Right-wing Ohio politician indicted

Let's play another exciting game of "guess the party affiliation."

Michael A. Fox is a former Ohio state representative and Butler County commish. Fox is the namesake of a highway north of Cincinnati.

Now Fox and a friend of his named Robert Schuler (not to be confused with the televangelist of a similar name) have been indicted by a federal grand jury. Fox is accused of illegally accepting almost $500,000 in connection with a fiber optics contract and other money from county contractors.

Fox is charged with 4 counts of mail fraud, a count of conspiracy to commit mail or wire fraud, and a count of filing a false income tax return. Schuler was indicted for mail fraud, filing a false tax return, and perjury.

What party is Michael A. Fox? Well, the Cincinnati Enquirer's account of the indictment doesn't say. So he must be a Green.

Just kidding! Why, he's a Republican. Of course. Fox was a leader of right-wing causes when he served in the near-hopeless Ohio legislature.

The fiber optics scandal has already resulted in the conviction of former Butler County Auditor Kay Rogers - also a Republican.