Democrats showing Republican-like Ethics

Today, the Whistleblower is reporting that the state of Ohio just approved a Department of Transportation budget request to waive competitive selection and issue contracts to 18 consulting firms whose PACs or principals (individual donors) made $2,000 or more in contributions last year to the Strickland campaign.

• Barr & Prevost - $25,000 to inaugural and other contributions from principals
• Burgess & Niple - $25,000 to inaugural from principals
• CH2M HILL, Inc. - $2,000 from principals
• DLZ Ohio Inc. - $2,000 from principals
• EP Ferris & Asscs. - $5,000 from principals
• Evans Mechwart Hambleton & Tilton - $16,000 and $2,000 from each principal and their wives
• Gannett Fleming Engs & Arcs - $3,000 from principals
• Hull & Asscs. - $6,600 from the Hull-Teater-Gebhardt PAC
• Jobes Henderson & Asscs. - $3,000 from principals
• Jones Stuckey Ltd - $3,000 from principals
• M-E Companies, Inc. - $6,500 from the M-E Companies INC PAC
• MS Consultants, Inc. - $4,000 from principals
• Palmer Engineering - $2,000 from principals
• PB Americas / Parsons Brinckerhoff - $10,000 Parsons Brinckerhoff, INC. PAC
• Prime Engineering & Architecture - $2,000 from principals
• Richland Engineering Ltd. - $2,000 from principals
• Tetra Tech Professional Services $2,600 from Tetra Tech Engineers of Ohio INC. SSF
• TranSystems Corp. - $5,000 from principals

So much for the new Democratic leadership cleaning up Columbus politics. The Democrats and Republicans are looking more and more like the same party each day.