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Jump to full article: Columbus (OH) Dispatch, 2008-04-05
Author: James Nash THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH
Intro: Leaders of Ohio's leading anti-smoking foundation took steps yesterday to block a move by Gov. Ted Strickland and legislative leaders to divert 85 percent of the foundation's money into an economic-stimulus package.
Board members of the Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation predicted that Strickland's gambit would turn back the clock on efforts to discourage Ohioans from smoking and help them to quit.
They took two moves yesterday to try to thwart the "raid." First, the foundation board moved to hire a lawyer to determine whether the Strickland transfer is legal. Second, the anti-smoking group arranged its own transfer: moving more than 70 percent of its endowment to three health-related nonprofit organizations that are out of reach of Strickland and legislative leaders.
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