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By Dennis Willard
and Stephanie Warsmith
Beacon Journal staff writers
POSTED: 04:47 p.m. EDT, May 28, 2008
State Rep. John Widowfield, R-Cuyahoga Falls, is expected to resign from his legislative seat following accusations that he purchased Ohio State University football tickets with campaign funds and sold them for a profit.
Widowfield did not return multiple phone calls seeking comment Tuesday and today. He signed for gas mileage reimbursement for the week and attended a committee hearing in the morning, but was not at the House session in the afternoon.
Sources told the Beacon Journal that Widowfield sold the football tickets over the Internet for more than their face value, and pocketed the profits.
Widowfield's financial disclosure forms for the past two years list only his legislative salary and interest on checking and annuity accounts as sources of income.
House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, acknowledged Widowfield was resigning from the House, but said he did not have any information on the ticket sales.
Husted said Widowfield had told him he was going to resign in July to take an unspecified job, but he decided to leave the Ohio House early.
Widowfield is not seeking re-election this year although he is eligible to serve for two additional years before being term-limited.
Widowfield is running for a seat on Summit County Council this November.
Husted declined to answer any questions regarding an alleged investigation by the Legislative Inspector General's office into Widowfield or whether the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, on which the speaker sits, is reviewing the matter.
State Rep. John Widowfield, R-Cuyahoga Falls, is expected to resign from his legislative seat following accusations that he purchased Ohio State University football tickets with campaign funds and sold them for a profit.
Widowfield did not return multiple phone calls seeking comment Tuesday and today. He signed for gas mileage reimbursement for the week and attended a committee hearing in the morning, but was not at the House session in the afternoon.
Sources told the Beacon Journal that Widowfield sold the football tickets over the Internet for more than their face value, and pocketed the profits.
Widowfield's financial disclosure forms for the past two years list only his legislative salary and interest on checking and annuity accounts as sources of income.
House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, acknowledged Widowfield was resigning from the House, but said he did not have any information on the ticket sales.
Husted said Widowfield had told him he was going to resign in July to take an unspecified job, but he decided to leave the Ohio House early.
Widowfield is not seeking re-election this year although he is eligible to serve for two additional years before being term-limited.
Widowfield is running for a seat on Summit County Council this November.
Husted declined to answer any questions regarding an alleged investigation by the Legislative Inspector General's office into Widowfield or whether the Joint Legislative Ethics Committee, on which the speaker sits, is reviewing the matter.
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