FLASHBACK: Sen. White admits to existence of HB12 vote trading for Taft job appointments

The Columbus Dispatch is reporting today that outgoing Senate President Doug White is likely to find the "life after the legislature" that he so eagerly sought during 2003 deliberations on concealed carry reform.

The December 21, 2004 Dispatch story reports as follows:

Gov. Bob Taft today is expected to appoint his lieutenant governor, Jennette Bradley, as state treasurer and replace her with Bruce E. Johnson, the current director of the Ohio Department of Development.

The two Columbus-area officials will assume their new offices in early January, when state Treasurer Joseph T. Deters becomes Hamilton County prosecutor.

Sources also told The Dispatch that outgoing Ohio Senate President Doug White, a Manchester Republican, is the front-runner for Ohio commerce director, replacing Bradley, who currently serves in dual government roles.

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