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Court Asked to Appoint Special Prosecutor to Investigate Knox County Commissioner Bob Wise

By The Pullins Group LLC

This afternoon I filed an affidavit and petition with the Knox County Common Pleas Court requesting that they appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the potentially illegal and unethical activities of Knox County Commissioner Bob Wise.  A link to the court filing in pdf is here.

In 2007, Knox County Commissioner Bob Wise walked into CES Credit Union in Mount Vernon, Ohio and threatened several employees with deadly harm with a firearm.  A link to the Columbus Dispatch story is here.  Nothing happened to him.

In 2005, Knox County Commissioner Bob Wise placed his propane tanks on property owned by Knox County without obtaining written bids.  In placing the tanks at the Knox County Airport, he didn't even bother informing the board or the director.  In fact, board member Fred Dailey was so outraged that he filed a complaint with Ohio's Inspector General.  In both cases local prosecutors again did nothing.  A link to the Columbus Dispatch story on this issue is here.

Most recently I learned that Bob Wise and his Wise Choice Propane were tampering with the propane tanks of my client Wilhelm Bottled Gas.   A link to the Mount Vernon News article on that issue is here.

Tampering with a propane tank in Ohio that you don't own is a crime under Ohio's fire codes.  The reason for this isn't for competitive reasons, but for the safety of the public.  Propane tanks can be dangerous and the original owner remains liable for any damage that might result.

It looks like too that I'm not the only person that has raised these concerns.  Here's a Mount Vernon News article about the same issue brought up by another local resident.

Full post as published by The Pullins Report on February 12, 2010 (boomark / email).