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Foundation: Raiding tobacco settlement coffers for jobs plan is wrong-headed.
Jump to full article: Dayton (OH) Daily News, 2008-04-04
Author: William Hershey Staff Writer
Intro: Anti-smoking forces struck back Friday, April 4, blasting Gov. Ted Strickland, House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, and Senate President Bill Harris, R-Ashland, for trying to grab $230 million for a proposed $1.57 billion economic stimulus program.
The board of trustees of the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation voted to transfer $190 million from the endowment to one or all of three groups equally -- the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, the American Legacy Foundation and the Ohio Hospital Association for Health Communities Foundation.
They also voted to ask Attorney General Marc Dann to appoint a special legal counsel to determine if the plan by Strickland and the two legislative leaders is legal.
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