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Redfern: Petro's Inspector Clouseau Routine Is Getting Old

For immediate release: Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005

Contact: John Kohlstrand (614) 466-9036 or (614) 595-4936



Redfern: Petro’s Inspector Clouseau routine is growing old



A publication today quoted Attorney General Jim Petro as stating: “(Critics) might just suggest the attorney general’s office ought to run every state agency, question their business models, question their operating practices. Man oh man, that’s not something any attorney general can do." House Democratic Leader Chris Redfern issued this statement in response:



Ironically, Jim Petro has found the time to try to question every state agency’s business models and operating practices. Anyone who has seen Petro’s massive proposed reorganization of state government knows this.



Petro has even managed to find the time to try to prevent Ohio voters from voting for reform this fall by tying up citizens’ petitions in court – and undermining he own client’s court case in the process.



Yet, when the Securities and Exchange Commission warned him a year ago of possible abuse at the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, Jim Petro insists he didn’t have the time or the discretion to prevent politically-connected brokers from ripping taxpayers off.



No one is asking Jim Petro to reorganize state government. But plenty of us wish he would just do his darned job.



Jim Petro’s Inspector Clouseau routine is growing old.



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Note: Details on Jim Petro’s massive proposal to reorganize state government – including a ten page organizational chart – may be found here: http://www.jimpetro.com/show_event.asp?event_id=36&origin=vision.asp