IN the SUPREME COURT of OHIO the State of Ohio Ex Rel. the Toledo Blade Co. Case No: 08-1570 AFFIDAVIT of WILLIAM J. Relator, )

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The State of Ohio ex rel. Case No: 08-1570 The Toledo Blade Co. AFFIDAVIT OF WILLIAM J. Relator, ) CARROLL ) vs ) ) The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority)

Respondent.

STATE OF OHIO ss: COUNTY OF LUCAS

I, William J. Carroll, being first duly swom, do hereby state and aver as follows:

l. I am a resident of City of Rossford, Ohio. I was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority by the Lucas County Commissions in September 2003. Directors of the Port Authority are not paid, and perform their duties as a matter of community service. I was elected by my fellow Directors to serve as Board Chairman effective January, 2008, a position I held during the events in controversy in this case and which I continue to hold.

2. I spent most of my career with Dana Corporation, a world leader in the supply of automotive parts, which is headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. At the time of my appointment to the Port Authority Board, I was President of the Automotive Systems Group for Dana Corporation. I later became President and Chief Operating Officer for the company. Upon leaving Dana Corporation in 2004, I served as Director of the City of Toledo's Economic and Community Development Department, a position I held until 2006. 1 am presently a principal in a consulting firm, Highland Jebco LLC. 3. The Toledo Lucas County Port Authority is a political subdivision of the state of Ohio organized and operating under Ohio R.C. Chapter 4582. It was formed in 1955, as the first port authority in the state. As a matter of historical record, the Port Authority's general counsel who assisted in the legal affairs associated with formation of the entity was Spengler, Nathanson, Hebenstreit and Heyman, a law firm which later was known as Spengler, Nathanson, Heyman, McCarthy and Durfee, and is presently known as Spengler Nathanson P.L.L.

4. In December 2007, an employee of the Port Authority made allegations of serious wrongdoing against another Port Authority employee. I was involved in the Port Authority's response to that matter, as I was to become the Chairman of the Board in January 2008. The Port Authority retained the law finn Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. to conduct an investigation of the matter, because we anticipated that, no matter what the investigation revealed, legal issues would be associated with resolution of the matter. The fnm provided both a written report and oral communications about the investigation and the legal issues implicated by it to the President, James Hartung and to me. Its attorneys also made a report to the full Board of Directors after the matter was concluded. The Port Authority's attomeys were asked to conduct that investigation because it was expected that, ultimately, the Port Authority's President (as the employees' supervisor) would be required to make decisions about discipline or workplace changes which would carry legal implications with them. It was important that the investigator be able to sort relevant and irrelevant issues, which in turn required an ability to predict and understand what those legal issues might be. Thus we considered it a task for which legal training and experience was essential. There also was concern that one or the other of the employees (or both) might bring a legal action against the Port Authority, asserting employment-related, constitutional or tort claims. Indeed, ultimately, as a result of that investigation, the target of the investigation was given the opportunity, and chose, to resign at a meeting attended by me, Mr. Hartung, and the attorney who conducted the investigation. Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. assisted with the drafting of a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by which his employment was ended.

5. On Tuesday July 8, 2008 while traveling in California, I received a phone call from Toledo Mayor Carlton Finkbeiner. Mayor Finkbeiner informed me that he had been provided information that James Hartung, President of the Port Authority, had been engaged in an extra-marital affair with a lobbyist who provided services for the Legislative Consortium. The Legislative Consortium was a group of local governmental bodies, including the Port Authority, which joined together to engage in federal lobbying efforts for their mutual benefit and the benefit of the region. The Port Authority was a key member of the Consortium, and in the past two years, Mr. Hartung had served as its Administrator. Mayor Finkbeiner expressed concern that Mr. Hartung may have improperly funneled money to the lobbyist and/or used his influence to her advantage. I intended to immediately address the matter as soon as I returned to Ohio, most likely by means of an investigation similar to the type conducted by Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. in late 2007.

2 6. On Thursday July 10, 2008, however, I was contacted by the Toledo Free Press, a newspaper competing with the Toledo Blade in the Lucas County, Ohio market, inquiring whether the Mayor of Toledo had contacted me regarding the allegations against Mr. Hartung and the Mayor's request for his immediate suspension. I contacted the Vice Chairman, G. Opie Rollison and inquired if he had talked with the Mayor or had the Toledo Free Press contacted him. Mr. Rollison's office is located in the same building that houses the offices of Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. I asked him to go to the firm's office and speak with Teresa Grigsby, a partner in the firm, about the situation at once. I did this because I recognized the situation was fraught with legal implications related to Mr. Hartung's employment contract, possible ethics law concems, corporate governance issues, and based on the vague nature of the Mayor's allegations, even possible criminal concerns. Since the media was involved, I also realized that public records requests would soon be made and would have to be managed in the context of the likely investigation.

7. Mr. Rollison met with Teresa Grigsby at the office of Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. That morning, Ms. Grigsby, Mr. Rollison and I participated in a conference call about the situation. Since the Mayor had asked for an immediate suspension of Mr. Hartung, we had to ascertain what if any rights Mr. Hartung had pursuant to his Employment Agreement: Mr. Rollison retrieved the Employment Agreement and.provided>it to Ms. Grigsby. Although I anticipated that the Port Authority would conduct an investigation of the factual and legal issues associated with the allegations, I deferred in directing Ms. Grigsby to immediately commence an investigation, because I wished to speak directly with Mr. Hartung first. I arranged a meeting with Mr. Hartung and with the Chairman of the Human Resources Committee of the Port Authority for Monday July 14, 2008;. and also arranged a meeting with Ms. Grigsby and Mr. Rollison to take place at her office immediately after the conclusion of my meeting with Mr. Hartung. I did so, because no matter what Mr. Hartung might say in response to the allegations, I expected that the Port Authority Board would have to independently consider the matter, and that an investigation of the factual and legal issues raised by the allegations would be essential in order for the Board to do so. I intended to direct Ms. Grigsby to commence the investigation on July 14.

8. Meanwhile, members of the news media sought comment from me about the Mayor's allegations. Based upon my intention to direct the Port Authority's attomeys at Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. to investigate the matter, I advised them that the Port Authority Board would be investigating the Mayor's allegations against Mr. Hartung.

9. On the moming of Monday July 14, 2008, I met with Mr. Rollison and Ms. Grigsby at her office. The purpose of that meeting was to obtain legal advice and counsel concerning the manner in which I would handle my upcoming meeting with Mr. Hartung later in the day.

10. During the subsequent meeting with Mr. Hartung which occurred in early afternoon on July 14, 2008, Mr. Hartung denied that improper financial considerations or assistance

3 had been given to the lobbyist. At the conclusion of that meeting, I informed him that an investigation would be conducted.

11. Later that aftemoon, I again met with Ms. Grigsby and Mr. Rollison. I directed Ms. Grigsby to proceed with an investigation and prepare a written report. I expected that this report and the results of the investigation would ultimately be discussed by the entire Board of Directors in an executive session with the Port Authority's attorneys.

12. I considered it essential that a law firm conduct this highly sensitive investigation. Based upon my experience in the business world, I knew that allegations of workplace misconduct frequently generate other allegations of misconduct allegedly committed by either the target of the allegations or others. In my experience, someone with legal training is required to separate relevant and irrelevant matters, and properly focus the investigation on the matters of true and inunediate importance to the employer. From the very beginning, I realized the Mayor's allegations raised numerous legal issues about Mr. Hartung's employment contract which non-lawyers might overlook. I felt that attorneys would be better able to identify and define the scope of issues which required factual and/or legal investigation. It would be particularly helpful for the Port Authority's longtime general counsel law firm to handle the matter, in my view, because they would be familiar with thepersonnel involved, with the law governing the_organization;-andwith various Port Authority policies and operating procedures that might be pertinent too. They would also be able to provide the rapid response that I knew was needed under the circumstances.

13. Ultimately, I knew the Port Authority Board could be faced with difficult policy decisions on a variety of issues. Those policy issues would have legal consequences. The legal implications associated with the Board's likely policy decisions would require legal evaluation, a task best accomplished by lawyers who were familiar with the facts disclosed by the investigation.

14. Specifically, I anticipated that, if any part of the allegations were true, Mr. Hartung could be subject to discipline by the Board, up to and including termination. As stated, I knew that his employment was the subject of a contract, and that the contract would require legal interpretation and analysis. If the Board eventually imposed discipline on Mr. Hartung, he could be expected to challenge it legally, since he had obtained the assistance of a lawyer in preparing the employment contract in the first place. The Board would eventually also need legal advice conceming the Port Authority's rights and obligations related to Mr. Hartung's employment benefits, and I believed this advice could best be rendered by the Port Authority's attomeys if those attorneys also were fully informed of the facts revealed by the investigation. If the investigation revealed any criminal activity, a lawyer would be able to advise the Port Authority of the consequences pertaining to either the Board as an entity or Mr. Hartung as an individual. If the investigation revealed that the allegations had no merit, then the Board might also require legal advice about the Port Authority's recourse, if any, against those who made false allegations.

4 15. The allegations involved a third party, the female lobbyist alleged to have had an intimate relationship with Mr. Hartung. This fact also created legal concerns. Public disclosure of the details of the investigation might subject the Port Authority to claims for invasion of privacy by the lobbyist, Mr. Hartung or members of his family. I was concerned about the possibility that the Port Authority might face other tort claims, such as ones for defamation or business interference, from the lobbyist should the investigation be made public. Thus, the investigation had to be managed by those who were sensitive to the potential legal liabilities associated with it, which necessitated a trained attomey.

16. I also recognized that allegations made by the Mayor probably stemmed from the employees involved in the prior personnel investigation. The Separation Agreement which grew out of that matter contained a confidentiality provision and a claw-back clause which might be implicated at some point in the investigation. This too, made it important not only that a lawyer conduct the investigation, but that it be conducted by one familiar with both the nature of that investigation and one able to interpret the present situation in light of the prior Separation Agreement.

17. Since the target of the investigation was the President of the Port Authority, I was _ particularly concerned about the impact of the investigation on other staff members. I anticipated that some employees might be reluctant to be forthcoming unless the confidentiality of the investigation could be assured. It was important that all employees feel free to speak openly and candidly. The best way to assure frankness and thoroughness, in my opinion, was to have the investigation conducted by attorneys whose communications to their client about the investigation would be protected by the attorney-client privilege, or the attorney work product privilege. The Port Authority's staff members knew the attorney conducting the investigation, and thus could have assurance that the matter would be handled confidentially.

18. Spengler Nathanson P.L.L., through Teresa Grigsby, proceeded to conduct an investigation. A target date for completion of the investigation of July 24, 2008 was established, for that was the date of the regularly scheduled meeting of the Port Authority Board of Directors. During the course of the investigation, the matter was one of great media interest. I responded that the investigation was confidential, and was being conducted by a law finn. I also acknowledged the identity of the law firm assigned to handle the matter, and asserted that the attorney-client privilege applied to communications about the investigation. Neither I nor any one else acting on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority stated that the investigation report would be made public or that it was a public record.

19. On July 24, 2008 the Board of Directors of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority met at its regularly scheduled meeting. The Board adjourned in executive session to discuss personnel matters associated with Mr. Hartung with attomeys James Jeffery and Teresa Grigsby of Spengler Nathanson P.L.L. A general description of the nature of the allegations and the investigation was provided by the attorneys. The attorneys also distributed a copy of the report contained in sealed envelopes to each member of the

5 Board. Each envelope was numerically marked. Each Board member was asked to sign a list acknowledging receipt of his/her nttmerically identified copy of the report. The Board was told the report was confidential and must not be shown or disclosed to any third party. Board members were asked to review the report, and a special Board meeting with counsel was scheduled for July 31, 2008 at which the Board was expected to consider the legal ramifications of the report, and debate and determine what action, if any, the Board should take. Board members were asked to return their copies of the report at the reconvened meeting.

20. The Board of Directors of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority met again in special session with James Jeffery, attomey for the Port Authority, on July 31, 2008 at which the results of the investigation were discussed, and the Board's options and alternatives in. addressing the matter were debated. The Port Authority's attomey provided legal advice,. opinions, and counsel on a variety of issues related to the matter. So as to not waive the privilege that attaches to the executive session discussions, the substance of those discussions are not addressed here. The Board adjoumed the meeting and reconvened the next day, Friday August 1, 2008, for further discussions in executive session. When the Board reconvened in regular session that morning, it unanimously voted to terminate Mr. Hartung's employment, immediately and for cause. After the meeting was over, all of .the copies of the report -which had been distributed to the Board members were collected and are presently stored in a locked file cabinet at the offices of Spengler Nathanson P.L.L.

21. I stated on or about August 1, 2008 that Mr. Hartung's dismissal was for cause, and at that time declined to identify the particular cause. Subsequent to August 1, 2008, I met with members of the media and publicly identified the reason for Mr. Hartung's termination for cause, and issued a written statement elaborating on it. That statement . referred to the fact that for six years Mr.Hartung pursued an inappropriate relationship with a vendor for the Legislative Consortium in violation of the standards and policies established by the Port Authority. No member of the media or any third party has ever been given a copy of the report nor allowed to see it. Mr. Hartung, through his attorney, has requested a copy of the report. Those requests have been declined. Neither Mr. Hartung nor his attorney have ever been allowed to see the report.

22. During and after the investigation and the Board's consideration of the Hartung matter, the various written and electronic media outlets in Northwest Ohio made numerous public records requests. The Toledo Blade was particularly aggressive in seeking and obtaining public records. After the story broke on July 10, the Port Authority received eighteen separate records requests from representatives of the Toledo Blade from July 11, 2008 and into August, 2008. The requests sought such things as Mr. Hartung's employment contract, expense reports, correspondence, e-mails, text messages and other documents. The Port Authority produced thousands of documents in response to these requests. Indeed, all Port Authority documents which the attorneys reviewed and considered in connection with the underlying investigation, including resolutions, contracts, invoices, financial records, correspondence, and the e-mails, were made available to the Blade. With the exception of a few pages of e-mails which were clearly

6 non-public records and which the Blade has not asserted a right to receive, the only document which the Port Authority has declined to produce and for which the Blade now presses a demand in this action is the confidential report prepared by the Port Authority's attomeys.

23. Based upon the documents provided to it by the Port Authority, the Blade has published numerous articles, editorials and stories about the Hartung matter and his termination by the Port Authority, both in the newspaper and on its web site. Attached as Composite Exhibit A are copies of articles and stories published by the Blade related to the matter during the time period July 15, 2008 through August 31, 2008. The Blade's reporting advised the public of the reasons for Mr. Hartung's termination. Specifically, it quoted my statement of August 8, 2008 explaining the reasons for the termination in fu11. In addition, on Sunday 17, 2008, the Blade published a lengthy, front page article titled "E- Mails Trace Path to James Hartung's Firing. Messages Show How Ex-Leader Mixed Personal Affair with Public Business." hi that article the Blade graphically described and quoted numerous e-mails exchanged between Mr. Hartung and the lobbyist.

24. Other media outlets also reported extensively about the matter. Attached as Exhibit B is a compilation of various articles published by other news organizations.

25. The collective view of the Port Authority's Board of Directors is that investigations such as the type conducted by its attomeys related to Mr. Hartung must be conducted confidentially in order to assure that those cooperating with and participating in the investigation as witnesses are free to speak candidly. In addition, it is essential that attorneys provide information obtained in a personnel investigation so that the information can be evaluated in context with the legal issues associated with it. Mayor Finkebeiner's allegations produced a number of legal problems for the Port Authority. As a Board, we relied upon our attorrreys to investigate and render legal advice about those problems, some of which was included in the written report which is the subject of this action, and some of which was provided orally. Part of the reason we asked attorneys to undertake the investigation was precisely so that the confidentiality of our discussions with attorneys about the legal problems could be maintained.

Further, AFFIANT sayeth naught.

WILLIAM J. CAR$OLL

Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presenc^^ day of N^^mber, 2008. / ^ e e^ Notary Public My commission expi^ es:

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Article published July 27, 2008

Openness is antidote for conspiracies

Ever since the Watergate scandal, the public has exhibited an innate skepticism about government. Conspiracy theories regarding hidden agendas and back-room deals thrive in this environment. So when William Carroll, chairman of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board, says of Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's request for an investigation into port authority President Jim Hartung's relatlonship with a lobbyist is "not his choice to make. This is a port board investigation," he is misguided. Such comments from Mr. Carroll, further fueled by the fact that he "wants to get his investigation concluded promptly but has no timetable for it," only serve to further cloud the issue and feed cynicism about governance and the responsible management of the public's precious taxes.

Mr. Carroll conveniently forgets that the port authority is public, that it is a governmental entity, and that he and his board answer to the residents of Toledo and Lucas County. Mayor Finkbeiner is only performing as the people's representative - the very taxpayers who supply the income for Mr. Hartung's salary (and compensation for lobbyists, by the way). The people have a right to an independent, transparent, and comprehensive investigation of the facts. To be fair, Mr. Hartung and the lobbyist deserve the same.

William Carroll ought to look around him because the walls, furnishings, and doors of the port authority offices are the property of the people of Toledo and Lucas County, and the use of these facilities is theirs to decide. He should be careful about hampering the investigation, or closing those doors to the people's right to know. The mayor's request for a wide-ranging outside investigation is justified.

Clarity is the antidote for thoughts of conspiracy. Let's remember what Ben Franklin said regarding government corruption, "Sunshine is the best disinfectant."

Michael Young

San Diego

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Article published July 31, 2008

Port board to review status of Hartung inquiry By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's board of directors will meet in a special session today to discuss the status of an investigation of agency President James Hartung's hiring of a lobbyist with whom he reportedly had an affair.

Whether the inquiry being conducted by the local law firm Spengler Nathanson will conclude with today's discussion Hartung remains to be determined. Zoom I Photo Reprints While William Carroll, chairman of the port board, said a week ago he expected the meeting today to yield a fmal report, he was noncommittal yesterday.

"I don't know," he said. "I won't know until we're done."

Today's meeting at 1 p.m. in a fourth-floor conference room at the National City Bank building, 405 Madison Ave., is likely to start with a closed-door "executive session" discussion, "and then we'll come out of that and talk about it," Mr. Carroll said. I

The port authority is investigating Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's July 11 accusation that Mr. Hartung steered lobbying funds to Kathy Teigland, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who was hired as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governments, colleges, and economic development agencies.

Mr. Finkbeiner also accused Mr. Hartung, who is married, of having an affair with Ms. Teigland at the same time the port authority recommended her lobbying firm to the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080731 &Category=NE WS3... 10/22/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 2 of 2

The mayor said he learned of the purported affair from "recognized persons in our community."

Spengler Nathanson has been the port authority's "outside counsel" on numerous matters, including a review earlier this year of the agency's handling of a separation agreement with James Mettler, the vice president for new project development who resigned in January and received a $40,000 buyout plus six months' health coverage.

Mayor Finkbeiner has declared Spengler Nathanson too cozy with the port authority to be able to conduct a disinterested inquiry and has directed the city to conduct its own investigation.

Carla Firestone, a port authority spokesman, said yesterday that the port authority had fulfilled more than half of a public records request the city filed with her agency on July 21.

The port authority turned over 820 pages of documents to the city on Friday and 523 on Monday, she said, and notified city officials yesterday that another 1,150 pages were ready for their review.

Documents already turned over include copies of receipts Ms. Teigland submitted for expenses incurred lobbying on behalf of the consortium.

Notable among those was a $1,377.59 food-and-beverage bill from a Washington restaurant that included a $275 gratuity. No further detail of that bill, or the occasion for it, was provided.

Along with discussion concerning Mr. Hartung's conduct, the port board's agenda today includes consideration of placing a renewal or replacement of the agency's Lucas County property tax levy on the Nov. 4 election ballot.

The port authority collects a 0.4-mill tax on county real estate to pay for capital acquisitions and its neighborhood-redevelopment grant program. The levy, which generates about $2.2 million annually, is due to expire at the end of 2009.

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Port Authority board fires Hartung; Toth named interim president By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER

Paul Toth, Jr., has been named interim president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority following the firing Friday morning of agency President James Hartung "immediately and with cause."

