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Cordray Halts Waste of Taxpayers’ Monies and Exposes Mismanagement of State Properties

Source: OAPSE News, Spring 2007

….Since taking office in January, Ohio Treasurer Cordray has canceled a privatization contract, saving Ohioans more than $600,000. He has recouped more than $400,000 in fees inappropriately charged the state by a leading Ohio bank. And he has exposed more than 7,000 properties owned by the state that are abandoned and run-down. These properties could be used by communities to improve neighborhoods and provide services, but instead have become a drain on local government budgets…..