" Ohio elected officials have spent more than $400,000 on Buckeyes football tickets since 1996, purchasing hundreds of seats each year through their campaign funds, state records show."
It turns out that Rep. John Widowfield, who suddenly resigned in May, had been buying Ohio State Football tickets with campaign funds and selling them on eBay for a profit. In Ohio, the law says, that there is no problem with officials using campaign funds to buy tickets. Where Widowfield went wrong was when he tried to turn a profit.
Legal or not it is completely unethical. The fact these officials are using the money that has been donated to them to buy football tickets is disgusting. Then the fact that Widowfield was trying to turn a profit is even worse. After all the controversy with the high cost of SEC football tickets it seems outrageous that state officials have this kind of access to football tickets.
Lawmakers spend thousands on Ohio State Tickets [CBS Sports]
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