State Fraud in Ohio

I just saw the header and thought it might be closer to home: Decade-Long Fraud in State Agency. Some revelations:

The files lay out the details of an operation in which the former purchasing manager (Dennis Kratochvil) directed more than $300,000 in state contracts to companies owned by his son and a businessman who paid for strip club adventures and a home remodeling.

This kind of thing went on for 10 years in the state transportation dept. How could this have gone on for so long? Sigh. Yeah, well, we have Blago's RICO trial to look forward to in Illinois.

Say what you want about Gov. Sarah Palin but what she accomplished in crony country in Alaska, going against members of her own party to break up clubby contracts and corruption, was nothing short of miraculous.