“Can you tell me what, specifically, Ed means when ... - Cleveland.com
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After The Kasich Administration Appointed Leftwich To The Board Of The Third Frontier<br />
Program, Leftwich Suggested To His Private Clients Use Third Frontier Money To Boost Their<br />
Startups. According to The Dayton Daily News "In August, shortly after Leftwich signed his<br />
current contract with Wright State, Republican Gov. John Kasich appointed him to the board for<br />
the <br />
conomy through<br />
invest<strong>me</strong>nts in targeted innovation and technology. Three weeks later, on Aug. 28, Leftwich<br />
suggested to Fyffe that Wright State could use Third Frontier money to help launch two potential<br />
start-‐up businesses the university was working to cre<br />
100K into the university to prep each technology for the market and an additional 100K for each<br />
start-‐<br />
<br />
lk strategy for our two start-‐<br />
[The Dayton Daily News, 11/24/12]<br />
Leftwich Stood To Take 25% Ownership Of The Startups Involved. According to The<br />
Dayton Daily News "Emails and docu<strong>me</strong>nts obtained by the Daily News show that Leftwich<br />
was on the state payroll <strong>when</strong> he and Wright State University Vice President for Research<br />
Robert Fyffe outlined a plan to give Viance Partners a 25 percent ownership stake in start-‐<br />
up <strong>com</strong>panies established based on the WSU-‐originated research. Leftwich and his<br />
<strong>com</strong>pany would find entrepreneurs and line up funding, but apparently he did not disclose<br />
<strong>what</strong> he was doing to his supervisors in state govern<strong>me</strong>nt. As a state employee, Leftwich<br />
was required to follow state ethics rules, which require disclosure of outside work." [The<br />
Dayton Daily News, 11/24/12]<br />
Leftwich Failed To Disclose His Private Contracts, In Violation Of Ethics Rules. According to The<br />
Dayton Daily News "Leftwich and his <strong>com</strong>pany would find entrepreneurs and line up funding, but<br />
apparently he did not disclose <strong>what</strong> he was doing to his supervisors in state govern<strong>me</strong>nt. As a<br />
state employee, Leftwich was required to follow state ethics rules, which require disclosure of<br />
outside work." [The Dayton Daily News, 11/24/12]<br />
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The Kasich Administration Refused To Disclose Information On <br />
Work For The<br />
<br />
According to The Dayton Daily News "Kasich Press Secretary<br />
<br />
ffice that he had a consulting contract
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