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Apr 7, 2021 COLUMBUS (AP) — The former president and chief financial officer of the Columbus Zoo arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by the zoo and used its marketing sporting event tickets for their own personal use, according to findings released Tuesday by a law firm hired by the zoo’s board. The president, who was also the CEO, kept a $45,000 RV purchased by the zoo for his own exclusive use before it was sold to recoup revenue lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the preliminary report also said. The executives are also being investigated after a $2 million contract for ...

Report accuses Columbus Zoo top executives of misusing funds The Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The former president and chief financial officer of the Columbus Zoo arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by the zoo and used its marketing sporting event tickets for their own personal use, according to findings released Tuesday by a law firm hired by the zoo’s board. The president, who was also the CEO, kept a $45,000 RV purchased by the zoo for his own exclusive use before it was sold to recoup revenue lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the preliminary report also said.

April 06, 2021 - 6:55 PM COLUMBUS, Ohio - The former president and chief financial officer of the Columbus Zoo arranged for relatives to live in houses owned by the zoo and used its marketing sporting event tickets for their own personal use, according to findings released Tuesday by a law firm hired by the zoo's board. The president, who was also the CEO, kept a $45,000 RV purchased by the zoo for his own exclusive use before it was sold to recoup revenue lost because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the preliminary report also said. The executives are also being investigated after ...

What did the Columbus Zoo's previous audit of entertainment expenses reveal? This isn't the first time the zoo's board of directors has examined its former contracts with Ohio State University and the Columbus Blue Jackets, which were managed by the zoo’s marketing and sales department. The tickets were meant to be used to host zoo supporters and build donor and sponsor relations, zoo officials said.  Gómez Racey said the zoo received an anonymous, written complaint in 2018 suggesting personal use of its Blue Jackets and Ohio State tickets, and leadership turned it over to the board ...

Husted says the words were aimed at the Chinese government’s failure to come clean on what it knows on the origins of COVID-19, and were not aimed at those of Chinese or Asian descent. He added in lengthy public comments Thursday that no harm was meant, that he has many Asian American friends and that the word Wuhan is “inseparable” from the back story of the pandemic — referring to a city, not an ethnicity. Wrong response. Husted knows that using weaponized expressions like “China virus,” “Wuhan virus” and “Kung flu” is wrong. That it is dangerous. That it is something fo...