Mr. Toth, a 19-year port authority employee, is a past director of Toledo Express Airport and is currently the port wumi authority's vice president for technical and financing services. James Hartung is fired by the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's board of directors on "I have worked with Paul for the last several years as a Friday morning. (THE BLADE/LJSA DUTTON ) board member and have been impressed with his dedication ?! Zoom I Photo Reprints and commitment to the port authority," William Carroll, chairman of the port authority's board of directors, said in announcing Mr. Toth's selection as interim president.

MORE LINKS A national search for Mr. Hartung's permanent replacement will now be conducted.

^ 1 READ: William Carroll's statement from Friday morning Mr. Hartung's firing Friday moming concluded a port authority meeting investigation of his hiring of a lobbyist with whom he was accused '..._: READ: William Carroll's of having an affair. statement from Friday morning meeting $EGINNING OF THIS STORY: The 13 directors' unanimous vote followed 50 minutes of resumed Port chairman to review closed-door discussions in a fourth-floor conference room in the allegations against Hartung National City Bank building after a nearly four-hour deliberation on . WEB SITE: Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Thursday. 1 VIEW: Port records request http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080801&Category=NEWS 1... 10/22/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 2 of 6

Mr. Carroll said at a brief news conference after the vote that he : READ: Finkbeiner's letter to the port authority board members could not reveal the reasons behind the firing, citing "attomey-client :.. VIEW: James Hartung profile privilege," but that an interim replacement would be named by on Port Authority site Friday afternoon. VIEW: William J. Carroll profile on Graco corporate site A national search will be launched to fmd a permanent successor to Mr. Hartung. Mr. Carroll said Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, whose accusations of wrong-doing by Mr. Hartung prompted the investigation, would not be asked to be the interim president.

If he wants to be named to the job permanently, "he'd have to go through the application process, give us his resume like anybody else," Mr. Carroll added.

PORT AUTHORITY MEETING ON FRIDAY

Mr. Hartung, accompanied by his attorney, Kevin Greenfield, walked briskly out of the building before the news conference, saying only that he was not prepared to comment.

"I'm going to have to talk to my family, to my lawyer," Mr. Hartung said.

On Friday afternoon, Mr. Greenfield told The Blade that he and Mr. Hartung had not seen the board's report and wanted to review it.

The board's specification that Mr. Hartung is being terminated "with cause" is a vital one, Mr. Greenfield said, because it appears to be a denial of severance compensation to which Mr. Hartung would otherwise be entitled, including about $100,000 to be paid out in nine monthly installments and continuing health insurance for that period.

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Mr. Hartung's employment contract notes that he may be terminated at will, but requires 60 days' notice "with or without cause." Mr. Carroll said Mr. Hartung will be paid for that time, and receive health coverage, "but he's not coming in" to work.

Mr. Hartung's current salary of $178,165 breaks out to about $14,847 per month, or slightly more than $29,000 for 60 days.

The contract also entitles Mr. Hartung to a hearing and, if he desires it, arbitration if the severance portion is to be denied. Mr. Carroll said port attorneys plan to meet Monday with Mr. Greenfield to discuss. the matter.

The roll-call vote to terminate Mr. Hartung was a somber affair, with long faces all around the conference table and some port directors stating their votes in soft voices. Angie Bailey, who along with being the clerk for board meetings was Mr. Hartung's personal secretary, sobbed quietly as the unanimous tally concluded.

The decision to fire Mr. Hartung after more than 14 years as the port authority's president was based entirely on the contents of thousands of documents the port authority and its attorneys reviewed and more than two dozen interviews, Mr. Carroll said.

"We conducted a serious, independent review. There was no pressure from outside influences," the chairman said. He then specified that a parallel investigation Mr. Finkbeiner launched July 21 had no bearing on the port board's decision.

As he did when the mayor's investigation began, Mr. Carroll criticized it as "redundant" and "expensive" and having been launched "when he didn't know what we were doing."

The board of directors "takes seriously its role as a public agency and dedicates itself to act properly and ethically," the chairman said.

"This has been a very difficult process," Mr. Carroll said. "This investigation has taken place in an expeditious manner, as it is vital we get back to the critically important work that the port authority does."

Mr. Finkbeiner had voiced skepticism that Spengler Nathanson, a Toledo law firm that the port authority has long employed as its outside counsel, could conduct an impartial investigation of port staff conduct.

A city law department request for public records from the port authority covered documents pertaining not only to Mr. Hartung's conduct, but to the Jan. 18 resignation of James Mettler, the port authority's vice president for new project development who received a $40,000 buyout and six months' continuing health insurance when he left.

Mr. Carroll declined to say whether the circumstance of Mr. Mettler's departure was a factor in Mr. Hartung's termination, again citing "attorney-client privilege."

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By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER

After nearly four hours of closed-door deliberations yesterday afternoon, the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's board of directors failed to conclude its investigation of port President James Hartung's lobbying expenses and decided to recess until this morning.

Board leaders were tight-lipped upon exiting a conference room in the National City Bank building in downtown Toledo shortly after 5 p.m., saying they could not even discuss the nature of what they were reviewing that would require such an extended executive session.

"We're recessed until tomorrow [Friday] morning. That's all we can say. We're still in executive session," Opie Rollison, the board's vice chairman, said.

"We want to make sure it's done right and legal," board Chairman William Carroll said.

Before entering the executive session, the port board agreed to put a renewal of the agency's 0.4- mill levy on the Nov. 4 ballot - a proposal whose passage could end up hinging on public perception of Mr. Hartung's conduct and the port authority's investigation.

During a levy committee meeting that preceded the full board of directors' session, committee member Dennis Duffey acknowledged that a controversy over Mr. Hartung's hiring of lobbyist Kathy Teigland had created bad publicity for the agency, but "I expect that to be put to rest in the very near future."

Mr. Duffey, a retired electrical-workers union leader whose term on the port board expired at midnight yesterday, said he considers the levy renewal to be a simple matter that is unlikely to attract organized opposition.

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has raised allegations of wrongdoing by Mr. Hartung that prompted the port's investigation.

According to the mayor, Mr. Hartung steered a lobbying campaign on behalf of the port authority and other local entities to Ms. Teigland while he was having an affair with her.

Mr. Finkbeiner attributed that information to "prominent members of the community," whom he has not named.

Mr. Hartung has declined to comment. Ms. Teigland has not returned phone messages.

Mr. Finkbeiner subsequently declared that the port board's decision to use the agency's regular outside law firm, Spengler Nathanson, to conduct its investigation to be inadequate and has launched a separate city investigation of Mr. Hartung.

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Mayor Finkbeiner yesterday said the city's investigation being conducted by the law department will take about a month, and that he expects to receive more documents in response to the public records request.

"We have still not gotten half of what we think are key documents," he said.

Jim Jeffries, a Spengler Nathanson attorney, was the only person other than the port board's 13 members to participate in the executive session yesterday.

Walking away from the meeting room after the board voted to close the doors, Mr. Hartung said he didn't know where he was going to wait out the deliberations: "Maybe into seclusion?"

The port board meeting is scheduled to reconvene at 7:30 a.m. today.

During the levy discussion, Mr. Hartung had cautioned about "a lot of anti-levy sentiment out there" and noted that a port question would be one of at least seven on the Lucas County ballot.

Along with Mr. Duffey, levy committee member Bruce Baumhower acknowledged that this fall will be a less than ideal time for the port authority to put a levy request - even a renewal that won't change anyone's taxes - on the ballot.

Besides the Hartung matter, he noted, the port authority is affected by drastic airline cutbacks at Toledo Express Airport, which the agency manages.

And with a vigorous presidential campaign under way, Mr. Baumhower, who is president of United Auto Workers Local 12, warned that organized labor volunteers the port authority have depended on in the past to help get out the pro-levy vote will be consumed this fall by the campaign to elect Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama.

But the port authority has "some really exciting stuff happening" at the Port of Toledo, involving both cargo growth and revitalization of the Toledo Shipyard, Mr. Baumhower said in urging fellow port directors to go forward with seeking a levy renewal this fall even though it does not expire until the end of 2009.

Thomas Palmer, another levy conunittee member and a past port board chairman, said his only concern was about the port authority's ability to mount an effective levy campaign when it is getting a late start, especially considering that television advertising slots will be soaked up by the presidential rivals.

"It's a question of whether we're effectively heard, not that we have a bad message," Mr. Palmer said.

The port authority's request must be approved by the Lucas County conunissioners before Aug. 21.

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Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board fires James Hartung ef!E By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER

Port board President James Hartung's 14-year career ended quietly yesterday, after board members unanimously agreed to fire him without revealing any specifies of an internal investigation.

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors axed Mr. Hartung "immediately and with cause" following Bruce Baumhower stops James Hartung on his an investigation of his hiring of a lobbyist with whom he way out of the National City Bank building. (THE was accused of having an affair. BLADE/LISA DUITON) ALSO: Toth picked as interm Several hours after the directors' morning meeting, Paul OHIO: Lawmakers spend thousands on Toth, Jr., the port authority's vice president of technical and OSU tickets financing services and the former director of airports, was Zoom ; Photo Reprlnts named interim president while a national search for a permanent replacement is conducted.

The 13 directors voted after 50 minutes of closed-door discussions in a fourth-floor conference room in the National City Bank building, conducted after nearly four hours of deliberations on Thursday.

William Carroll, the port board's chairman, said at a brief news conference following the vote that he could not reveal the reasons behind the fuing, citing "attorney-client privilege" - despite earlier promises that an investigation report would be made public after the inquiry's conclusion.

"We are relying on our attorney's advice that it has to be kept confidential," said Opie Rollison, the port directors' vice chairman and one of several lawyers on the board.

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out of the building before the news conference, saying only that he was not prepared to comment.

"I'm going to have to talk to my family, to my lawyer," the deposed executive said.

Port Authoritv meeting on Friday mornin

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Mr. Greenfield said yesterday afternoon that he and his client are :'.7oftE UNKS awaiting an opportunity to review the report upon which the port !-J VIEW: What the Toledo- board acted. Lucas County Port Authority board Is saying about the firing of The Blade yesterday filed a public-records request with the port Hartung authority for access to inspect the final report prepared for the port 1-1 VIEW: a timeline of James directors by Spengler Nathanson PLL, a Toledo law firm that Hartung's career at port agency conducted the agency's investigation. r READ: William Carroll's statement from Friday morning On the port's behalf, James R. Jeffery, a Spengler Nathanson meeting attorney who was the only nondirector to meet with the board ._.'.J READ: William Carroll's statement from Friday morning during the closed-door session, denied the request on the grounds meeting that it was "prepared by counsel for its client, the port authority 19EGINNING OF THIS STORY: [and] as such, the entire report is an attorney-client privileged Port chairman to review all_egations against Hartung communication that is protected from disclosure under Ohio law." ' i WEB SITE: Toledo-Lucas C-ountyPort Authority

"Clearly they have something to hide," responded John Robinson L--1^ VIEW: Port records request Block, co-publisher and editor-in-chief of The Blade. "We will take .].^^.' READ: Finkbetner's letter to legal action to enforce Ohio's open-records law. We clearly know the port authority board members this better than Spengler Nathanson." _.: VIEW: James Hartung profile on Port Authority site The board's specification that Mr. Hartung is being terminated ....: VIEW: William J. Carroll profile on Graco corporate site "with cause" is a vital one, Mr. Greenfield said, because it appears to be a denial of severance compensation to which Mr. Hartung would otherwise be entitled, including about $100,000 to be paid out in nine monthly installments and continuing health insurance for that period.

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"He gets the 60 days, and that's it," Mr. Carroll said.

Mr. Hartung's current salary of $178,165 breaks out to about $14,847 per month, or slightly more than $29,000 for 60 days. When he joined the port authority in 1994, his starting salary was $100,000.

The contract also entitles Mr. Hartung to a hearing and, if he desires, arbitration if the severance portion is to be denied.

Mr. Carroll and Mr. Greenfield said the attorneys will meet Monday to discuss the situation, with Mr. Greenfield saying Mr. Hartung will appeal the denial of severance.

"Death and divorce are the only two things worse than what he went through [yesterday]. It is humiliating to be terminated in a public forum like that," Mr. Greenfield said, though he then acknowledged that the termination vote itself could not legally have been done behind closed doors.

The port authority began its investigation several weeks ago after Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said in a letter that the port president was having an affair with Kathy Teigland, a West Toledo lobbyist who had worked on behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium.

$480,000 was paid The consortium represented the city of Toledo, the port authority, Lucas County, the Toledo Area Chamber of Conunerce, the University of Toledo, the Regional Growth Partnership, and Owens Commuruty College. It collected dues from those entities and, between 2001 and 2007, paid Ms. Teigland $480,000 in salary and expenses, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group.

Mr. Hartung arranged for Ms. Teigland's hiring and served as a primary consortium contact with her. When participating entities, including the city, began withdrawing and balking at paying dues' billings, Mr. Hartung pursued payment on her behalf.

Mr. Hartung has declined to comment on allegations of the affair, and Ms. Teigiand has not responded to several telephone messages seeking response.

SO rt ao5:hority +r. After the port board's vote, Mayor Finkbeiner failed to respond to ^:': i;a f9;s several interview requests and instead issued this statement:

What does the port authority do? "It appears the report that the port authority requested spoke It: convincingly to issues I had become aware of and concemed about • Owns the general-cargo dock on the Maumee River, the coal dock at in recent months. I very much hope that all of the issues of concern the river's mouth, and the Toledo have been addressed. The port plays a vital role in regional Shipyard. economic development and we all need it to function effectively." All are managed by concessionaires. • Operates Toledo Express Airport and Metcalf Field under lease from The statement appeared to suggest that a separate investigation Mr. the city of Toledo. Finkbeiner directed the city law department to conduct would no http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs. dlUarticle?Date=20080802&Category=NEW S 11 &Art... 10/24/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 5 of 7

longer be necessary, but mayoral spokesman Elizabeth Phillips said • Owns and manages Martln Luther she could not confirm that to be the case. King, Jr., Plaza, Toledo's train station which also houses commercial offi ces. Along with firing Mr. Hartung, the port directors also voted to give Mr. Carroll authority to appoint an interim president and organize a • Operates fl nancing programs for business development in Lucas and search connnittee. Mr. Carroll chose Mr. Toth, a port authority neighboring counties and, in some employee for 19 years who currently manages the agency's cases, more widely spread parts of Ohio when state grant and loan economic development program and capital improvements at port- programs are involved. owned facilities. • Has 58 full-tlme employees (mostly at the airport) and an Search for successor annual budget of about $13 million. Carla Firestone, the port's spokesman, said the port authority is "reaching out" to city and county officials and other community leaders to participate in the search for a permanent replacement, which is expected to take three to six months.

During his tenure, Mr. Hartung often received strong public support of his board, with little criticism.

The decision to fire Mr. Hartung after more than 14 years as the port authority's president was based solely on the contents of thousands of documents the port authority and its attorneys reviewed and more than two dozen interviews, Mr. Carroll said.

As he did when it began, Mr. Carroll criticized the mayor's parallel inquiry as "redundant" and "expensive" and having been launched "when he didn't know what we were doing."

The board of directors "takes seriously its role as a public agency and dedicates itself to act properly and ethically," the chairman said.

Mr. Carroll declined to say whether the circumstance of Mr. Mettler's departure was a factor in Mr. Hartung's termination, again citing "attorney-client privilege."

The board chairman called the decision a difficult one, because "Jim has done a lot of great things for our community.

But "the facts were there for us to take the action we did," Mr. Carroll said.

Regrets cited Other board directors interviewed afterward said they too regretted having to fire Mr. Hartung.

Margarita de Leon described the firing as "one of the toughest decisions I've ever had to make as a board member," and Dennis Duffey, a retired electrical workers' union leader, agreed. But Mr. Duffey, whose term on the port board ended at midnight yesterday, said the facts spoke for themselves when the matter came to a vote.

"Everybody understood what their responsibilities were," he said. "Business is business and you got to do what you got to do."

Though the vote was unanimous, Mr. Duffey said board members continued to discuss their options right up until concluding the closed-door meeting that preceded the vote yesterday morning. He said Mr. Carroll prepared three divergent statements in advance so he could immediately issue an appropriate notice depending on whether the board decided to fire, censure, or take no action against Mr. Hartung.

"We wanted to make sure that [the board's discussion] was thorough, that the port was served, and that Jim was served well by the process," Mr. Duffey said.

Pete Gerken, a Lucas County commissioner, said he considered the unanimous vote indicative of indisputable wrongdoing on Mr. Harhrng's part because the port board had a mix of presidential supporters and detractors.

"It was their decision to make, not mine or the mayor's," Mr. Gerken said. "They must have been shown a substantive amount of evidence to make a radical decision like this."

"It certainly appears as though they did their due diligence," Tina Skeldon Wozniak, the county commissioners' president, agreed.

Toledo City Council president Mark Sobczak, who heads council's economic development committee, said he hopes the "distraction" of the investigation would be "put behind us."

"Jim Hartung was very well-connected with the economic development community, not only in the region, but worldwide," Mr. Sobczak said. "Good work continues to be done at the port."

Mr. Sobczak said he did not favor the way the Hartung investigation was publicized. "I am not one for public inquisition," he said.

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Leaders in Toledo-area pushing forward on economic development Toledo must move quickly in wake of Hartung's firing, officials believe By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER

Toledo needs to move forward quickly on economic development in the wake of James Hartung's firing Friday as president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authonty, according to local political and business leaders.

"In these economic tlmes, it's just critical that everyone stay focused on moving forward," said Tina Skeldon Wozniak, president of the Lucas County commissioners. "We can't afford to let it be a distraction." ALSO: Mothers who gave up babies unite to ease pain Fellow Commissioner Ben Konop said Mr. Harlung's READ: UM offense unlike other Big Ten dismissal "creates an opportunity to take a new look at versionseconomtc development „ because several other development- • Zoom I Photo Reprints oriented agencies also are at a crossroads. The Lucas County Improvement Corp.'s top executive recently resigned, he noted, and the city of Toledo's economic development effort is "in transition."

"We need to analyze what we're doing well, and what we're not," Mr. Konop said. "Perhaps we can take a new direction, which we certainly need at this point."

"We'll miss Jim, we'll miss his vision," said Tony Reams, executive director of the Toledo Metropolitan Area Council of Govemments, whose local planning role includes transpor-tation projects that have included port authority collaboration. "But there are a lot of others" who are also leading Toledo's job-growth efforts, Mr. Reams said, "and we'll do everything within our power to make sure this region continues to move in the right direction."

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developer who supported Mr. Hartung's advocacy for establishing an "intermodal" terminal complex to capitalize on the region's convergence of transportation assets, said the port president's highly publicized firing could hinder the nationwide search for a replacement.

"There is no one here who has the port credentials, locally or nationally, to replace him," Mr. McMahon said.

After nearly five hours of closed-door deliberations spanningtwo days, the 13 port directors..voted unanimously Friday morning to fire Mr. Hartung "with cause" for reasons that were not disclosed.

op 16 The board reviewed the findings of an investigation Audio and image from LCPA chairman William Carroll's statement to the launched in response to press allegations by Mayor Carty Finkbeiner that Mr. Hartung improperly steered a lobbying contract for a consortium of local entities, including the port authority, to a West Toledo lobbyist with whom Mr. Hartung was accused of having an affair. The Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium employed Kathy Teigland as its Washington representative from 2001 through 2007.

Mr. Hartung yesterday issued his first public statement after the firing, saying in a written release that his personal life should not be used for This link is to video of the press conference after the statement "political gamesmanship."

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He also defended his record as port president and in hiring Ms. Teigland.

"Kathy Teigland did an outstanding job as the representative of Wise and Associates when the consortium was first created and continued to successfully represent the consortium following the Wise contract," Mr. Hartung wrote.

"While I understand the questions that have been raised about the consortium, I have not compromised my professional integrity or my commitment to the Toledo- Lucas County Port Authority and to the best interests of northwest Ohio."

Mr. Hartung's employment contract made him an "at-will" employee, meaning that the port directors could fire him with or without cause provided they gave 60 days' notice.

The "with cause" provision in the dismissal resolution means that the agency intends to deny Mr. Hartung the severance compensation he would otherwise receive under the contract, including nine months' pay at three-quarters of his salary rate, continuing health coverage, and pension contributions.

