Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose last week recorded a campaign interview that appeared to take place in the building where he is moving his taxpayer-funded state offices
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LaRose hasn’t responded to repeated questions from the Capital Journal about the move. But it would be improper for him to engage in campaign activities in the downtown Columbus building, said Mia Lewis of Common Cause Ohio, because it’s vital to keep the work of running a fair election walled off from that of trying to win one.
Ethics experts said that co-locating the two could at least give theappearance of impropriety, and could at worst tempt LaRose and his staff to campaign for the Senate using taxpayer resources meant to ensure free and fair elections. That ignores the $600,000 the move is expected to cost. The rental savings won’t cover that until 2077.More significantly, LaRose and his team haven’t responded when asked repeatedly if he’s participated in interviews or other campaign activities in the building — a question that becomes even more pertinent if LaRose doesn’t have a campaign office.
A visitor wasn’t allowed earlier this week beyond the lobby of the building at 200 Civic Center Drive. But the deck of the parking garage adjacent to the north side of the building lies between it and the three buildings seen in the backdrop of LaRose’s interview. The view from there seems to make clear that LaRose did the interview in the building at 200 S. Civic Center Drive.
LaRose added that he would be “the first Green Beret serving in the United States Senate. I’m going to be the man who defeats Sherrod Brown once and for all.”
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