio Municipal League & lobbyist Scott Pullins, who heads the Ohio Taxpayers Association.

SEGMENT 2:Brisk business at Ohio food pantries, with Lisa Hamler-Fugitt, executive director of the Ohio Association of Second Harvest Food Banks

SEGMENT 3: Tin Can Tourists, an organization of classic trailers and motorcoaches, stop by the Statehouse situated on the old National Road (US 40).
June 9, 2006