The severance pay alone would be worth about $100,000 to Mr. r.aocte i.arii

contractually required appeal hearing will be requested when he and [^.1 VIEW: What the Toledo- the port's lawyers meet tomorrow. Lucas County Port Authority board is saying about the firing of Hartung Report withheld The port authority on Friday denied a Blade request to inspect the E1 VIEW: a timeline of James investigative report upon which the port directors based their vote. Hartung 's career at port agency The report was prepared by Spengler Nathanson, a local law firm, F-I READ: William Carroll 's statement from Friday morning and that firm's James Jeffery said on the port authority's behalf that meeting it is covered by the "attomey-client privilege" exception to Ohio's R EAO: William Carroll's public-records law. statement from Friday morning meeting John Robinson Block, co-publisher and editor-in-chief of The - nrcr"Na"c OF THIS srony: Port chairman to review Blade, responded that the newspaper will pursue its legal avenues to allegations against Hartung obtain access to the report. WEB SITE: Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority j Mr. McMahon said he believes the report "will eventually come L viEW: Port records request http://www.toledoblade.corn/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080803&Category=NE WS 1... 10/24/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 4 of 5

out," but in the meantime, "regardless of what the report says, now READ: Finkbeiner's letter to we have to live with the results of tllls." the port authority board members VIEW: James Hartung profile Even if Mr. Hartung's dismissal is justified, the developer said, it oqPort Authority site could have been accomplished without what he considers to have VIEW: William J. Carroll profile on Graco corporate site been Mr. Finkbeiner's political grandstanding. The matter could have been handled behind the scenes, he said, with Mr. Hartung, 65, potentially allowed the opportunity to retire.

"No matter how much lipstick we try to put on this, it does not irATEMENi FROM 7AP4CS HARTUNG come off well for this community," Mr. McMahon said. To issues of m y personal life,.I discuss those with family. Personal Upbeat or pessimistic? triumphs, personal defeats, highs Mr. Finkbeiner said last night that Toledo will do "just fine" during and lows are matters for Anna, I and the family to celebrate or discuss. I the post-Hartung era in terms of attracting businesses to the area. therefore do not consider my personal life a subject to be aired in public and used for political "Economic development does not begin or end with one man," he gamesmanship. said. "People who are interested in expanding or coming to Toledo or northwest Ohio are more interested in the packages we have to To the issue of professional integrity as President of the Port Authority, I offer or the incentives that we put together for them." will stand on myrecord. I do not believe that there is evidence to support any accusation of my Mr. McMahon said he is especially concerned about the impact on exerting undue influence to any discussions with the developers of a proposed deepwater container- matter lnvolving the Port Authority. ship terminal in Melford, N.S., for which Mr. Hartung wanted to I have been a public administrator establish Toledo as a Great Lakes feeder port. The former port for nearly 40 years and I know how to separate my personal life from my president was part of a local delegation that visited Melford last professional life. Based upon month, and Melford officials are scheduled to tour Toledo's port performance and behavior I've had to fire friends and in other Instances facilities later this month. sing the praises of enemies. Separating personal from But Steve Fought, an aide to U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo), professional is among the core- competencles of a public who was also part of the Melford tour, said the tour here must go on administrator. without dwelling on the controversy involving Mr. Hartung. To the specific issue of the Northwest Ohio Legislative He said Miss Kaptur "is dismayed that we're talking about Consortium, I am among its founders and am proud of the personalities rather than the all-important priority of job creation." concept and proud of the accomplishments that are attributed "Will [the firing] delay economic development? Only if we let it. ... to it. There is too much going on to let one person, one incident" interfere The cost-benefit ratio of consortium- partner investment to federal dollars with progress, Mr. Fought said. generated is quite positive. Through the Consortium's work, Toledo has received millions of dollars in federal Mr. Hartung's firing from the port authority also removes him from appropriations and grants. the LCIC executive committee, on which the port president holds a seat, said Kathleen Kovacs, the executive committee's chairman. The Consortium's work has been important to this community and has She said she did not know how the termination might affect LCIC been praised regularly by our federal Executive Director Matt Sapara, who is also the port authority's elected leaders. development director. Yes, I, among others lobbied aggressively to create the Consortium and would do so now. The former port president, she said, will be missed by local economic development leaders. Kathy Teigiand did an outstanding http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080803&Category=NE WS 1... 10/24/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 5 of 5

/ob as the representative of Wise "Mr. Hartung's been a wonderRil proponent for helping to move the and Associates when the Consortium was frrst created and continued to area's economy forward, especially in transportation issues," Ms. successfuity represent the Kovacs said. "I've always appreciated his candor and Consortium following the Wise Contract. thoughtfulness on economic development." While I understand the questions that have been raised about the A `learning curve' Consortium, I have not Several members of the port authority's board of directors said they compromised my professional integrity or my commitment to the believe the transition, while perhaps not seamless, will be smooth. Toledo-LUCas County Port Authority and to the best interests of "When you lose your leader of 14 years, you have to feel a little Northwest Ohio. uncomfortable, but one thing I believe Jim did was put together a great team," said Nadeem Salem, chairman of the port board's airport committee. "The port authority has functioned quite well with the good people that are there, and I have no doubt that the current staff under the direction of the new interim president will carry on the work of the port authority. We will continue to be strong."

~~Whoever succeeds Mr. Hartung will face a "substantial learning curve" after taking office, director Michael Frank said.~~

"With any sudden change of leadership, there are unfortunate effects, and a significant period of adjustment," Mr. Frank said. "In my opinion we have a magnificent staff, and I think they will effectively step into the breach."

"I expect the port authority to embrace the challenges and opportunities this presents, and I expect us to be productive," said Thomas Palmer, a past board chairman. "All of us are committed to making that happen."

~~Blade staff writers Rod Lockwood, Gabe Nelson, and Alex Parker contributed to this report.~~

~~Contact David Patch at:[email protected] or 419-724-6094.~~

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~~Cover-up at the Port~~

~~THE people of Toledo and Lucas County deserve to know all the facts surrounding the firing last week of James Hartung as president of the Port Authority.~~

That would be true even if the port board had not taken steps to ask voters to renew a $2.2 million tax levy at the Nov. 4 election. The levy is in doubt now that the board has lapsed into cover-up mode and is refusing to release the report it used as a basis to dismiss Mr. Hartung for "cause."

In claiming lawyer-client privilege - the report was written by a law frrm retained by the board - the port directors are treading on thin legal ice and they are on even more uncertain footing in the court of public opinion.

If Mr. Hartung did something so serious that he deserved to be summarily fired, the public deserves to know the details. It's a reasonable inference that the board, urider its chairman, William Carroll, anticipated the controversy and had its investigation conducted by the law firm precisely so it could claim legal privilege.

This is the same tactic - and the same excuse - the board used in February to conceal the facts surrounding the forced resignation of James Mettler as the port's vice president of new project development. Mr. Mettler was pushed out of his $100,000 a year job with a highly questionable $40,000 severance package.

The public still hasn't been told why Mr. Mettler left, and this appalling affront to the public and the spirit of Ohio's open-records law must not be compounded in concealing the details of the Hartung dismissal.

If the board doesn't come clean on both matters, it's fair to assume, the public will not look kindly on renewal of the 0.4-mill tax levy, which the directors last week agreed to put on the ballot, even as they were ushering Mr. Hartung out the door on a unanimous vote.

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supporters, shattered the myth of Jim Hartung as somehow indispensible to the region as an economic development guru. Now those same directors are, for some reason, trying to protect themselves by refusing to let the public know why they did what they did.

Even if the report were covered by attorney-client privilege - and The Blade strongly insists that it is not - the board would be under no obligation to keep it secret. Many of the board members are private business people, but they must remember that when they do port authority business they are considered public officials and must abide by the open-records law.

That means dropping the cover-up and giving the taxpaying public what it deserves - the full story. Otherwise, those same citizens might not be so generous with the Port Authority's tax levy come Election Day.

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~~Port Authority stays mum on Hartung firing Harhxng not told reason for ouster, attomey says By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER~~

James Hartung's 14-year career with the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority ended last week as board members unanimously agreed to fire the agency president "with cause," but he still hasn't been told why.

Mr. Hartung's attorney yesterday said he was frustrated with ' the pace information was being provided to him this week. James Hartung was fired 'with cause' last week from his position of president of the Toledo- Lucas County Port Authority. The port board "I wanted to go over and talk to the attomey about the made the unanimous decision after an intemal evidence they used to fire my guy, and they said they are investigation of Mr. Hartung's hiring of a lobbyist 'putting it together,'•" attorney Kevin Greenfield said. "They with whom he was accused of having an affair. (THE BLADE) said they are getting together the information that went Zoom I Photo Reprints behind [the firing] and they need a little more time to do that, so is this stuff that's being put together to support the decision after the fact?"

~~The 13-member Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority board of directors fired Mr. Hartung Friday following an investigation of his hiring of a lobbyist with whom he was accused of having an affair.~~

VIDEO James R. Jeffery, the port attorney from Spengler Nathanson PLL, a Toledo law firm, did not return calls seeking comment. i^ ttiY)i=.29: Port Authority Board Meeting (August 1) -` 1eirJS0: Port Authority Board Last week, William Carroll, the port board's chainnan, said he Meeting (July 31) would not reveal the reasons behind the fning, citing "attorney- client privilege."

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the inquiry's conclusion. The Blade last week filed a public-records request with the port authority for access to the report prepared for the port directors by Spengler Nathanson but was denied a copy.

Mr. Greenfield said he wanted on either Monday or yesterday to discuss the return of Mr. Hartung's personal property and more importantly, schedule a hearing to appeal the termination. Mr. Hartung's contract entitles him to a hearing and, if he desires, arbitration if severance is to be denied.

~~"I am just as much in the dark as anyone," Mr. Greenfield said.~~

The board's specification that Mr. Hartung is being terminated "with cause" is significant because it appears to be a denial of severance compensation to which Mr. Hartung would have been entitled, including about $100,000 to be paid in nine monthly instalhnents and continuing health insurance for that time.

~~His contract says he may be terminated at will, but requires 60 days' notice "with or without cause." Mr. Hartung will be paid for that time, and receive health coverage.~~

~~Mr. Hartung's current salary of $178,165 breaks out to about $14,847 per month, or slightly more than $29,000 for 60 days.~~

The port authority began an investigation several weeks ago after Toledo Mayor Carry Finkbeiner said in a letter that the port president was having an affair with Kathy Teigland, a West Toledo lobbyist who had worked on behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium.

~~Mayor Finkbeiner has not seen the Spengler Nathanson investigation report, said his spokesman, Elizabeth Phillips.~~

~~The mayor refused this week to answer questions regarding Mr. Hartung.~~

~~Mr. Finkbeiner has previously criticized the port's use of Spengler Nathanson and questioned if it could conduct an impartial inquiry of port staff conduct.~~

The city is continuing with its own investigation of the port. A request by the Finkbeiner administration for public records from the port authority covered documents pertaining not ornly to Mr. Hartung's conduct, but to the Jan. 18 resignation of James Mettler, the port authority's vice president for new project development who received a $40,000 buyout and six months of health insurance when he left.

~~Yesterday, Mr. Carroll said the port board details of a search committee for Mr. Hartung's successor will be made public next week.~~

Paul Toth, Jr., the port authority's vice president of technical and financing services and the former director of airports, was named interim president while a national search for a permanent replacement is conducted.

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~~Toledo Blade sues over James Hartung report Port conceals details of firing, `inappropriate relationship' By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFF WRITER~~

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's chainnan said for the first time yesterday that former president James Hartung was fired for an "inappropriate relationship with a vendor," but still refused to release a report detailing the dismissal - prompting The Blade to file suit against the agency in the Ohio Supreme Court.

^ UNITED WAY PIaD_for ngw guarter Reading from a statement, William Carroll said Mr. unsetties tenants r Hartung pursued an inappropriate relationship with a HACKENBERG : Curtis piles up the pars vendor for approximately six years.

Zoom i Photo Reprints "While pursuing the relationship, the president assumed responsibility for administration of the vendor's contract, approved her contract extensions, approved her compensation increases, and approved her expense reports, some of which lacked appropriate backup documentation," said Mr. Carroll, the chairman of the port authority's board of directors.

~~According to the statement, those actions conflicted with port authority policies and led to an appearance of impropriety.~~

~~The statement also said port board members had lost confidence in Mr. Hartung's ability to lead.~~

The board of directors, in a 13-0 decision, fired Mr. Hartung on THE SUIT, THE STATEMENT Aug. 1 after 14 years as port president. -^ --'=:READ: • T_he Blade suit The dismissal followed an internal investigation of Mr. Hartung's • Statement by Port Chairman William Carroll relationship with a lobbyist, Kathy Teigland, on behalf of a 9 rrlnler-irlenWy versmn rage L ul J

~~consortium of entities, including the port authority. Mr. Hartung was accused of having an affair with Ms. Teigland.~~

~~The port board met in executive session yesterday for nearly 2'h hours to discuss pending litigation. Port board members Daniel Smith and Brian Bucher were not present.~~

~~After the meeting, Mr. Carroll read the statement and then ignored reporters' questions.~~

He refused to address his previous proniise for complete transparency and that any investigation report would be made public after the inquiry's conclusion. He also would not answer questions about how the matter might affect renewal of the agency's 0.4-mill levy on the Nov. 4 ballot.

Within hours after Mr. Hartung's dismissal last week, The Blade filed a public-records request with the port authority for access to inspect the final report prepared by Spengler Nathanson PLL., a Toledo law firm that conducted the agency's investigation.

Spengler Nathanson and port directors refused The Blade's request ALSO last week, and again yesterday afternoon, citing attorney-client ..v READ: William Carroll's pC]Vllege. statement from Friday morning meetinq

"When disseminating information the board has a responsibility to BEGINNING OF THIS STORY: Portchairman t_o_review consider the public'sublic's need for information as well as the im act allegations aaainst Martung. such information may have upon potential litigation," Mr. Carroll ; ! WEB SITE: Toledo-Lucas said. "The port authority has attempted to balance the public's cE-o1unty Port Auth^ need for information with its duty to act in the best interest of the F=.d VIEW: Port records reauest organization and its employees, and with the desire to be sensitive ^ READ: Finkheiner's letter to to the individuals involved." the port authority board members

~~The Blade in turn filed suit in the Ohio Supreme Court under Ohio's Public Records Act. The suit was filed after the port board chairman again said at 3:45 p.m. that he would not release the records.~~

"A writ of mandamus in this case commanding that the demanded records be available for public inspection in copying will undoubtedly serve the public interest and create a significant public benefit. A highly paid public employee, Mr. Hartung, has been sununarily discharged from his public office, without explanation," The Blade's lawsuit stated.

~~The lawsuit contends the port cannot keep the investigation record secret simply because it used a law firm to compose the document.~~

"At no time has [the port authority] suggested that the investigating law firm supplied any legal advice other than the misplaced counsel that the products of the investigation were privileged," the suit reads. "In short, the investigation, while conducted by a law firm, involved no provision of legal services and could have been conducted as readily, comprehensively, and effectively by nonlawyers. There is no colorable or well-founded claim that the products of the investigation arose out of an attorney-client relationship."

In the filing, The Blade is seeking the release of the documents, plus attorney fees and $100 per day for each record or class of records demanded by the newspaper, to accrue from yesterday. to rIII1LCr-Lr1eIlClly verslon ra^'e J OL )

Mr. Carroll said Mr. Hartung yesterday requested to arbitrate his firing. Mr. Carroll also dismissed recent claims by Kevin Greenfield, Mr. Hartung's attorney, that they were completely unaware of the reasons for the dismissal.

"Mr. Hartung and his attorney are aware of these facts," Mr. Carroll said. "They know that these concems led to his termination. Any suggestion that he lacks knowledge of the facts which led to his termination is incorrect."

~~Mr. Greenfield took offense to the statement Mr. Carroll read. He also said Mr. Hartung was "very upset" about remarks contained in it.~~

~~"I think it is a very gratuitous statement on their part," Mr. Greenfield said. "We totally disagree with a lot of their conclusions and characterizations."~~

~~He said the allegation of an inappropriate relationship "is an untrue characterization."~~

The board terminated Mr. Hartung "with cause," which according to his contract allows the agency to deny him severance compensation, including about $100,000 to be paid in nine monthly installments and continuing health insurance for that time.

The port president's contract said he could be terminated at will, but requires 60 days' notice "with or without cause." Mr. Hartung will be paid for the 60 days, and receive health coverage, Mr. Carroll said last week.

~~Mr. Hartung's current salary of $178,165 breaks out to about $14,847 per month, or slightly more than $29,000 for 60 days.~~

~~Mr. Greenfield said he looked forward to the arbitration, which would be conducted by a three- member panel.~~

~~"The end result with the port authority is to get what is rightly due him after 14 years of faithful service and that is the severance compensation," he said.~~

~~Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner last month raised allegations of wrongdoing involving Mr. Hartung that prompted the port's investigation.~~

~~According to the mayor, Mr. Hartung steered a lobbying campaign on behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium to Ms. Teigland while he was having an affair with her.~~

~~Mayoral spokesman Elizabeth Phillips said the city law department continues to review thousands of port documents in its own investigation, but was unsure if the review would continue.~~

~~Contact Ignazio Messina at:[email protected] 419-724-6171.~~

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Customer Services our port facilities, and the Burlington Air Express hub. Email Newsletter 31e1p/FAQ To Jim Hartung, economic development is an attainable goal, unlike the empty Toledo Pros rhetoric of our posturing politicians. Find a business Thank you, Jim, and good luck. Find a person Maps and directions Dwight R. Smith Set as homepage Temperance ADVERTISER SERVICES Classified ational campaign targets drunk driving aired driving kills and maims thousands of America every year. The Blade onwide, someone dies every 39 minutes in a mo vehicle crash involving a toledoblade.com driv or motorcycle operator with a blood-alcohol c ht of 0.08 percent or Mechanical Specs highe very hour, drivers are arrested for impai driving, and for many this Special Sections will not their first offense. TOMA Beginning^Friday and continuing through tl^ Labor Day weekend, Lucas Advertiser Proofs County will participating in the Drunk Drivirf Over the Limit, Under Arrest Campaign. This nationwidkampaign is aimed at crac g down on impaired drivers and getting them offIt`our highways. Increase law enforcement and public awareness of the roblem are major co onents of the campaign.

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Lucas County law enfo ment a ncies issued 1,586 DUI citations in 2007. More than 31 percent w ssu to drivers who had previous DUI citations. Unfortunately, these 1,5 Lcita s represent only a small percentage of the people who drove impaire didn't get caught.

While this campaign is a s in the right direction, it will take more than law enforcement issuing DUI c ns to solve the problem. It also requires personal responsibility - a respon that ultimately rests with the driver. If everyone made the decision to not we er drinking, Lucas County would have zero deaths from impaired dr ing. F oo many people still don't understand that alcohol, drugs, and dr g don't x. Our residents deserve to travel roads and highways that are not ed with ple driving impaired.

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~~Statement from lobbyist Kathy Teigland~~

On matters of a personal nature I see no reason why this is being exploited. It is unfortunate that the Port Authority Board will not release the results of the investigation, I know there is nothing to support that there was anything innapropriate in the management of the Legislative Consortium contract. The acheivements of the Legislative Consortium are documented and were the result of collaboration of 5-7 members, not a single participant that the media has previously portrayed. I was not employed by the Port Authority nor was I soley under contract with the PA. I was contracted by a collaborative of members who collectively agreed on the contract and expenses incurred by the members as a whole.

I quoted an amount for my work to the Administrator to advance to all other members of the Legislative Consortium for their approval. If there was a misquote by the Administrator I corrected it. The charge for my services was clear and stated for both 2006 and 2007 for the exorbitant amount of work advanced by all the members. The proposals were large in scope, diverse and rarely in aligned interests. My price was something in the neighborhood of a third of what a Washington based firm would have cha.rged and was accepted by all the members of the Legislative Consortium. The Port Authority had one vote among the members. I announced my decision not to renew with the Consortium at the end of 2007 in February of 2007, to allow the members ample time to find other representation.

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~~E-mails trace path to James Hartung's firing Messages show how ex-leader mixed personal affair with public business By IGNAZIO MESSINA and STEVE EDER BLADE STAFF WRITERS~~

In early January, 2006, Jim Hartung sent a mass e-mail to members of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium, telling the group its voice in Washington would continue to be Kathy Teigland, a politically connected lobbyist living in West Toledo.

