The conclusion of testimony against two board members of the State Teachers Retirement System, Wade Steen and Rudy Fichtenbaum, leads us to believe that the case is full of holes and should not have been brought in the first place.

Indeed, this case of alleged corruption was already investigated by the Ohio Ethics Commission and never resulted in charges.

Why Attorney General David Yost brought the case might have more to do with state politics and resistance in Columbus to any attempt at reforming the STRS system of investing teachers’ pension contributions.

The state’s case alleging corruption by former STRS member Mr. Steen and current STRS board chairman Mr. Fichtenbaum took all of last week on the docket of Franklin County Common Pleas Court Judge Karen Phipps.

The AG claims that

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