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Forbes faces discipline
Former Cleveland City Councilman George Forbes will defend his law license before a disciplinary panel of the Ohio Supreme Court later this month.
The disciplinary panel rejected a proposed public reprimand for Forbes and opted instead to hold a public hearing on Aug. 14.
Forbes was convicted in Franklin County Municipal Court on six misdemeanor charges in July 2007 that he violated state ethics laws. Forbes, a Democrat who served 26 years on the Cleveland City Council and 10 years on the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Oversight Commission, took fancy meals, charter flights, limo rides and other gifts from businesses seeking a slice of the BWC’s enormous investment portfolio.
Forbes was one of 20 people criminally charged in an investment and ethics scandal that broke in April 2005. Eventually, the scandal tainted Republicans running for statewide offices, setting up a Democratic comeback in 2006.
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