What Mr. Hartung, president of the port authority who at the time led the consortium as its administrator, didn't tell the area's top officials was that he had had an extramartial affair OVIEW: Statement fromIobbyist Kathy with Ms. Teigland. Tee'^land 13 VIEW: Hartung_Teigiand emails from Hundreds of e-mails exchanged between the two since mid- the Port Authority 2005 reveal a love-hate tryst that mixed the publlc s Zoom I Photo Reprints business with a personal relationship. The majority of their communications were professional, but the two spent hours exchanging sometimes cordial, sometimes vicious letters.

Mr. Hartung, who headed the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority for 14 years, was fired Au,-. 1 by a unanimous vote of his board because of his "inappropriate" relationship and the apparent love triangle between him, Ms. Teigland, and the public's business.

He was paid $178,165 a year to lead the port - an agency funded by a county property tax levy - that manages Toledo Express Airport, the Port of Toledo, and is the lead public economic development agency in the re.-ion.

The e-mails between Mr. Hartung and Ms. Teigland were released HARTUNG-TEIGLAND E-MAILS FROM by the port authority on Friday after The Blade filed a public THE TOLEDO-LUCAS COUNTY PORT AUTHORITy records request with the agency. Most of the e-mails between the 3 two were sent and received during business hours from Mr. Officials at the Toledo-Lucas County Harttmg's port authority computer. Port authority on Friday released hundreds of pages of e-mails between James Hartung and Kathy Back and forth Teiglantl that were retrieved from The mix of business and pleasure between Ms. Teigland, 56, and agency computers. Mr. Hartung was the agency's $178,000-a-year Mr. Hartung, 65, is most graphically shown in a series of more president until he was fired earlier than a dozen e-mails between the two on Jan. 5, 2006, that flew this month in a unanimous vote by back and forth over the course of five hours. the port authority's board of directors. A statement released by the board after Mr. Hartung's firing The exchange began at 11:23 a.m. on a workday when Mr. said he was dismissed because of an inappropriate relationship with a Hartung forwarded Ms. Teigland an e-mail he had sent to "vendor" of the agency. Ms. consortium members. She responded four minutes later, Teigland was a lobbyist for the port authority, as well for six other local questioning if her $8,000 monthly salary for 2005 would remain public and private groups, which constant in 2006. His reply was yes, it would. joined in 2001 to create the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium. Since 2006, she was Two minutes later, Ms. Teigland reminded Mr. Hartung that she paid $120,000 a year by the group.

had asked for a $ 1,000-a-month raise. Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2005 11:46 a.m. Kathy Teigland to James Hartung "If I continue that is what I would invoice," she wrote. "What is not obvious is why you continue the charade. Perhaps you Over the next several hours, the communication devolves into a simply can't stand to be viewed as a liar. I guess I can understand that, salacious set of e-mails filled with vulgarity, insults, claims of but it was at my expense and that is love, and expression of hatred. what makes me so angry. You'd rather be viewed honest rather thari end this. My previous belief and love "I'm sorry but ... I'm being ripped apart and insulted," Mr. for you made me want to believe but it simply does not add up and Hartung wrote to her. "I'm sick of this." the continued drive to get me to believe the unbelievable is frustrating at the very least - She replied: "Ripped apart and insulted? ... I know all of your infuriating at its highest." stated intentions and feelings to me were a lie. ... I know you did 2:06 p.m. nothin^ but lie to me for 7 years. ... Hartung to Teigland Mistating [sic], lying, omitting and attempting to prove honor and "This issue has become so convoluted that it is difficult to sort sincerity where there was none for seven [expletive] years was my it all out. Every time that I have issue period." tried to retrace the steps from the very "beginning, it has been summarily dismissed by you as a lie. He replied: "Loving you is hard ... very hard and without satisfaction. Hating you is not fulfilling." Thursday, Jan. 5, 2006 3 p.m. Hartung to Teigland Ms. Teigland wrote back: "You wanted to be viewed a good man "I'm sorry but when I'm being ripped apart and insulted. I'm sick and you wanted to protect yourself, and in doing so lied about your of this [expletive]." true intentions. ... I could have saved myself seven years of 3:26 p.m. struggle by realizing after that January evening in 1999 had I Teigland to Hartung simply admitted the obvious." "Ripped apart and insulted? Oh, golly, I didn't mean to rip apart an [d] insult. I know all of your stated An ominous tone intentions and feelings to me were a lie. I know you did nothing but lie to The tone of her e-mails turned ominous four days later, on Jan. 9, me for 7 years. Mistating 2006. [Misstating], lying, omitting and attempting to prove honor and sincerity where there was none for "You counted on the love we had for you to protect your dishonest seven [expletive] years was my behavior. I certainly hope [your wife] comes to the same issue period. It was just wrong, unkind, mean, 41 realization I have come to know and understand. hateful, selfish, self absorbed and unforgivable. If that offends, golly, I'm just a little sensitive about being Perhaps she'll get a bit of a nudge in that direction." lied to for nearly a[expletive] decade." Within weeks Ms. Teigland was pressing Mr. Hartung for more 4:03 p.m. money. Hartung to Teigiand "Loving you is hard, very hard and without satisfaction. Hating you is "What is the status of your direct calls as it relates to the increase not fulfilling. Pouring out my inner- in the monthly retainer?" she asked the port authority president on self leaves me vulnerable to retaliation. Anything, everything I Jan. 24. say is rejected. Expecting to be understood is out of the question. Tired of fighting and can't make On Jan. 26, Mr. Hartung had good news for her: "Been out ill most peace." of the week, but [Lucas County Adniinistrator Mike] Beazley and Monday, Jan. 9, 2006 I did manage to connect. ... He is O.K. with increase. [Mayor] 1:08 P.M. Carty [Finkbeiner] is a bit more problematic at this point but I'm Teigland to Hartung "You wanted to be viewed a good not going to discuss your compensation with him. .... With man and you wanted to protect Beazley on board, I now have sufficient comfort to move on yourself, and in doing so lied about your true intentions. I could have signing a new agreement." saved myself seven years of struggle by realizing after that A `personal' matter January.evening in 1999 had I simply admitted the obvious; if you Mr. Hartung yesterday refused to answer questions about the were a good man, an honorable personal relationship he had with Ms. Teigland. "That's an area man, you would have waited for intimacy for a woman you fell in that I am not going to discuss. That's personal," he said. love with until you settled the relationship (I believed) you had with your wife. ... I mourn the loss He did say Ms. Teigland's accomplishments working for the of those years, my belief in you and consortium translated into millions of dollars in federal grant I am sickened by my decision to cheat myself and another woman. money for Toledo and the area. Mostly I mourn the loss of my own goodness and honor by traveling down a road of deceit with such a Regarding her requests for pay increases, Mr. Hartung said: "I man." thought the consortium felt we were getting value from her services. I believe they sat at the table and there was no issue." 3:04 P.M. Hartung to Teigland "Do I wish to be vievied as a good Ms. Teigland, reached by telephone yesterday, declined to be man, yes I do. Were my declarations driven by wanting to interviewed by The Blade but released a statement, via e-mail: protect myself? No, my declarations were driven by my intentions. What intentions? To make a permanent "On matters of a personal nature, I see no reason why this is being life with you. ... The matter of exploited. It is unfortunate that the Port Authority Board will not January 1999 is not nearly as simple as you make it. It occurred only release the results of the investigation. I know there is nothing to after a long time of growing close support that there was anything inappropriate in the management [to] you, getting to know you, of the Legislative Consortium contract," she wrote. "The sharing with you." achievements of the 5:21 p.m. Teigiand to Hartung Legislative Consortium are documented and were the result of "You counted on the love we had for collaboration of 5-7 members, not a single participant that the you to protect your dishonest media has previously portrayed." behavior. I certainly hope [your wife] comes to the same realization I have come to know and Ms. Teigland's statement also pointed out that she was not understand. Perhaps she'll get a bit of a nudge in that direction." employed by the port authority or solely under contract with the port. Friday, Jan. 20, 2006 10:36 a.m. Hartung to Teigland 50 She said e-mail "snippets of fnistration should not be used to "I received the invoice and am create a scenario that is untrue or misleading." taking it to finance."

Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006 She has been involved in local politics for years and previously 2:55 p.m. worked as an aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio), to whom Teigland to Hartung "What is the status of your direct she has contributed campaign money. calls as it relates to the increase in the monthly retainer? Beazley? Finkbeiner?"" In 2001, Ms. Teigland was project coordinator for the Friends of the Marina District and campaigned for a measure allowing the Thursday, Jan. 26, 2006 2:34 p.m. city of Toledo to financially back a $175 million riverfront Hartung to Teigland development. "Been out ill most of the week, but Beazley and I did manage to connect. He is O.K. with increase. Seeking more pay Carty Is a bit more problematic at this point but I'm not going to By the end of 2006, it appears from the e-mails between Ms. discuss your compensation wlth Teigland and Mr. Hartung that the consortium was falling apart, him. With Beazley on board, I now and yet, at the same time, Ms. Teigland was demanding a pay have sufficient comfort to move on signing a new agreement. Please increase to $120,000 annually. send me a new version of the agreement with me as Secretariat or Administrator, not chairman or Mr. Hartung complied. chairperson."

Friday, Feb. 3, 2006 "To make sure that your $10,000 monthly fee is not interrupted, 11:46 a.m. I've signed the authorization for the Port Authority's $25,000 to be Hartung to Teigland "I could respond to every point, placed into the account to assure that it is covered," he wrote to her every assumption, every conclusion, on Jan. 18, 2007. word by word, thought by thought. But maybe for the first time I realize there is no hope. You are so above Port Authority Chairman William Carroll earlier this month said it all, so self-righteous, so confident, Mr. Hartung was fired for an "inappropriate relationship with a that your truth is the only truth." vendor," but he refused to release a report detailing the dismissal, riday, March 10, 2006 which prompted The Blade to file suit against the agency in the 9:30 a.m. Hartung to Teigland Ohio Supreme Court asking that the state's top court order the "I have a previous engagement but release of the investigative report. will provide a check (for a Betty Montgomery fundraiser on March 14]." "While pursing the relationship, the president assumed 11:12 a.m. responsibility for administration of the vendor's contract, approved Teigiand to Hartung her contract extensions, approved her compensation increases, and "Well, I'll take the check but I'd approved her expense reports, some of which lacked appropriate rather have your body." backup documentation," Mr. Carroll said on Aug. 8, a week after Wednesday, June 7, 2006 12:52 p.m. Mr. Hartung was fired. Teigiand to Hartung "At this point I am ready to walk Port board perspective away from all/anything associated with you. It will be best at this Mr. Carroll refused to conmlent yesterday about the e-mails or Mr. stage." Hartung's relationship with the port authority's lobbyist, as did 1:38 p.m. port board members Margarita De Leon and Bailey Stanbery. Hartung to Teigland "You have now cast in concrete the belief that I am some evil, satanic Port board Vice Chairman G. Opie Rollison said last night that he destroyer of all that is good and had no prior knowledge of the affair. pure. Your casting me that way doesn't make it so. I am not perfect but I am not the low-life creature "I think the community will support the port authority and they that you've made me out to be. I shouldn't have to defend myself but understand how important it is for economic development and I find myself doing it every time we ^ jobs," Mr. Rollison said. talk. It drains me of my strength and spirit. I can not deal with this any longer and don't know how to The other 10 members of the board did not return phone calls act. How do you wish for this to seeking comment. end? My destruction, your destruction?" Until his firing, Mr. Hartung received almost universal support and Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006 12:56 p.m. praise from port board members. Year after year, no matter what Teigland to Hartung controversies the a.-ency faced, the board backed its president, "Where is December's check? Poll your other [legislative consortium] giving him ^enerous annual rasies and periodic cash bonuses. members to see if they are in for next year. If so, prepare the contract. This year I will charge `That is a conflict' $120K. Each member's contribution The board's investigation was initiated after Mayor Carty of $25K will cover the additional Finkbeiner asked the port authority to investigate Mr. Hartung. expenses including consultant's retainer." Mayor Finkbeiner yesterday said the relationship between Mr. 2:33 p.m. Hartung to Teigland Hartung and Ms. Teigland was completely wrong, given their "Check was signed today and will be positions. mailed," 2:51 p.m. "1 knew with absolute certainty, if you are the primary sponsor of Teigland to Hartung "Make sure it goes out in today's a person, who is a lobbyist, you are helping secure a contract from mail." governmental agencies, and we were one, that is a conflict," Mr. 2:57 p.m. Finkbeiner said. Hartung to Teigland "Can do."

The city paid Ms. Teigland nothing in 2004 and 2006. Thursday, lan. 18, 2007 9:19 a.m. Hartung to Teigland "At the end of 2006, I didn't feel there was much evidence she was "To make sure that your $10,000 bringing home much money," he said. monthly fee is not interrupted, I've signed the authorization for the Port Authority's $25,000 to be placed The consortium became defunct at the end of 2007. into the account to assure that it is covered." An April 18, 2007, memo to the mayor from Dave Moebius, then Mr. Finkbeiner's assistant chief of staff, detailed the port authority's request that the city pay Ms. Teigland $25,000 for work that year.

"Per Jim Hartun„ Kathy Teigland is paid $125,000, which includes costs for wages, travel, and related expenses," the letter to the mayor stated. "The port authority has covered the costs for 2006 and has asked the city of Toledo to contribute $25,000 for 2006."

~~The mayor made an executive decision about the lobbyist's value in October that year.~~

~~"Last year we paid 0," Mr. Finkbeiner wrote to his senior staff on Oct. 16, 2007. "This year we have a $10 million budget deficit, Kathy delivered nothing. I don't believe we owe Kathy a penny."~~

~~The city gave Ms. Teigland $5,000 in January.~~

~~`Wasteful use of funds' Soon after Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop was elected in 2006, he attended a meeting of the consortium with Ms. Teigland.~~

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~~The meetina, came on the heels of Democrats taking over Congress, and members of the consortium were interested in knowing how the shake-up would impact their lobbying efforts in Washinaton.~~

~~"I remember the meeting pretty vividly," said Mr. Konop, who recalled Ms. Teigland handing out copies of updates from Congressional Quarterly, a Washington-based publication.~~

~~"I remember walking out of there thinking, what are we paying all of this money for?" said Mr. Konop, who yesterday called the money spent a "wasteful use of funds."~~

~~"She seemed like a nice lady and well-intentioned, but it didn't seem there was a lot of tan.-ible benefit we were getting out of this," Mr. Konop said.~~

~~Mr. Konop said he didn't know about the personal relationship between Mr. Hartung and Ms. Tei^land.~~

~~During business meetings with Mr. Hartung and Ms. Teigland, Lucas County Conunissioner Peter Gerken said he never sensed that they had anything beyond a professional relationship.~~

~~Mr. Gerken, a former Toledo city councilman, said Mr. Hartung never pressured other members of the consortium.~~

~~"There was never a sense to me - both as a city councilman and as a county commissioner - that he was trying to lead us [toward Ms. Teigland]," Mr. Gerken said.~~

~~Still, Mr. Gerken said the relationship was inappropriate.~~

~~"It would have been inappropriate to retain her service if there was a relationship with the port authority director," Mr. Gerken said. "I wouldn't have hired my wife as a vendor."~~

~~Commissioner Tina Skeldon Wozniak concurred that the relationship was inappropriate.~~

~~"Clearly, there looks like there is a conflict of interest and there was no disclosure," Ms. Wozniak said.~~

~~U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo), could not be reached for comment yesterday but had previously supported Ms. Teigland's work~~

"When she got involved, the group that came was much more focused, set priorities, met with members of Congress, would visit the agencies. It was a very organized effort. I think they worked the House and Senate very hard," Miss Kaptur said on July 11. She also said Ms. Teigland's pay was appropriate.

~~Calling it quits By June, 2006, Ms. Teigland's e-mails to Mr. Hartung indicated she did not want to continue working with him.~~

~~"At this point I am ready to walk away from all/anything associated with you. It will be best at this p stage," she wrote.~~

~~He replied later that day: "You have now cast in concrete the belief that I am some evil, satanic destroyer of all that is good and pure. Your casting me that way doesn't make it so," he wrote.~~

~~"How do you wish for this to end? My destruction, your destruction?" he ended the e-mail.~~

~~Contact Ignazio Messina at:[email protected] 419-724-6171. r1111LC1-I11CUUly Vclblvtl raacivrJ~~

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~~Teigland e-mails chastise Hartung Correspondence blended business, personal By IGNAZIO MESSINA BLADE STAFf WRITER~~

Seventeen days after lobbyist Kathy Teigland told Port Authority President James Hartung that his wife should leave him with nothing, she told Mr. Hartung that her annual fee for lobbying would be increased to $120,000, according to one of more than 100 e-mails released yesterday by the public agency. "When she comes to know what you did this last eight Lobbyist Kathy Teigland chastised Port Autho years, I hope she leaves you with nothing," Ms. Teigland President ]ames Hartung, according to one o wrote on Nov. 20, 2006. "To quote my worst enemy: `It's more than 100 e-mails released yesterday. ( The Blade ) not a matter of if, it's a matter of when. "' On Dec. 7, 2006, she wrote in an e-mail to Mr. Hartung: Zoom I vhoto fteorints "Poll your other [legislative consortium] members to see if they are in for next year. If so, prepare the contract. This year I will charge $120K." Mr. Hartung, who at the time was leading the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium as its administrator, had engaged in a relationship with Ms. Teigland years earlier - something he concealed from the area's top officials who made up the lobbying group. The relationship eventually cost Mr. Hartung his job. After leading the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority for 14 years, Mr. Hartung was fired Aug. I by a unanimous vote of his board because of the "inappropriate" relationship with Ms. Teigland. Their communications often carried on for hours in e-mails during the workday. The two exchanged hundreds of e-mails, the bulk of which were released last week. More were released yesterday after a public records request was filed with the agency by The Blade. The e- mails reveal a longtime love-hate relationship that at times mixed business and pleasure. Ms. Teigland, 56, yesterday said the e-mail correspondence paints an incomplete picture. She said she never inappropriately pressured Mr. Hartung, 65, to increase her salary. "My fees are always half of what a Washington lobbyist charges because my expenses are half and I am able to pass those savings on to my clients," she said. Ms. Teigland said there is no connection between the two e-mails. rlullcl-ittctluty vclJlvu rQac G vl ^

"I wasn't using leverage for a higher salary," she said. "Doesn't [the e-mail] say that I want you to go back to the other members? There is no link." Mr. Hartung agreed to the pay increase at the beginning of last year. By Jan. 18, 2007, Mr. Hartung assured Ms. Teigland she would get the money she was requesting: "I have received copies of the contract and will execute them immediately ... to make sure that your $10,000 monthly fee is not interrupted, I've signed the authorization for the Port Authority's $25,000 to be placed into the account to assure that it is covered." Ms. Teigland yesterday said the scandal has overshadowed her good work. She lobbied for federal money, helping to secure $18 million over two years, because of her love for the community, Ms. Teigland said. In her Nov. 20, 2006, e-mail to Mr. Hartting she chastised him at length for what she said were his lies to her. "I know I was deceived, T have always known but what I could not believe was that anyone could lie for so long ..., Ms. Teigland wrote to Mr. Hartung. She also told him in the e-mail that Mr. Hartung's wife, Anna, had told her about a previous extramarital affair he had with another woman. Wife says she knew Mrs. Hartung acknowledged yesterday that she had been aware of her husband's relationship with Ms. Teigland and also said that her husband was not pressured by Ms. Teigland. "I don't think Jim can be ever be pressured. That's preposterous," Mrs. Hartung said. "There is nothing this woman had that could be used as leverage." Mr. Hartung could not be reached for comment last night. Ms. Teigland had months earlier, on Jan. 5, 2006, questioned Mr. Hartung if her $8,000 monthly salary for 2005 would remain constant in 2006. His reply was yes, it would. Ms. Teigland then reminded Mr. Hartung that she had asked for a$1.000-a-month raise. On Jan. 9, 2006, Ms. Teigland for the first time in an e-mail told Mr. Hartung that his wife could be involved. "You counted on the love we had for you to protect your dishonest behavior. I certainly hope [your wife] comes to the san7e realization I have come to know and understand. Perhaps she'll get a bit of a nudge in that direction," she wrote on that date. Within the month she was pressing Mr. Hartung for information about her lobbying contract. "What is the status of your direct calls as it relates to the increase in the monthly retainer?" she asked the port authority president on Jan. 24, 2006. On Jan. 26, 2006, Mr. Hartung wrote: "Been out ill most of the week, but [Luca.s County Administrator Mike] Beazley and I did manage to connect. ... He is OK with increase. [Mayor] Carty [Finkbeiner] is a bit more problematic at this point but I'm not going to discuss your compensation with him. ... With Beazley on board, I now have sufficient comfort to move on signing a new agreement." Development agency Mr. Hartung was paid $178,165 a year to lead the port - an agency funded by a county property tax levy - which manages Toledo Express Airport and the Port of Toledo, and is the lead public economic development agency in the region. He has requested to arbitrate his firing and is seeking severance compensation, including about $100,000 to be paid in nine monthly installments and continuing health insurance for that time. That was denied to him by the port board's specification that Mr. Hartung was teruninated "with cause." In addition to the port, the legislative consortiutn consisted of the city of Toledo, Lucas County, the University of Toledo, the Regional Growth Partnership, Owens Comunity College, and the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce. rllll^lcl-lllclluly vclmull ru^;c J Vl J

The port collected dues from those entities and between 2001 and 2007 paid Ms. Teigland $480,000 in salary and expenses, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group. Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner could not be reached for comment. The port board's investigation was initiated after Mr. Finkbeiner asked the port authority to investigate Mr. Hartung. On Saturday, the mayor said the relationship between Mr. Hartung and Ms. Teigland was inappropriate. The city paid Ms. Teigland nothing in 2004 and 2006 and fiually the city gave Ms. Teigland $5,000 in January to end the association. The consortium folded at the end of 2007. Conunissioners comment Lucas County Commissioner Ben Konop said he was unsure what to make of the relationship between Mr. Hartung and Ms. Teigland. "It was obviously a very tangled web at the port authority for many years," Mr. Konop said. "It's an unfortunate situation for a publicly funded agency to find itself in." Commissioners Peter Gerken and Tina Skeldon Wozniak both concurred that the relationship was a conflict of interest. "I don't know about the legal code, but for me, this goes beyond the reasonable code and any common man will take away from this what it is," Mr. Gerken said. Mr. Gerken said Mr. Hartung could not have increased Ms. Teigland's salary on his own. "Jim [HartunQ] had no or little authority to authorize the contract; it had to come from a vote of the funders," he said. "Kathy [Teigland] did not have that kind of influence on myself, the city of Toledo, or the University of Toledo." Port Authority Chairman William Carroll could not be reached for comment. Contact Ignazio Messina at:imessinaC theblade.comor 419-724-6171. toledoblaidexarn° (9) 2008 The Blade. Privacy and Security 5tatement. By using this service, you accept the terms of our visitor aareement: Please read it.

