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POPSTo The GOP's Credit, They Find Other Ways To Profiteer Besides War Meanwhile, the governor's own former lobbying firm, which he says is still making payments to him, has represented at least four clients with business linked to the recovery. No natural disaster present, no problem. Just throw money at faith-based groups and say God told you to do it. It seems former Governor of Oho, Bob Taft, found guilty of illegally accepting gifts from golf pals, also found a way to help out his buddies at taxpayer expense: You've heard the stories: The $500 office chair for a university that could have been bought elsewhere for $50; the Statehouse renovation that included closets outfitted with $400 door knobs emblazoned with the Great Seal of the State of Ohio; and, of course, state investments in rare coins and Beanie Babies.