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~~Beazley says port chief never cleared raise with him BLADE STAFF~~

Lucas County Administrator Michael Beazley said yesterday he was never consulted regarding a pay raise for Kathy Teigland, the lobbyist for the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium whose relationship with the president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority eventually cost him his job.

"The first time I heard it mentioned or discussion of any raise for the consultant was in the Toledo Blade," Mr. Beazley Te%gland Beazley said. Beazley Teigland Hundreds of e-mails between port authority President .::-: Zoom I Photo Reprints James Hartung and Ms. Teigland, which were released by the agency Wednesday and last week, show that the two had engaged in a relationship.

~~Mr. Hartung was fired Aug. 1 by a unanimous vote of the 13-member port board because of the "inappropriate" relationship with Ms. Teigland, said William~~

~~Carroll, chairman of the port authority's board of directors.~~

~~Mr. Hartung agreed to the pay increase at the beginning of last year and in an e-mail to Ms. Teigland assured her that he had spoken to the county administrator.~~

~~Mr. Beazley said he was not consulted about her salary.~~

"The level of her compensation was something that the port authority managed and the only discussion that took place that I am aware of, or I discussed with our county board of conunissioners and our legislative representatives, was whether or not we would continue to participate," Mr. Beazley said. ...,..,..

~~She pressed Mr. Hartung for information about her lobbying contract in January, 2006.~~

~~"What is the status of your direct calls as it relates to the increase in the monthly retainer," she asked the port authority president on Jan. 24, 2006.~~

On Jan. 26, 2006, Mr. Hartung wrote: "Been out ill most of the week, but [Lucas County Administrator Mike] Beazley and I did manage to connect. ... He is OK with increase. [Mayor] Carty [Finkbeiner] is a bit more problematic at this point but I'm not going to discuss your compensation with him. ... With Beazley on board, I now have sufficient comfort to move on signing a new agreement."

~~Later, Ms. Teigland wrote to Mr. Hartung that his wife should leave him with nothing.~~

~~"When she comes to know what you did this last eight years, I hope she leaves you with nothing," Ms. Teigland wrote in a Nov. 20, 2006 e-mail.~~

~~"To quote my worst enemy: 'It's not a matter of if, it's a matter of when.'•"~~

~~Less than three weeks later, she told Mr. Hartung in another e-mail that her annual fee for lobbying would increase to $120,000.~~

~~Mr. Hartung at the time was leading the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium as its adntinistrator.~~

~~The consortium at that time consisted of the port authority, city of Toledo, Lucas County, the University of Toledo, the Regional Growth Partnership, and the Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce.~~

~~Each member paid its dues to the port authority, which in turn, paid Ms. Teigland.~~

~~The consortium ceased to exist after the end of 2007.~~

~~Ms. Teigland, 56, on Wednesday said she never inappropriately pressured Mr. Hartung, 65, to increase her salary.~~

~~"My fees are always half of what a Washington lobbyist charges because my expenses are half and I am able to pass those savings on to my clients," she said.~~

~~Ms. Teigland said there was no connection between the two e-mails - the one mentioning Mr. Hartung's wife and the other informing him of her new salary.~~

On Dec. 7, 2006, she wrote in an e-mail to Mr. Hartung: "Poll your other [legislative consortium] members to see if they are in for next year. If so, prepare the contract. This year I will charge $120K."

~~Neither Mr. Hartung nor Ms. Teigland could not be reached last night for comment.~~

~~"I wasn't using leverage for a higher salary," she said Wednesday. "Doesn't [the e-mail] say that I /^ want you to go back to the other members? There is no link."~~

~~Ms. Teigland on Jan. 5, 2006, questioned Mr. Hartung if her $8,000 monthly salary paid during 2005 would remain the same in 2006.~~

~~Mr. Hartung's reply was yes.~~

~~Ms. Teigland then reminded Mr. Hartung that she had asked for a $ 1,000-a-month raise to total $108,000.~~

~~On Jan. 9, 2006, Ms. Teigland for the first time in an e-mail told Mr. Hartung that his wife could be involved.~~

"You counted on the love we had for you to protect your dishonest behavior. I certainly hope [your wife] comes to the same realization I have come to know and understand. Perhaps she'll get a bit of a nudge in that direction," she wrote on that date.

~~Mr. Hartung was paid $178,165 a year to lead the port authority.~~

~~He has requested to arbitrate his firing and is seeking severance compensation, including about $ 100,000 to be paid in nine monthly installments and continuing health insurance for that time.~~

~~That was denied to him by the port board's specification that Mr. Hartung was terminated "with cause."~~

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~~Port board waits for dust to settle before filling seats By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER~~

For more than a year past the expiration of her term, Doni Miller has participated in the business of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's board of directors, joining in discussions and voting on port matters - including the recent unanimous vote to fire port President James Hartung.

At the end of last month, three more port directors' terms expired, but the city of Toledo and Lucas County Commissioners appear to be in no hurry to replace or reappoint them. And the port's spokesman says there's nothing wrong with letting them hold their seats in the meantime.

That means four new directors could join the 13-member board at or close to the same time, with the potential for two more vacancies to open up before long - with the agency's executive office also in a state of transition.

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While allowing port directors to participate in meetings and vote on port business after their terms have expired has been a long-standing port authority practice, agency spokesman Carla Firestone said it is not addressed in the agency's by-laws. Instead, she said, it is supported only by a legal opinion provided by port lawyers.

~~'As a legal matter, our board members continue to serve after their term has expired until a replacement has been identified and qualified,' Ms. Firestone said. 'It's just how we do it.'~~

State law also is silent on the matter. Statutes governing how port authorities are managed allow the governments establishing them to determine the size of the authori ties' governing boards and the distribution of appointments among member jurisdictions. State law provides only that board terms be staggered, run for four years, and have no term limits.

Six of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's 13 board members are appointed by the county commissioners, six are appointed by the city of Toledo, and one - the seat held by Vice Chairman Opie Rollison - is a joint city-county appointment.

Along with replacing Dennis Duffey, for whose seat the conunissioners publicly solicited volunteers last month after Mr. Duffey said he did not desire reappointment, the county panel must decide whether to reappoint or replace A. Bailey Stanbery, whose term also expired July 31.

Mr. Finkbeiner also has two appointments pending - Ms. Miller's seat and that of Bruce Baumhower. Both have served since 1999, with Ms. Miller's two-year stint as board chairman from December, 2005, to December, 2007, ending five months after her term expired.

Mr. Finkbeiner said Thursday he intends to nominate Bernard 'Pete' Culp to succeed Ms. Miller, while he still considers 'three or four' candidates to replace Bruce Baumhower, who has declined renomination.

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Inclined to delay ALSO Twelve applicants responded to the commissioners' request, OVIEW: Statement from published last month, for volunteers to succeed Mr. Duffey. lobbvist Kathv Teicland (Aug. 17) County conunissioners said last week that while they never would allow an appointment to languish for a year or more, their inclination now is to delay just a bit for any fallout from Mr. IDVIEW: Hartung-Teialand emails from the Port Authority Hartung's firing. (Aug. 17)

~~Despite their expired status, all four port directors participated in the closed-door deliberations and public vote that resulted in Mr. Hartuna s Aug. 1 dismissal.~~

'I have not hurried the process because I want the dust to settle a little,' Tina Skeldon Wozniak, the commissioners' president, said of the port appointments. 'The county will not continue with expired persons for any length of time. But these are unusual circumstances.'

'With the uncertainty of the port authority's direction, it is prudent to take another 30 days before we make any new appointments,' Commissioner Pete Gerken said. 'Normally, we would have appointed someone already, but it's unfair to inject anybody new right in the middle of this.'

Beyond saying they wouldn't have waited so long -'It's not appropriate to have these board seats languish,' Commissioner Ben Konop said most pointedly - the commissioners declined to criticize Mr. Finkbeiner's lag in either replacing or reappointing Ms. Miller, and Mr. Finkbeiner declined to explain it.

~~'As a former chairman, [Ms. Miller] has made an important contribution,' Mr. Finkbeiner said. 'I think it's a good idea to rotate people.'~~

~~Mr. Stanbery said Friday he is interested in reappointment and complied with the county commissioners' request that he reapply for his seat. The 12 new port applicants to the county commissioners are:~~

~~• Bradley J. Burdue of Whitehouse, the owner and president of BD Aero Works, an aircraft maintenance and charter business at Toledo Express Airport.~~

~~• Raymond J. Collins of Monclova Township, the human resources administrator for the American Maritime Officers union in Toledo who, from 1975 until 2001, was a Lucas County sheriffs deputy.~~

~~• Richard P. Gabel of Oregon, the vice president of the International Longshoremen's Union and of the ILA Great Lakes District Council, and an Oregon Board of Education member.~~

~~• Jonathan K. Harding of Holland, a principal of Bostleman Construction LLC and president of its affiliate, Bostleman Harding Enterprises.~~

~~• Charles V. Hoecherl a Monclova Township trustee and a vice president at Defiance-based First Federal Bank of the Midwest.~~

~~• John W. Martin of Holland, the chief executive officer of Louisville Title Agency for N.W. Ohio Inc. 11 rlln6el-11le11LLly VO J1VIl~~

~~• Todd T. Michaelsen of Toledo, the manager of the National Electrical Contractors' Association's Ohio/Michigan Chapter and a member of the Regional Growth Partnership board.~~

~~• John H. Pautz II of Maumee, a project manager and estimator for A.A. Boos & Sons Inc. in Oregon.~~

~~• Walter A. 'Tony' Plath of Toledo, the executive vice president of the Home Builders' Association of Greater Toledo.~~

~~• Ronald R. Rothenbuhler of Oregon, the executive regional director for the Ohio & Vicinity Regional Council of Carpenters.~~

~~• Frank B. Scarlato of Toledo, a financial adviser who recently joined H&R Block after two years with Edward Jones Financial Services in Maumee.~~

~~• Terry L. Shankland of Toledo, the owner of a local catering business who has run repeatedly, but unsuccessfully, for city elective offices, including for mayor.~~

Mr. Culp, the mayor's appointee to Ms. Miller's seat, is director of planning and development for the Economic Opportunity Planning Association of Greater Toledo Inc. and is a member of the Toledo Plan Commission, the Lucas Metropolitan Housing Authority board, and several conununity-activist agencies.

~~Mr. Finkbeiner declined to divulge who he is considering to replace Mr. Baumhower.~~

Mr. Baumhower said in a recent interview that he is willing to serve until a replacement is nan-ied, but is too busy with his work as president of UAW Local 12 to desire reappointment for a full four years.

'I've served 10 years as a volunteer,' Mr. Baunihower said. 'I made the decision a couple of years ago that I would finish this term. I'm staying on the Regional Growth Partnership board, and all the challenges in the auto industry are keeping me real busy right now.'

~~Committed to growth A desire to promote Toledo's economic growth was cited by many of the candidates who applied to the county commissioners for a port board seat.~~

Mrs. Wozniak said she is looking for someone who has demonstrated strong leadership and an ability to understand the 'vital role' the port authority plays in developin- the Toledo area's transportation assets and promoting its economic growth.

~~'This is the perfect opportunity to relook at all of their operations,' Mrs. Wozniak said. 'That's the mind-set I wish the board to take.'~~

~~Mr. Konop said he will favor non traditional port board candidates who will 'hold organizations more accountable' rather than those 'who've been in the same boardrooms the last 40 years.'~~

~~'If any organization is in need of a fresh perspective, and people not afraid to challenge the status~~

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~~quo, it is the port authority,' he said.~~

And Mr. Gerken said his ideal candidate will be someone 'committed to the service of the port authority, who will take the appointment seriously,' and who has 'long-term knowledge of the community's needs and challenges.'

~~Mr. Finkbeiner said he chose to personally recruit candidates to fill the two expired, city- appointed port board seats.~~

'I am looking for people who have the expertise to help aid in the growth of the seaport, the airport, and economic development,' Mr. Finkbeiner said. 'A few years ago, the port was more focused on the seaport and the airport, but now it has gone beyond that to include economic development.'

~~Mr. Finkbeiner's appointments are subject to Toledo City Council approval.~~

William Carroll, the port board's chairman, said he recruited some candidates to seek the director seats already available, but declined to identify them. He said he has not discussed the appointments with the city or county.

'It's an opportunity to rejuvenate the port board,' Mr. Carroll said of the imminent turnover. 'I don't see it negatively impacting us at all. There will be a transition period where we may have to take a while longer at meetings explaining things. But they will bring their own expertise to the table. The more varied thought process we have, the better decisions we'll make. That's what diversity is all about.'

~~Blade staff writer Ignazio Messina contributed to this report.~~

~~Contact David Patch at: [email protected] or 419-724-6094.~~

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Investigation begins into alleged impropriety by Harlung Details of purported offense still unclear By TOM TROY ALSO BLADE STAFF WRITER READ: Mayor Finkbeiner's letter to the Port Authority board An investigation into alleged improprieties involving James members Hartung, president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, began yesterday.

~~But exactly what law or contract might have been violated, even if the allegations of an extramarital relationship prove to be true, remained a gray area.~~

~~William Carroll, chairman of the port authority's board of directors, informed Mayor Carty Finkbeiner by letter yesterday that the investigation was under way, as promised.~~

~~A spokesman for Mr. Carroll said he wouldn't comment until the investigation is over.~~

~~"The investigation has begun and [Mr. Carroll] will comment when the investigation is complete," spokesman Carla Fire- stone said.~~

Mr. Finkbeiner asked for Mr. Hartung's suspension, saying in a letter to port board members Friday that Mr. Hartung had been trying to raise money to pay for the contract of a lobbyist for the port authority and other local agencies, Kathy Teigland, while he was having an extramarital relationship with her.

~~In his letter, Mr. Finkbeiner claimed the allegations, if true, could hurt the reputation of the port authority and its staffs morale.~~

~~"Something's very wrong about the chief sponsor of a lobbyist having an alleged extramarital affair with that same person," Mr. Finkbeiner wrote.~~

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~~Neither Mr. Hartung nor Ms. Teigland has returned The Blade's calls seeking conunent since last week.~~

Ms. Teigland, a West Toledo resident, worked for the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium. Contributions to the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium came from the city, the port authority, Lucas County, the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Toledo, the Regional Growth Partnership, and Owens Conununity College.

~~Ms. Teigland was paid $480,000 by the consortium from 2001 to 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group.~~

Yesterday, Jennifer Hardin, chief advisory attorney for the Ohio Ethics Commission, said the extramarital relationship Mr. Finkbeiner complained of would not fall under Ohio's conflict of interest law.

~~The state prohibits a public official from using his or her position to benefit a family member.~~

~~But it does not include friends or romantic interests as part of that prohibition, according to the commission.~~

"The conunission has never defined family member to include a significant other, or a boyfriend or girlfriend," Ms. Hardin said. "Extramarital affairs that don't relate directly to the public agency or its work are usually not within the ethics commission's purview."

~~However, Ms. Hardin acknowledged the relationship might raise ethical issues outside of Ohio law.~~

~~"There are a whole range of issues that are beyond our statutory authority regarding personal behavior," she said.~~

~~Ms. Firestone would not give any fiuther details of the board's investigation or who is conducting the investigation.~~

~~Mr. Hartung's contract does not contain a plainly stated morals clause, although it does allow the board to fire him without cause.~~

If terminated without cause, he is entitled to a severance payment equal to three-quarters of the pay owed him for the remainder of his one-year term, or nine months, whichever is longer, as well as health insurance premiums and retirement contributions for the same period of time.

Reasons that he can be dismissed without a severance include if he is found guilty in any government proceeding of fraud, dishonesty, or other "gross misconduct in the performance of his duties and responsibilities under this agreement"; if he fails to perform his duties "in a manner that is consistent with the standards and policies established by the Port Authority;" is convicted of a felony, or intentionally discloses confidential information that could jeopardize the interests of the port authority.

~~Mr. Hartung received a 3.5 percent pay raise in January, to $178,165 a year.~~

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~~Port's Hartung faces independent inquiry; Finkbeiner wants outside resources for probe ^^ By TOM TROY "': BLADE POLITICS WRITER~~

Mayor Carty Finkbeiner said yesterday he wants an outside investigation into what he considers to be alleged questionable activities by James Hartung, president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.

"It should be extremely thorough and complete and, in my judgment, there needs to be outside resources as part of the 4. ^ ALSO: Toledo area basks as heat wave investigation," the mayor said, addressing the issue during a ta_^k1 es hold news conference on an unrelated topic. '^^.1 ALSO: Toledo Botanical Garden eyes $40M upgrade I J ALSO: Katie Holmes set for TV's'EII On Friday, the mayor alleged in a letter to the port Stone' authority's 13 directors that Mr. Hartung had an affair with a lobbyist for whom he was trying to raise money so she Zoom I Photo Reprints could represent Toledo-area agencies and local governments in Washington.

William Carroll, chairman of the port authority board, said the agency has in fact hired an independent party to conduct the investigation. He declined to identify that investigator or disclose compensation.

~~Mr. Carroll nonetheless bristled at the mayor's comments: "That's not his choice to make. This is a port board investigation."~~

~~The port chairman said he wants to get the investigation concluded promptly but has no timetable for it.~~

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~~Told that Mr. Carroll has hired an investigator, Mr. Finkbeiner said through a spokesman that he remains concerned that the investigation not be beholden to the port authority's leadership.~~

The lobbyist, Kathy Teigland, of Toledo, worked for the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium from 2001 to 2007. At various times, the consortium received operating support from the city of Toledo, the port authority, Lucas County, the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce, the University of Toledo, the Regional Growth Partnership, and Owens Community College.

~~Ms. Teigland was paid $480,000 by the consortium from 2001 to 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group.~~

~~The Blade has been unable to reach Ms. Teigland for comment. Mr. Hartung could not be reached for comment last night.~~

~~Mr. Finkbeiner said in his letter to the port authority directors last week that the alleged relationship, if it existed, was "very wrong," but didn't spell out a specific legal or ethical violation.~~

~~He said yesterday there were other issues to investigate at the port authority.~~

~~"That's not the sole issue," he said. "There is a mess internally at the port authority," Mr. Finkbeiner said, including management and "paying bills."~~

Mr. Finkbeiner told the port board members in a letter that he had been aggressively lobbied in late 2007 and early 2008 by Mr. Hartung to contribute financially to Ms. Teigland's salary. He said the city contributed $145,000 to the consortium since 2002.

~~Staff writers David Patch and Alex M. Parker contributed to this report.~~

~~Contact Tom Troy at: [email protected] or 419-724-6058.~~

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~~Hartung's time is up~~

REGARDLESS of the outcome of the investigation involving James Hartung, it has become pretty clear that the president of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority has outlived any usefulness he may have had in the job.

Rather than serving as a source of steady leadership, Mr. Harhmg, who has held the top administrative post atthe port authority since 1994, has been in the job too long and has become a professional survivor.

As a result, taxpayers are stuck with an annual bill of $2.5 niillion to support an agency that is largely +unning on inertia, rather than serving as a dynamic engine of economic development for the Toledo area.

The only thing taxpayers can count on every year is that the port board will approve a generous pay raise for Mr. Hartung, seeniingly unrelated to performance. Over 14 years, his salary has risen 78 percent, while the agency's record has been modest at the seaport, mediocre in the case of job creation, and downright dismal at Toledo Express Airport.

It's somewhat ironic that the impetus for the investigation of Mr. Hartung came from Mayor Carty Finkbeiner. That's because a number of the mayor's appointments have contributed to a complacent culture on a weak port board, which serves mainly to rubber stamp its president's decisions.

According to the mayor, Mr. Hartung should be fired because he has had an improper personal relationship with one of his employees, Kathy Teigland, lobbyist for the port board and other local agencies. But dismissing the port president for personal acts that aren't against the law is problematic because he has no moral turpitude clause in his contract.

~~Instead, we believe, Mr. Hartung's employment should be cut short because a more capable individual can be found to boost economic development in Toledo and Lucas County. We can do better.~~

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Indeed, one of the few jobs of note he created in recent years belonged to Jim Mettler, who was the port's $100,750-a-year vice president of new project development before being mysteriously pushed out in February, dangling from a $40,000 golden parachute of severance benefits rigged by Mr. Hartung.

In these trying economic times, the responsibility for development is too important to be entrusted to a person who acts as if a long tenure entitles him to the port presidency. It's time to hand off the port job to new blood, an executive who is primarily concerned with advancing the cause of job- creation rather than simply his own survival.

~~A changing of the guard at the port is long overdue and would be necessary even if there were no pending investigation into Mr. Hartung's private life.~~

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~~Port flap raises questions about mayor's motivation Some say he's been left out of the loop on projects By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER~~

The mayor who once labeled a neighboring city as a "Peyton Place" has ttuned back the covers on a melodrama rivaling that famous tale of small-town pettiness right in his own city - but is also facing questions about his own motivations.

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has demanded an _; LUCAS COUNTY FAIR: 150th year investigation into allegations of an extramarital affair a_nniversary involving Jat7les Hartung, president of the Toledo-Lucas OIL: Natives support drilling County Port Authority, the agency that oversees economic HALL OF FAME: OSU and UM players growth in the region. inducted ;7 Zoom i Photo Reprints At the same time, some are wondering whether Mr. Finkbeiner's championing of morals isn't simply a reaction to being left out of the loop over a series of recent development projects.

"How is it that Carty Finkbeiner is suddenly the morals police officer here?" asked Brian McMahon, a developer who has clashed with Mr. Finkbeiner over a proposal for an intermodal hub near the Toledo Express Airport.

~~Mr. Finkbeiner's publicized accusations involving Mr. Hartung have forced an inquiry into the culture of the port authority, Toledo's lead economic development agency.~~

"There has been a mess in place and there has been for the last few years," Mr. Finkbeiner said during a news conference on Wednesday. "It needs to be brought to a cleansing position, cleaned up, eliminated so they can move forward without any of that which has taken place in the last few years." http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs. dlUarticle?Date=20080720&Category=NEWS... 10/22/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 2 of 5

On July 11, Mr. Finkbeiner went public with an accusation he had heard from "recognized persons in our community" that Mr. Hartung had had an extramarital affair with Kathy Teigland, a former administrative aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who had been hired to serve as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governments, colleges, and economic development agencies.

~~Mr. Finkbeiner said Mr. Hartung had been aggressively lobbying him during 2007 and 2008 about paying a $25,000 bill from Ms. Teigland for her lobbying work.~~

~~After Mr. Finkbeiner rebuffed his efforts, saying the city couldn't afford it, Mr. Hartung started approaching the mayor's underlings about the matter.~~

~~In a terse note Oct. 16, Mr. Finkbeiner said Ms. Teigland had earned nothing.~~

~~"This year we have a$10 million budget deficit, Kathy delivered nothing. I don't believe we owe Kathy a penny," the mayor wrote.~~

~~The city later paid $5,000 to the Legislative Consortium and declared the relationship terminated.~~

Mr. Finkbeiner called on port authority Chainnan William Carroll to investigate accusations of the affair. In a letter released July 11, the mayor said he had a concern about "the reputation and/or moral fiber of the port authority." He also wrote that "something's very wrong about the chief sponsor of a lobbyist having an alleged extramarital affair with that same person."

~~The mayor went a step further Wednesday and called for an outside inquiry. Mr. Carroll has hired an investigator.~~

~~Mr. Hartung has been silent about the accusation.~~

~~Kevin Greenfield, an attorney for Mr. Hartung, said his client was cooperating with the investigation of the alleged affair.~~

~~"[Mr. Hartung] has fully complied with all of the terms of his employment duty, and he will keep doing so," Mr. Greenfield said.~~

~~Ms. Teigland has not returned telephone calls from The Blade.~~

~~Mr. Hartung's quest for funds to support Ms. Teigland's services as a lobbyist also met resistance from at least one other member of the consortium as her contract wound to a close.~~

Steve Weathers, president of the Regional Growth Partnership economic development agency, said he didn't want to contribute when Mr. Hartung appealed to him for funds to support Ms. Teigland's work in 2007.

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"To me, if somebody has committed to this they should pay what they owe and then move on. This is not worth all this," he said. Mr. Weathers said Ms. Teigland was frustrated because the partners couldn't agree on their priorities to take to Washington.

~~"Those meetings - there was a lot of attendance, but nobody could agree on anything," Mr. Weathers said.~~

Private behavior The mayor's indignation at what he sees as a moral failing on the part of Mr. Hartung contrasts with some of his comments in the past when he has been critical of those who judge other people's private behavior.

In May, 1997, while addressing an audience of Toledo boosters, Mr. Finkbeiner described Perrysburg, where he once lived, as "Peyton Place," an apparent reference to the 1960s tale about sex in small towns. The mayor later apologized for the remarks.

~~And in July, 2007, in the midst of a dispute over claims that a Democratic Party golf course fundraiser had included strippers, Mr. Finkbeiner suggested critics of the event were being moralistic.~~

~~"Sometimes the finger-pointers turn out to be slightly less goody-two-shoes than they niade themselves out to be," Mr. Finkbeiner said. "Politicians ought to be careful because we live in a fishbowl."~~

`He's not the king' Two businessmen who have been involved in discussions with the city and the port authority concerning the possible development of one or more intermodal terminals in Toledo - facilities where freight is transferred from one mode of transportation to another, typically in shipping containers - offered an alterna6ve scenario for the timing of Mr. Finkbeiner's criticism of the port authority president.

~~The mayor increasingly is being shoved to the sidelines of economic-development discussions, developers Mr. McMahon and David Hall said.~~

Most recently, they said, Mr. Finkbeiner was not invited on a July 1 port authority trip to Nova Scotia to meet with business leaders there who are developing a deepwater port that could team up with Toledo's port - or others on the Great Lakes - to handle containerized freight traveling between the midwestern United States and overseas ports.

~~Mr. Finkbeiner is lashing out "because he's not the king," Mr. McMahon said.~~

Mr. Hall, a Streetsboro, Ohio-based developer who has been involved in several proposals to build new freight-handling facilities in the Toledo area, said there often are disagreements between govemment and the private sector over development projects, but Toledo's mayor introduces what Mr. Hall calls the "the wacko factor."

Matt Sapara, the port authority's economic development director, offered a similar assessment in a memo he sent to Mr. Hartung after Mr. Finkbeiner complained last month that he wasn't receiving timely updates about progress on a proposed coke works on the Oregon-Toledo city line.

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~~Mr. Sapara wrote that Mr. Finkbeiner betrayed the confidentiality of candid reports he had received, making the projects more complicated.~~

"The project sponsors have related to me several very uncomfortable and heated discussions with the mayor's office," Mr. Sapara wrote. "Due to these actions, I have been instructed by the project sponsors to not share detailed information with the city of Toledo."

~~A widening rift Mr. Hartung said last week he was mystified by the widening rift between the mayor and him.~~

~~"I wish I knew," Mr. Hartung said. "Last time I left Carty, it was very collegial. I have no idea of any motive."~~

~~City Councilman Mike Collins said he thought the allegations arose after Mr. Finkbeiner clashed with Mr. Hartung about the development of intermodal transportation in Toledo.~~

Mr. Hartung and Dr. Lloyd Jacobs, president of the University of Toledo, were part of the nine- member delegation to Nova Scotia that U.S. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D., Toledo) led - but Mr. Finkbeiner was not a part of.

"He didn't have any role in it," Mr. Collins said. "He would find ^..:^n that patently offensive." .. READ: the mayor's letter to the port authority board members Carla Firestone, the port authority's current communications director, said Mr. Hartung had given a presentation about the Nova Scotia project to a Toledo Regional Chamber of Commerce meeting that Mr. Finkbeiner attended, during which he mentioned the upcoming trip. The mayor would have been invited on the trip had he expressed any interest at that time, the spokesman said.

~~"It wasn't a purposeful thing; it just seemed like there was no interest there," Ms. Firestone said.~~

A different route Mr. Finkbeiner is a supporter of intermodal transport in the region, but he has often taken a route different from that of Mr. Hartung and the port authority, setting up his own committee to investigate the issue.

~~He also has blasted Mr. McMahon's preference for developing such a facility on land near Toledo Express Airport, which the port authority owns.~~

~~Mr. Hartung confirmed that the mayor had excluded Mr. McMahon from a meeting last year during which the intermodal concept was discussed among city and port authority leaders.~~

~~"I'm not sure to what extent the mayor feels Brian is a credible resource," the port president said.~~

~~According to an aide, Elizabeth Phillips, Mr. Finkbeiner refused The Blade's request for an interview Friday.~~

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damaged - in its functioning and its public image - by a lack of leadership, candor, and integrity. The only way to restore those values is to confront the current problems head on, to find out what happened, find what needs to be done to repair the damage, and then to do those things. The city can accept nothing less."

~~Past issues Mr. Hartung and Mr. Finkbeiner - two of the most important figures in this region's economic development - have a history of butting heads.~~

~~Mr. Hartung's name has been floated as a possible opponent for Mr. Finkbeiner in the upcoming election, although Mr. Hartung said he has no interest in running for office.~~

~~In October, 2007, Mr. Finkbeiner announced he would be pulling out of the Lucas County Improvement Corp., a county economic development agency that Mr. Hartung has supported.~~

~~But some officials noted that Mr. Hartung and Mr. Finkbeiner have worked together on some projects.~~

"They've cooperated and disagreed on projects," Lucas County Commissioner Pete Gerken said, citing the Marina District project as an area where the city and the port authority have worked well together.

~~Many Toledo City Council members felt the controversy could hurt the region's job-creation efforts.~~

"It is not the mayor's place to point fingers and shout out accusations on anybody. He has a history of doing that, and he continues to do it," Councihnan Michael Ashford said. "This is the wrong message to economic developers, especially in this region."

~~Mr. McMahon said he too is worried that the conflict will torpedo ongoing econoniic development efforts,like the Nova Scotia project.~~

~~"They could just say, `We're not going to step in this mess,"' Mr. McMahon said.~~

~~"It doesn't help. It doesn't show cohesive direction for the community," Mr. Carroll, the port directors' chairman, said of the ongoing strife.~~

~~Blade staff writers Tom Troy and Alex M. Parker contributed to this report.~~

~~Contact David Patch at:[email protected] 419-724-6094.~~

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~~Toledo begins own inquiry into port By IGNAZIO MESSINA and DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITERS~~

~~The City of Toledo has launched its own investigation of lobbying expenses and publicized allegations of an extramarital affair involving Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority President James Hartung.~~

Adam Loukx, acting law director for the city, said in a written statement yesterday that the city "must conduct its own fact-gathering of port activities to ensure that the truth Carroll Finkbeiner is not hidden, avoided, distorted or clouded."

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Zoom i Photo Reprints Mr. Finkbeiner on July 11 went public with an accusation he had heard from "recognized persons in our community" that Mr. Hartung had an extramarital affair with Kathy Teigland, a former administrative aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who had been hired to serve as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governments, colleges, and economic development agencies.

~~The port and the city slapped each other on Friday and Monday with dueling public-records requests.~~

In response to a records request that William Carroll, chairman of the port authority's board of directors, sent to the city on Friday, Mr. Loukx on Monday in turn sent Mr. Carroll a three-page request for port records - including documents related not only to the lobbying matter but also regarding two senior port authority staff members who recently resigned.

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~~The city's request covers telephone records, correspondence, contract documents, meeting niinutes, and personnel files for Mr. Hartung, James Mettler, and Kelly Rivera Nye.~~

"The city is committed to understanding, as fully as possible, what has happened at the port authority in recent years," Mr. Loukx's statement said. "The public-record requests are part of the city's effort to look into this important question."

Mrs. Nye resigned as the port's communications director in December and Mr. Mettler resigned as its vice president for new project development in January. Mr. Mettler received a $40,000 buyout, paid in six installments, plus six months of health coverage. Port officials have kept reasons for the payout confidential.

Mr. Carroll said his request Friday for all documents in the city's possession pertaining to the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium arose because the outside party conducting his agency's investigation of Mr. Hartmig's expenses asked for the records.

As to whether he considered the city's counterrequest on Monday to be retaliatory, Mr. Carroll said, "You'11 have to ask the mayor that. He has the right to ask for these documents, and we're going to provide the information to the best of our ability."

~~Mayor Finkbeiner declined a request to be interviewed yesterday.~~

~~Fulfilling the city's records request is likely to consume considerable staff time, Mr. Carroll said. "We are spending an inordinate amount of time to get all these requests done," he said.~~

~~Mr. Carroll said the city will be billed the port authority's standard rate of 7 cents per page for the requested copies.~~

In his statement, Mr. Loukx said, "The current problems at the port authority are rooted in part in an earlier investigation of allegations of staff misconduct, which the port chose to investigate internally, using its long-time counsel."

~~In that case, he was referring to the situation involving Mr. Mettler.~~

~~Mr. Loukx also said the city "attempted to deal with these matters directly with the port board" and had done nothing to publicize the communications.~~

~~"For reasons of his own, the [port board] chair, or someone associated with him, has chosen to publicize these letters in selected media," Mr. Loukx wrote.~~

~~In a July 171etter to Mr. Carroll, Mayor Finkbeiner said private counsel would not conduct an impartial investigation.~~

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~~allegedly buried the information by using outside counsel favorable to the port, therefore, all records were confidential," the mayor wrote.~~

~~Mr. Carroll responded in writing on Monday saying, "I have no reason to question the ethics or integrity of the law firm conducting the investigation."~~

~~He has declined to name the firm handling the probe for the port board.~~

When publicizing his demand for an investigation on July 11, Mr. Finkbeiner said Mr. Hartung had been aggressively lobbying him during 2007 and 2008 about paying a $25,000 bill from Ms. Teigland for her lobbying work.

~~After Mr. Finkbeiner rebuffed his efforts, saying the city couldn't afford it, Mr. Hartung started approaching the mayor's underlings about the matter.~~

In a terse note Oct. 16, Mr. Finkbeiner said Ms. Teigland had earned nothing. "This year we have a $10 million budget deficit, Kathy delivered nothing. I don't believe we owe Kathy a penny," the mayor wrote.

~~The city later paid $5,000 to the Legislative Consortium and declared the relationship terminated.~~

~~Mr. Hartung has been silent about the accusation.~~

~~Kevin Greenfield, an attorney for Mr. Hartung, has said his client was cooperating with the investigation of the alleged affair.~~

~~Contact Ignazio Messina at: [email protected] or 419-724-6171.~~

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The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's investigation of lobbying expenses by president James Hartung should be completed within a week, the chairman of the agency's board of directors said following a 90-minute closed-door meeting Thursday morning with attorneys conducting the inquiry.

In the meantime, chairman William Carroll said, Mr. Hartung remains the port authority's president. He also described a separate investigation that the city of Toledo has launched into the matter as James Hartung "redundant" and called the Finkbeiner administration's recent READ: Finkbeiner's letter to request for port authority records "onerous." the port board members i1'] VIEW: Port records request Mr. Carroll said a special port board meeting will be held in one week to discuss the port's investigation and "review the fmdings." Zoom j Photo Reprints He said he expects the investigation "will conclude at that point."

Mr. Hartung was not present during the port board's meeting with two attorneys from the Toledo law firm Spengler Nathanson to discuss the status of the investigation of Mr. Hartung who, on July 11, was accused by Mayor Carty Finkbeiner of steering lobbying funds to Kathy Teigland, a former administrative aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who had been hired to serve as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governrnents, colleges, and economic development agencies.

Mr. Finkbeiner alleged that Mr. Hartung, who is married, was having an affair with Ms. Teigland at the time the port authority recommended her lobbying firm to the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium. He said he learned of the alleged affair from "recognized persons in our community."

The mayor subsequently demanded an "independent investigation" of Mr. Hartung's conduct and other problems at the port authority. After Mr. Carroll declared that bringing Spengler Nathanson in to fill that role was sufficient, the Finkbeiner administration announced that it would conduct its http://www.toledoblade. com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080724&Category=NE W S... 10/22/2008 Printer-friendly version Page 2 of 2

~~own inquiry.~~

The city "must conduct its own fact-gathering of port activities to ensure that the truth is not hidden, avoided, distorted or clouded," Adam Loukx, the city's acting law director, said in a written statement early this week

The city and the port authority have each filed public-records requests from the other. Mr. Carroll said Thursday morning that the port authority had not yet tumed over any documents in response to the city's records request, filed Monday. The city request included transmission of what Mr. Carroll said Tuesday was a small number of city records related to the lobbying activities.

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~~Port to finish Hartung probe soon; chairman calls city inquiry 'redundant' i By DAVID PATCH BLADE STAFF WRITER~~

The Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority's investigation of lobbying expenses involving President James Hartung should be completed within a week, the chairman of the agency's board of directors said yesterday after a 90-minute closed-door meeting with attorneys conducting the inquiry. READ: Finkbeiner's letter to the port b-o-iard members In the meantime, Chairman William Carroll said, Mr. u VIEW: Port records request Hartung remains the port authority's president. He also Zoom I Photo Reprints described a separate investigation that the city of Toledo has launched into the matter as "redundant" and called the Finkbeiner administration's recent request for port authority records "onerous."

~~Mr. Carroll said a special port board meeting will be held in a week to discuss the port's inquiry and "review the findings." He said he expects the investigation "will conclude at that point."~~

~~Mr. Hartung was not present at the port board's executive-session discussion with two attorneys from the Toledo law firm of Spengler Nathanson.~~

On July 11, Mayor Carty Finkbeiner accused the port president of steering lobbying funds to Kathy Teigland, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who had been hired as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governments, colleges, and economic development agencies.

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The mayor then demanded an "independent investigation" of Mr. Hartung's conduct and other problems at the port authority. After Mr. Carroll declared that bringing Spengler Nathanson in to fill the investigative role was sufficient, the Finkbeiner administration announced it would conduct its own inquiry. The city "must conduct its own fact-gathering of port activities to ensure that the truth is not hidden, avoided, distorted or clouded," Adam Loukx, the city's acting law director, said in a written statement early this week.

The city and the port authority each have filed public-records requests from the other. City officials said yesterday afternoon they had yet to receive anything in response to their three-page, 16-item list of documents.

~~Mr. Carroll said Tuesday the city's request was accompanied by a small number of city records in response to his public-records request, made last Friday.~~

~~He challenged the mayor's assertion that Spengler Nathanson, which has handled the port authority's outside legal work for years, is insufficiently independent to do a thorough job.~~

~~"We wouldn't conduct [the investigation] if it weren't independent, and Spengler Nathanson wouldn't do it if it weren't independent," Mr. Carroll said.~~

~~As to when the port authority might produce all of the records the city requested, he said, "I have no time estimate. There's only so many hours in the day and only so many people that we have."~~

~~Mr. Finkbeiner yesterday said the port authority would not be allowed to "get away with" investigating itself.~~

~~"The bottom line is simple," the mayor said. "The port authority is a public organization, just like the city of Toledo. They should have no right to investigate themselves."~~

~~He said the agency needs to be investigated by someone "not on their payroll," like Spengler Nathanson.~~

~~A previous investigation conducted by the port authority's law firm was "buried" and not released to the public, the mayor said. He declined to specify who that investigation centered on.~~

~~The mayor said the seriousness of the current allegations require an independent investigation, with no prior connection to the port and the results must be available to the public.~~

In his statement released Tuesday, Mr. Loukx said, "The cun•ent problems at the port authority are rooted in part in an earlier investigation of allegations of staff misconduct, which the port chose to investigate internally, using its longtime counsel."

In that case, he was referring to the situation involving James Mettler, who resigned in January as the port authority's vice president for new project development after receiving a $40,000 buyout and six months' health-insurance coverage.

"That investigation was conducted in secret and its results were kept secret. It's no surprise, then, that the investigation served only to stir up more allegations of misconduct and cover-up," Mr. http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?Date=20080725&Category=NEW S 1... 10/22/2008 Printer-friendly version rage s or -1

~~Loukx wrote.~~

The city wants documents from up to five years ago regarding Poggemeyer Design Group's work associated with the Marine Passenger Terminal in East Toledo. It also requested documents regarding work done by Toledo-based CommunicA Inc., on a 2004 port levy, and any documents related to funding that levy.

~~The mayor did not say yesterday what he intended to do with the results of the city's inquiry.~~

~~Staff writer Ignazio Messina contributed to this report.~~

~~Contact David Patch at: [email protected] or 419-724-6094.~~

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~~City of Toledo steps up criticism of port authority Acting law director says records release too slow~~

The rift between the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the city of Toledo seemed to widen yesterday afternoon when the city's acting law director chastised the agency fer dragging its feet on producing requested documents detailing the authority's activities.

Adam Loukx, Toledo's acting law director, sent a letter to port board Chairman William Carroll demanding by the end of the day the records, that include documents and communications related to certain lobbying expenses and Carroll Lottlcx two senior port authority staff members who recently resigned.

~~^ Zoom I Photo Reprints Hours later, the city was given 820 pages - albeit less than half of the 16-point public records request made to the port authority on Monday, Mr. Loukx said.~~

~~"I am pleased to see we are getting some records. But aside from what their cover letter says, I do expect quite a few more," Mr. Loukx said.~~

~~The port authority and the city are essentially investigating the same lobbying expenses involving port authority President James READ: the mayor's letter to Hariung. the port authority board members~~

~~Thursday, Mr. Carroll said lus agency's investigation should be completed within a week.~~

~~He described the city's review as redundant and called Mayor Carty Finkbeiner's request for records onerous.~~

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~~But the mayor was steadfast yesterday in his belief that the port authority could not be allowed to investigate itself.~~

On July 11, Mayor Finkbeiner accused the port authority president of steering lobbying funds to Kathy Teigland, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine (R., Ohio) who was hired as a lobbyist for a consortium of Lucas County governments, colleges, and economic development agencies.

~~The mayor said he learned of the purported affair from "recognized persons in our community."~~

~~The mayor's staff has embarked on the independent investigation while criticizing the port authority for using its law firm, Spengler Nathanson, to conduct its own investigation.~~

~~The city wants documents from up to five years ago regarding Poggemeyer Design Group's work associated with the Marine Passenger Terminal in East Toledo.~~

It also requested documents regarding work done by Toledo-based CommunicA Inc. on a 2004 port levy, and any documents related to fnnding that levy. Mr. Loukx said he expects the remainder of the documents to be available Monday.

~~- Ignazio Messina~~

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~~Posted: July 14, 2008 05:27 AM EDT~~

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~~LUCAS COUNTY (WTOL) - Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner has called for an investigation into alleged misconduct by the head of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.~~

~~An investigation into those allegations began Monday morning, July 14.~~

~~Port Authority Chairman of the Board Bill Carroll says the mayor asked him to investigate Port Authority President James Hartung. Carroll has been at the Port Authority offices talking with people.~~

~~Hartung has not commented on the allegations.~~

~~The following is a letter from Mayor Carleton Finkbeiner to Port Authority board members:~~

~~OFFICE OF THE MAYOR~~

~~July 11, 2008~~

~~TO: Port Authority Board Members~~

~~FROM: Mayor Carty Finkbeiner~~

During the past month I have had several recognized persons in our community ask rne if I was aware that Jim Hartung had been in an alleged extramarital relationship with Kathy Teigland. There have been a few of those individuals under the impression the Port Board was investigating the same. I had not heard this before, and I decided to follow up.

On Tuesday, I called Bill Carroll to report the above, in a confidential phone call. Before placing the call to Bill, I had two reliable persons confirm that the allegations had been afFrmed by Mr. Hartung himself. The intent of my call was to make sure that the Board was aware of the public ethics issue associated with this allegation. When Mr. Carroll told me there was not an investigation taking place and that he was not aware of the allegations, I urged that this matter be thoroughly checked out, before it became public.

~~I have three major concerns.~~

Mr. Hartung has been the most ardent backer of Ms. Teigland, to serve as the region's chief lobbyist in Washington. Since returning as Mayor, my staff and I have been lobbied to contribute to the Consortium, which is solely Kathy Teigland. The lobbying, by Mr. Hartung, was aggressive in late 2007 and early 2008. The City, since 2002, has put $145,000 into the Consortium, with Jim Hartung, its strongest supporter. Something's very wrong about the chief http://www.wtol.com/global/story.asp?s=8668734&ClientType=Printable WTOL.com, Toledo's News Leader, News 11 I UYllA 1htJ--lnvesttgatton begtns into ne... rage / oL /

~~sponsor of a lobbyist having an alleged extramarital affair with that same person.~~

~~Second, I believe some of the Port Authority staff is aware of alleged improprieties. How does this impact staff morale?~~

Third, is the reputation/moral fiber of the Port Authority. Beneath the surface, at this time, there are some individuals questioning issues of personal conduct involving employees of the Port Authority. You have completed one personnel investigation this year, and the allegations of the Hartung-Tiegland relationship abound. The Port Authority Board must steer a course of action preceding Boards would salute.

~~I have asked Mr. Carroll to investigate this matter very thoroughly.~~

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~~7/18/2008 COMMUNITY PORT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION 15-year Port employee left job over `conflicts' By Brandi Barhite Special Sections Editor [email protected]~~

~~In the year leading up to the investigation of Jim Hartung, the port authority offices were embroiled in conflict, according to a high-ranking former employee.~~

Kelly Rivera Nye, former director of communications and special events for the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, met with Mayor Carty Finkbeiner on July 15, according to Bob Reinbolt, the mayor's chief of staff. She discussed concerns about her time at the port authority, he said. .

~~Other individuals have come forward to let the mayor know of concerns with the port authority's management, Reinbolt said, but none of those allegations have been confirmed.~~

In the letter announcing her resignation, dated Dec. 5, Rivera stated, "the health of theport authority and the care of the staff are the reasons for my departure; details to which I have expressed to Mr. Hartung."

~~The letter was addressed to chairwoman Doni Miller, Hartung, CEO and president, and port authority staff.~~

In a July 15 interview with Toledo Free Press, Rivera, who worked at the Port for 15 years, outlined her frustrations with Jim Mettier, the port authority's.former vice president for new project development, who resigned in mid-January. One of Rivera's major concerns was what she described as Mettler's mismanagement of grants, which eventually led to lost money, she said.

~~/.3 Mettler said he is going to seek civil action against Rivera.~~

"Kelly Rivera has been spewing venom for six, seven months now, and the charges she has leveled have been investigated twice and dismissed," Mettler said during a July 17 phone interview from Dayton. "They have absolutely no merit."

~~Mettler left after an investigation Rivera said was sparked by her complaints. He received a $40,000 severance package, she said.~~

~~During the July 15 interview, Rivera said Mettler was given a promotion and job perks, despite what she considered a poor work ethic.~~

~~"Jim Mettler in a short amount of time had risen to a vice presidency title, a corner office and a $100,000 salary with no physical evidence as to why," Rivera said.~~

~~Rivera said she complained to Hartung, "and nothing was ever done about it." She expressed concerns to other divisions, including human resources, but said nothing was done.~~

Rivera eventually went to what she called a "third party," who relayed the Mettler problems to a board member, who then contacted Hartung and the "cover up began," Rivera said. Soon after, another board member contacted Rivera about her resignation, and then the official Mettler investigation began.

~~Rivera said she believes it was common knowledge that Mettler "had something on Jim Hartung and was using it to his advantage."~~

~~"I didn't know what it was and I never heard anyone express they knew what it was," Rivera said.~~

~~On July 10, Toledo Free Press broke the news that Mayor Carty Finkbeiner was calling for the suspension of Hartung because of alleged improprieties.~~

~~In a letter dated July 11, the mayor stated, "beneath the surface are some individuals questioning issues of personal conduct involving employees of the port authority."~~

On the same day, Mettler told Toledo Free Press that he believes Finkbeiner's call for Hartung's removal was based on an alleged personal relationship between Hartung and Kathy Teigland, a lobbyist who was hired to obtain federal funding on behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative

~~c Consortium. Mettler said Hartung told him about the personal relationship.~~

~~Rivera said she had asked Hartung why the port was paying Teigland $20,000 a month when the other partners in the consortium had stopped paying her. Rivera said Hartung "dismissed me."~~

~~Rivera did not suspect or ever hear of an affair involving Hartung while working at the port, she said. A few months later, she did hear about possible improprieties involving Hartung, she said.~~

~~"I left the agency intact and planned on leaving very quietly so Hartung could regain his composure," she said.~~

Right before Rivera left, her assistant Dylan Balle told her he was departing, too. In her resignation letter to the board, she wrote, "Dylan Balle was the next best thing to ever happen to the port authority and his resignation leaves little doubt that I have only one option."

~~Balle did not return calls for comment. Rivera said she was told Balle called the port and was told he did not have to respond.~~

~~Hartung referred all questions to his personal attorney, Kevin Greenfield, who did not return a call for comment.~~

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7/18/2008 OPINION PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT Port in a storm By Thomas F. Pounds President and Publisher [email protected] In February, I used this space to defend the raise approved for Jim Hartung, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority president. I said then that Hartung "has been a serious-minded and dedicated professional who understands what is at stake in our area," and I still believe that. I said "his experience and 14-year dedication to the port authority are invaluable," and I still believe that.

The news that Hartung is being investigated for alleged improprieties has shaken many in Hartung's professional and personal circle, but it has not shaken my belief in his professional accomplishments.

The initiation of the investigation, urged by Mayor Carty Finkbeiner and accepted by Port Authority Board Chairman William Carroll, has been questioned as politically motivated, and that is a fair point of discussion, given some of Finkbeiner's previous political moves.

The post-Clinton-Lewinsky conventional wisdom compartmentalizes public officeholders' personal inistakes from their job performance. I do not know what the port investigation will find, but I believe an imperfect Jim Hartung at the wheel is better for this community than any of the names bandied about as a possible replacement.

I have a personal and professional relationship with Hartung, and with Jim Mettler, the former port executive whose name is connected with elements of this story. That friendship makes some of the headlines and information in this newspaper uncomfortable, but is not in conflict with our news department's mission. aur" cvic

My belief is that if there is no financial chicanery discovered, the investigation should publicly clear Hartung and allow him to get back to work. If there was any inappropriate use or handling of public funds, Hartung should have the grace to step down.

In February, I said, "I'm not nominating him for sainthood and I'm not saying he is perfect. But we need to retain leaders like Jim Hartung. If we do not reward people like him, we risk losing them. That is what we cannot afford to do."

~~I still believe that.~~

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The cover of this week's Toledo FreePress is faster thana speeding bullet__. more po..werful thana locomotive, yes, it's about the 70th Anniversary of Superman being celebrated at the Toledo-Lucas. County Public Library. Also between the pages of this week's TFP is an interview with a 15 year employee of the Port Authority, Kelly Rivera Nye who had some interesting items to share, including:

~~Rivera said she had asked Hartung why the port was paying Teigland $20,000 a month when the other partners in the consortium had stopped paying her. Rivera said Hartung "dismissed me."~~

~~Also of interest is it appears that Jim Mettler is stating he is going to seek civil action against Rivera for some of the things she had to say about him.~~

On to something a bit lighter, 99 calories and 6.8 .grams lighter to be exact is the news that the Heineken Premium Light tasting wagon will debut at Smoke on the Water, Aug. 1-3. 1 might actually have to get one of those beer bracelet thingys this time. As a fan of Heineken, I've not yet tasted this brew. My goal is to one day become famous enough to be one of the rib judges, but all is not lost, there's a local radio contest on 106.5...

Publisher Thomas Pounds believes ifnofinancial chicanerXis discovered James Hartung should be allowed to continue working for the Port Authority. Michael Miller shares a father/son experience that might make you tear up a bit. If you are like me...Karl Rundgren writes his thoughts and some suggestions related to fireworks that makes my recommended read list for this week, while Maggie Thurber pens it's all about prioritie_s.

Over in the Exclusively _On_liri_e land of the Toledo Free Press, this week's Blog it! Tole_do focuses on some great political team blogs in Ohio. There's even more awaiting you in this week's edition of the Toledo Free Press, either in print or onl_ine. http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=3368 10/22/2008 City launches investigation of Port Authority - 7/22/08 - Toledo News - 13abc.com Page 1 of 2

~~LOCAL City launches investigation of Port Authority Tuesday, July 22, 2008~~

There are new developments today in the investigation into the president and CEO of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority. After the mayor called for an outside investigation earlier this month, the Toledo Free Press is now reporting the city is launching its own investigation. The Free Press obtained a letter from acting city legal director Adam Loukx to the chairman of the port authority board of directors William Carroll. In the letter, which was provided to 13abc, the city made 16 separate requests for copies of documents including telephone records and internal e-mails for the past three years. Story continues below Advertisement

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president and CEO Jim Hartung improperly steered port authority business to a female lobbyist because of a personal relationship. Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner recently demanded an outside investigation. The city legal director and spokesperson have not returned our calls for comment about what the city intends to do with those public records requests. Port authority spokesperson Carla Firestone tells 13abc "There's not much to comment on. All we've got to do is a public records request. We have no idea what they plan to do with the public records." As for the board's independent investigation, Firestone says that investigation is underway. No word on when it will be done.

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712212008 CONIN7UNITY PORT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION City launches investigation of Port Authority By Staff Reports The City of Toledo has launched its own investigation of the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and the agency's president and CEO James Hartung, according to a July 21 public records request from the city's law department. The letter, from acting law director Adam Loukx to port authority board chairman Wlliam Carroll, requests copies of documents that discuss or relate to the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium (NOLC), among other things. The request follows the port authority board's launch of an independent investigation into alleged improprieties committed by Hartung that involved his relationship with a lobbyist hired to obtain federal funding on behalf of the NOLC, a group that comprises such government entities as the port authority, the City of Toledo and Lucas County. The lobbyist in question, Kathy Teigland, was paid $480,000 by the consortium from 2001 to 2007, according to the nonpartisan research group the Center for Responsive Politics. Port authority spokeswoman Carla Firestone would not release the name of the individual or agency commissioned to conduct the investigation on the board's behalf. She said last week that no timetable has been set for the inquiry. Loukx's request asks for copies of several other dbcuments not related to the consortium, including the personnel fles and any disciplinary or incident reports for Hartung, James Mettler, the port authority's former vioe president for new project development, and former communications director Kelly Rivera Nye. Rivera Nye announcedher resignation in December and Mettler resigned in mid-January. -. , Rivera Nye expressed her frustrations with Mettler in a July 15 interview with Toledo Free Press. She accused Mettler of mismanaging grants, which eventually lost the port authority money. She said Mettler was given a promotion and job perks, despite what she considered a poor work ethic.

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Bob Reinbolt, Finkbeiners chief of staff, confrmed Rivera Nye met with the mayor and expressed similar concerns about the port authonty and Mettler. Other documents requested in Loukx's letter ihclude:

~~. Hartung's and Mettlers telephone records, phone logs, phone messages, activity logs and calendars for the past three years;~~

~~• Agreements for outside legal services for the past 10 years and resolutions authorizing the retention of such services during the same time period;~~

~~. Copies of internal or external audits conducted on or pertaining to the port authority's finances during the past five years.~~

~~In all, the city made 16 separate requests in its letter to Carroll. Calls to Firestone, Reinbolt, Loukx and Rivera Nye were not returned as of this posting.~~

~~Click here to download POF of City's request.~~

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The city of Toledo has launched its own investigation into the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authorib central issue of the probe is whether Port Authority president and C-E-O Jim Hartung steered aut business to a female lobbyist that he had a personal relationship with. Mayor Carty Finkbeiner ha 16 separate requests for information, including three years of phone records from Hartung and fn former Vice-President James MeHler. Members of Toledo City Council are reacting to the city'spi records request from the Port Authority. Councilman Tom Waniewski has concems overhoweco development will be affected by the investigation, particularly the intermodal project. Waniewski a believes that the mayor's office already has enough business to deal with. Councilman D. Michae wants the Port Authority to handle the issue itself and report their findings to City Council.

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~~Posted: July 24, 2008 11:47 AM EDT~~

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~~TOLEDO (WTOL) - The investigation into alleged misconduct by Port Authority President Jim Hartung took another step forward Thursday as the Port's Board of Directors met to discuss the situation.~~

The board met in executive session for over an hour. Board Chairman Bill Carroll said the Port has contracted with the law firm Spengler Nathanson to conduct an independent investigation into an alleged affair between Hartung and a lobbyist who received money from the Port Authority.

~~Hartung remains on thejob as president of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority for the time being.~~

~~The City of Toledo's law department has made a request for records. Carroll says the board will get to the bottom of these allegations.~~

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~~LOCAL Toledo Port Authority investigate Hartung Thursday, July 24, 2008 16:59 PM By Bill Hormann Feels the mayor's desired investigation is redundant~~

C_lick here to see the city's request for information document. There's been some movement today with regard to the investigation into Port Authority president Jim Hartung. The board of directors met this morning and made an announcement. The board officially named the independent group that will investigate allegations against Hartung and they announced a timetable to wrap up the investigation

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This morning the board held its normal quarterly meeting. It was the first time Hartung conducted official business with all the board members present since allegations surfaced http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=6284941 &pt=print 10/22/2008 Toledo Port Authority investigate Hartung - 7/24/08 - Toledo News - 13abc.com Page 2 of 2

After a 90-minute closed door session, the board announced it's using the law firm of Spengler-Nathanson to investigate claims that Hartung may have had an inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist. The chairman of the board Bill Carroll says this is the only investigation that's needed in this matter. "As a board, it is our responsibility to conduct investigations into allegations such as these and we are committed to a process that is impartial, thourough and comprehensive." Carroll told us yesterday he thought the mayor's investigation, into this matter was redundant. Carroll also said the board will meet next week to review Spengler- Nathanson's results and will move based on what they find.

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712512008 COMMUNITY PORT AUTHORITY Hartung investigation continues; Toledo mayor launches own inqui By Justin R. Kalmes Toledo Free Press Managing Editor ikalmes toledofreepress.com The investigation into alleged improprieties committed by Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority President and CEO James Hartung should conclude by July 31, the agency's board chairman said July 24.

Board chairman William Carroll said he and his colleagues would review the Nndings of an investigation being conducted by Toledo law firm Spengler Nathanson, which has done legal work for the port authority since 1955, at the board's next meeting July 31. Carroll issued his statement after the board spent more than an hour in executive session to discuss the matter that involves Hartung and his relationship with a lobbyist hired to obtain federal funding an behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium (NOLC), which comprises the port authority and such other government entitles as the City of Toledo and Lucas County.

~~Carroll said the investigation into alleged wrongdoings by Hartung would be "thorough" and "impartial."~~

~~'We wouldn't oonduct it if it wasn't impartial,° Carroll said.~~

In a news release sent July 24, the mayor said, "The Port Authority, today, identified their long time legal counsel, Spengler Nathanson, as the investigator of recent allegations involving Jim Hartung.

'The City of Toledo believes this is unacceptable for two reasons: This lawfirm, while able, has been under contract to the Port Authority for many years. They are hardly an independent source; and this law firm's last Port Authority investigation was improperly shielded from the public.

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~~"The seriousness of the allegations requires an independent investigation, with no prior connection to the Port and the results must be available to the public."~~

Carroll called the City of Toledo's own inquiry Into the matter, which came in the form of a 16-point public records request to the port authority July 21 from acting law director Adam Loukx and first reported by Toledo Free Press the next day "redundant" and said he did not understand why a secondary investigation would be launched before the one commissioned by the board was completed.

~~The amount of documentation requested by the city and media in the past two weeks is "onerous" and has " bogged down the port authority," Carroll said.~~

~~Loukx, in a statement issued July 22, questioned the impartiality of the investigation being conducted by Spengler Nathanson,~~

"The city has the legal right and the civic responsibility to ensure that the port authority functions lawfully, effectively, and in a straighffoward manner. Recent events have called into question whether the Port ismeeting these standards, as well as whether it can be trusted to monitor its own activities," he said.

The letter from Loukx to Carroll requested copies of documents that discuss or relate to the NOLC, among other things. The lobbyist in question who represented the NOLC in Washington, D.C, Kathy Teigland, was paid $480,000 by the group from 2001 to 2007, according to the nonpartisan research group the Center for Responsive Politics.

Loukx's request asks for copies of several other documents not related to the consortium, including the personnel files. and any disciplinary or incident reports for Hartung, James Mettler, the port authority's former vice president for new project development, and former communications director Kelly Rivera Nye. Rivera Nye announced her resignation in December, and Mettler resigned in mid- January.

Rivera expressed her frustrations with Mettler in a July 15 interview with Toledo Free Press. She accused Mettler of mismanaging grants, which eventually lost the port authority money. She said Mettler was given a promotion and job perks, despite what she considered a poor work ethic.

~~Bob Reinbolt, Finkbeinees chief of staff, confirmed Rivera Nye met with the mayor and expressed similar concerns.~~

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~~Other documents requested in Loukx's letter include:~~

~~• Hartung's and Mettler's telephone records, phone logs, phone messages, activity logs and calendars for the past three years.~~

~~• Agreements for outside legal services for the past 10 years and resolutions authorizing the retention of such services during the same time period.~~

~~• Copies of internal or external audits conducted an or pertaining to the port authority's finances during the past fve years.~~

• Copies of documents that relate to the consideration of, a proposal for, or authorization for the Port's entering into any agreement or contract with Poggemeyer Design Group, and a copy of all resolutions granting such authority and copies of all communications related to any board resolution to retain or hire Poggemeyer for any project in the past five years.

• Copies of documents that relate to the consideration of, a proposal for, or authorization for the Port's entering into any agreementor contract with Communinca Inc. (referred to In therequest as "Communiqui§") and copies of all communications related to any resolution associated to retaining or hiring the agency for any levy drive undertaken in the past five years.

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~~City wants Port Authority cooperation by Monday Last Edded: Monday, 28 Jul 2008, 11:36 PM EDT Created: Friday, 25 Ju12008, 11:52 PM EDT~~

~~Both the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority and the City of Toledo are investigating Port Authority President Jim Hartung, after he was accused of some improprieties. INVESTIGATION~~

~~But the thing is, the city says they aren't getting enough cooperation from the Port Authority.~~

~~On Friday, Adam Loukx, Toledo's acting law director, said that the city hasn't received copies of the documents they requested earlier this week.~~

~~Since the Port Authority says - that they're actually wrapping up their investigation, the City is worried these are stall tactics.~~

~~City officials Friday evening issued an ultimatum demanding the records Monday afternoon.~~

~~Meanwhile, Toledo City Councilman D. Michael Collins is using this to try and get some records he requested on the same day from the City, checking the financials for the Erie Street Market.~~

~~Collins believes he should get his records in a"timeiy" fashion, since they directly affect taxpayers.~~

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~~City's lawyers get 800 documents in port investigation~~

~~Posted: July 28, 2008 01:43 PM EDT~~

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~~New details in the on-going investigation into alleged misconduct at the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority.~~

~~Mayor Carty Finkebeiner's spokesperson tells News 11 that the city's law director has now received 800 documents from the Port Authority.~~

~~The city requested those public records earlier this month for its investigation into alleged misconduct by President James Hartung.~~

~~We'll follow this story as the investigation continues.~~

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~~Posted: Aug 1, 2008 09:00 AM EDT~~

~~Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority President James Hartung has been fired, News 11 has learned. The vote was 13-0 in favor of the decision.~~

~~The board has been investigating Hartung for having an inappropriate relationship with a lobbyist:~~

~~News 11 and WTOL.com will have more information as it comes in. Jim Hartung~~

~~From a news release:~~

~~Statement by William J. Carroll~~

~~Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority chairman~~

Earlier this month, The Port Authority Board of Directors was made aware of allegations of misconduct by the Port Authority President Jim Hartung. The Port Authority Board immediately embarked upon an investigation and retained the law firm of Spengler Nathanson to conduct an independent investigation into these allegations.

~~Today, the Board of Directors met in executive session and discussed the results of the investigation.~~

The Board of Directors has decided that it is in the best interest of the community and the Port Authority to dismiss Jim Hartung effective today. The board will immediately assemble a committee of community leaders to embark upon a national search for a new president.

The Port Authority Board takes seriously its role as a public agency and dedicates itself to act properly and ethically. This has been an exhaustive independent investigation that has included interviews with over two-dozen individuals and the review of thousands of documents. The decision of the board is a result solely of the facts discovered in this investigation.

This has been a difficult process for everyone involved. This investigation has taken place in an expeditious manner, as it is vital that we get back to the critically important work that the Port Authority does. I want to thank the Board of Directors and the staff for their diligence and cooperation in this matter.

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er1t2oaa COMMUNITY PORT AUTHORITY INVESTIGATION Port Authority board fires Hartung By Justin R. Kalmes Toledo Free Press Managing Editor [email protected] The Toledo-Lucas County Board of Directors voted unanimously this morning to terminate the employment of president and CEO James Hartung, effective immediately.

~~Today's vote came approximately 50 minutes after the board resumed a closed-door discussion that lasted four hours Thursday that did not result in a decision on the matter.~~

Board president William Carroll said he and his colleagues opted to terminate Hartung based on the findings of an investigation by the port authority's longtime legal counsel, Spengler Nathanson, into alleged improprieties by Hartung that involved his relationship with a lobbyist hired to obtain federai funding on behalf of a group ot local government agencies that included the port authority. Carroll would not reveal those findings, saying the matter was one of attorney-client privilege.

~~"The facts were there for us to vote the way we did," Carroll said~~

The move follows news first reported July 10 by Toledo Free Press that Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner was calling for Hartung's suspension based on an alleged extramarital affair Hartung had with Kathy Teigland, the lobbyist in question, who was paid $480,000by the Northwest Ohiq Legislative Consortium from 2001 to 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonpartisan research group.

~~The city launched its own investigation into the matter July 21 in the form of a public records request~~

~~P from the city's law department to Carroll. The results from that inquiry have yet to be released~~

~~Carroll said an interim president and CEO would be named to fill the post until a national search for Hartung's replacement concluded.~~

Hartung's contract allowed the port authority board to terminate him at any time with or without cause upon 60 days pnor written notice. Hartung qualities for a severance package that includes a portion of his salary, health and life insurance benefits and participation in the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System for the remaining term of his contract or nine months, whichever is longer.

The contract does list causes that would disqualify Hartung from a severance package, which include conviction in a court of law or other governmental proceeding of fraud, dishonesty or "other acts of gross misconduct in the performance of his duties and responsibilities."

~~After the meeting concluded, Hartung said he believed the port authority "moved along" during his 14 years at the agency's helm.~~

~~"I think there is a new hope where transportation is a paradigm for development. in this area,' he said.~~

When asked his reaction to the board's decision, Hartung said, "I'm too old to cry, too hurt to laugh,' a reference to a quote from Abraham Lincoln. He said he was not privy to information presented to the board during it's closed-door discussions.

Hartung came to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority in May 1994 after 11 years as port director at Burns International Harbor in Indiana. Hartung, according to his port authority bio, served three terms as president of the International Association of Great Lakes Ports, the organization that represents U.S. and Canadian ports on the Great Lakes.

~~Hartung was paid an annual salary of $176,165.~~

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Clic_k_here. to read a statement by Port Authority chairman Bill Carroll. By a unanimous 13-0 vote, the Board of Directors at the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority removed Jim Hartung as President of the Port Authority effective immediately. Board President Bill Carroll said the decision was made "for cause and that cause again is attorney client privilege." Allegations were swirling that Hartung had some inappropriate relationship with a female lobbyist, but without an official airing of the reasons, Hartung sits under a cloud of suspicion. Story continues below Advertisement ^^T_WN .^

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With the approval of the Port Authority Board, Carroll named Paul L. To_th Jr.as http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=6300825&pt=print 10/22/2008 Harhxng out as Port Authority president - 8/03/08 - Toledo News - 13abc.com Page 2 of 3

interim president. Toth is vice president of technical and financing services for the Port Authority. He has been with the organization for 19 years. A national search will take place for a permanent replacement. Jim Hartung told us, "I stand by my earlier thoughts that I have done nothing to violate the integrity of my position as president of the Port Authority. Mayor Carty Finkbeiner issued this statement: "It appears the report that the Port Authority requested spoke convincingly to issues I had become aware of and concerned about in recent months. I very much hope that all of the issues of concern have been addressed. The Port playsa vital role in regional economic development and we all need it to function effectively." Hartung served as President of the Port Authority for 14 years. His contract was set to expire at the end of the year, but Board President Carroll said after reviewing the evidence of the investigation conducted by the law firm of Spengler Nathanson, the board felt Hartung should be removed from his position immediately. Hartung does have some options. He could opt to retire, albeit under a cloud of suspicion. He could get a job at another economic development group, or he could fight his termination at the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority. He will get two months pay, or nearly $30,000, in http://abclocal.go.com/wtvg/story?section=news/local&id=6300825&pt=print 10/22/2008 Hartung out as Port Authority president - 8/03/08 - Toledo News - 13abc.com Page 3 of 3

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The Toledo Free Press was the one who broke the story that led to the investigation that apparently ended today with The Board of Directors unani _m..ouslyvoting_to terminate James Hartimg's employment as President of the Port Authority. Statement from William Carroll, Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority Board Chairman:

Earlier this month, The Port Authority Board of Directors was made aware of allegations of misconduct by the Port Authority President Jim Hamzng. 'The Port Authority Board immediately embarked upon an investigation and retained the law firm of Spengler Nathanson to conduct an independent investigation into these allegations.

~~Today, the Board of Directors met in executive session and discussed the results of the investigation.~~

The Board of Directors has decided that it is in the best interest of the community and the Port Authority to dismiss Jim Hartung effective today. The board will immediately assemble a committee of comrnunity leaders to embark upon a national search for a new president.

This has been a difficult process for everyone involved. This investigation has taken place in an expeditious manner, as it is vital that we get back to the criflcally important work that the Port Authority does. I want to thank the Board of Directors and the staff for their diligence and cooperation in this matter.

Updated: Additional media coverage - Blade, Fox Toledo, NBC24, WTOL, W"TVG and it sounds as if WSPD is reporting on this through the day, including an interview with Jim Hartung's attorney at 5:00 p.m. with Brian Wilson.

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~~Economic Development debate continues and Blade wants investigative report on Hartung~~

Who's to blame for things in NWO and Toledo not going the way we believe they should, and who deserves credit for the things that have gone right. That's the underlying issue hinted at in today's Blade article, Leaders in Toledo-area pushing forward on econoinic developmeiit.

What is clear is that there is no clear consensus on what this area needs or how to go about doing it. If you read the Toledo Free Press pieces and you read the Blade pieces, at times you wonder who to believe. Take the recent intermodal discussion as an example, everyone had an opinion on it, but the main reason why it had not happened was there was no railroad yet interested in the one piece of land that was so hotly debated. It at times reminded me of arguing about what type of wedding dress you were going to buy when you not only were not even engaged yet, but not even dating anyone...

We have one camp that believes there should be minimal govemmental intervention, that the role of government should be to just get out of the way of the private business. Then we have another camp that feels that governrnent intervention is needed. We continue to spend tax dollars on groups like LCIC when there are others like RGP that exist without tax dollars and try to not duplicate effort, but aren't we? Who should lead the economic development for our area can't even be agreed upon, should it be the Port Authority? RGP? LCIC? The Mayor?

Logic dictates there will never be a time when everyone agrees, that personalities and politics will always have an impact on what happens, but I can't help thinking that part of the reason we have some of the problems we have is if there is a vision for our area, it's not one that appears to be easy to see. Perhaps if we actually shared what it is that we actually want to see happen to the point that the general public understood what the goal was? It'd be easier to gauge who was helping and who was hindering...

Until that happens, the circular arguments will continue. There are many who are calling for the release of the Hartung investigation, with his recent comments in public it's going to increase the http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=3450 10/24/2008 Glass City Jungle I Economic Development debate continues and Blade wants investigat... Page 2 of 11

~~demands for the release of the report. The Port Authority terminated him "with cause" and with his stating that:~~

~~I have not compromised my professional integrity or my commitment to the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority and to the best interests of Northwest Ohio.~~

Makes people wonder, was it politically motivated? If it was how can that be "with cause" and realistically with the increased media sharing of the Hartung statement that Maggie Thurber had read on Eye on Toledo on WSPD Friday night suggesting that her reading of it would be one of the few places people would hear it, it's gone beyond that. It was shared next with the Toledo Free Press, and then the rest of the media...

Hartung by refusing to go "quietly into that good night" has created the scenario where more people are going to demand to know the facts, and it appears that investigative report, contains those facts. If his termination was for political reasons it will further damage the Port Authority, if what has been stated behind the scenes is true that there was the appearance that some of his decisions were based on personal motivations is proven it keeps the Port Authority in a negative news cycle. With a levy pending? It creates the potential of this levy for the Port Authority being one that shows voter confidence in the Port Authority...

As always some of the focus is on the Blade, was this another one of their "hit pieces" has been asked, rumors surround a threat that the Blade would not support the levy if Hartung did not step down. The older vendetta series on the articles on The Toledo Business Journal has been raised, that for those who have followed that whole chain go back even before some believed the Blade investigation into,Tom Noe was a vendetta.

Which brings us back to ... personalities and politics will always have an impact on what happens, at times the history of the relationships and transparency as far as some of the motivations can clear some of the fog, once in a while it creates that bright light moment.

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Go figure ...getting a man fired from his job is just never enough for John Robinson Block and his minions at the blade. JRB must be worried that Hartung still has the potential to bounce back and find employment elsewhere.

~~Like I said before, this is another Ray Kest style smear that won't stop until the guy is run into the ground and hounded until he just leaves.~~

~~THAT TOLEDO, is one of the main reasons you end up with impotent puppets like Carty and J- http://glasscityjungle.com/wordpress/?p=3450 10/24/2008 Articles - Toledo City Paper Page 1 of 2~~

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~~(you win some, you Iose some, Hartung)~~

~~published August 6th 2008~~

WINNER: Jim Hartung. This cat with nine lives finally reached #ro. So why a winner? Despite an anemic performance, with high pay/good-benefits jobs leaving our region by the thousands, Hartung managed to get a hefty pay increase in 13 of his 14 years with The Lucas County Port Authority, not to mention three healthy bonuses.

WINNER: Jim Hartung! Believe it or not, a double winner! In discussing his dismissal, the Port Authority Board, made up of Toledo's "movers and shakers," fawned all over Hartung, practically apologizing for letting him go. But "Don't Cry For Me, Port Authority." You'll learn, probably about a week after the November election, that Hartung will become a consultant or lobbyist for one or more of their respective companies, at well over his final pay rate of $187,ooo. A week or so after the election? Read on!

WINNER: The Port Authority Levy Renewal Coipmittee. Hartung got through a lot of nightmares in his 14 years with TPA: It was simply a matter of bad timing. TPA's renewal levy is on the November ballot, and with the prospect of The Blade hammering away with daily editorials and Carty screaming from the 22nd floor, the Port Board realized their levy - though only a renewal - faced the serious prospect of defeat. To ensure a good chance, Gentleman Jim finally had to go! He'll keep his mouth shut and fade away like a gooc soldier for the next three months, then resurface after the renewal victory.

WINNER: Ben Konop. He's got the Lucas County Community Improvement Corporation on life support and now TPA will have a brand new Director. Bombastic Ben has been saying we have to change "economic development as usual" and implement a new system. Well, Ben, here's your dream opportunity - now is th time to stop the Carleton-esque whining and to start to play well with others to take Lucas County in your new direction.

LOSERS: TPA Board members and several community leaders. The Hartung postmortem comments made an episode of "Timmy & Lassie" seem like a scene from "The Night of the Living Dead." They were so effusive in their praise that it began to sound like there is no way to replace Gentleman Jim, the greatest http://www.toledocitypaper.com/view_article.php?id=1934 10/24/2008 Articles - Toledo City Paper Page 2 of 2

~~economic director of all time. The accolades came from outside the Board as well. The Gerk seemed like he was gonna cry.~~

~~WINNER: Wood County! Perrysburg announced it will be home base to Northwest Ohio's third major solar panel manufacturing company.~~

WINNER The next Port Authority Director! Once the Port Authority Board cries itself to sleep over its breakup with Gentleman Jim, they will realize that Hartung is indeed replaceable and start a national search for a successor. Northwest Ohio is now home to three of the largest solar panel manufacturers in the country and a prime spot for wind facilities and geothermal power generation. TPA Board would do well to concentrate on candidates with a background in alternative energy.

LOSER: Jim Hartung. You knew in all this mess he had to lose sooner or later and it happened when he finally opened his mouth. His sanctimonious, self-serving public statement was particularly pathetic - he said it was his political enemies and not his performance that finally did him in. Jimmy, on the way out the door, you forfeited the high road, which in the end makes you a Loser!

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http://www.toledocitypaper.com/view article.php?id=1934 10/24/2008 PORT AUTHORITY Port Authority offers no explanation for Hartung firing By Justin H. Kalmes Toledo Free Press Managing Editor [email protected]

~~One week after the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority fired its president and CEO, James Hartung, the agency's board has yet to offer an explanation into the termination.~~

R. Kevin Greenfield, Hartung's attorney, said calls and meetings with attorneys from Spengler Nathanson, the firm representing the port authority, have failed to produce a definitive answer as to why the agency fired its longtime leader Aug. I.

Greenfield is seeking more information on behalf of his client because the port authority board plans to make severance payments to Hartung for 60 days, a fraction of the term spelled out in Hartung's contract. The agreement allows the port authority board to terminate him at any time with or without cause upon 60 days prior written notice.

Hartung would qualify for a severance package that includes a portion of his salary, health and fife insurance benefits and participation in the Ohio Public Employees Retirement System for the remaining term of his contract or nine months, whichever is longer.

~~"If it's for cause, they have to justify that in order to deny him his severance," Greenfield said.~~

The port authority board voted unanimously Aug. 1 to terminate Hartung's employment following a July investigation into alleged improprieties he committed and his relationship with a lobbyist hired to obtain federal funding on behalf of a group of government entities known as the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium, which included the Port. Board chairman William Carroll said he and his colleagues opted to terminate Hartung based on the findings of the Spengler Nathanson investigation. Carroll would not reveal those findings, saying the matter was one of attorney-client privilege. 3 The lobbyist in question, Kathy Teigland, denied having an improper relationship with Hartung.

~~Two people confirmed to Toledo Free Press that law firm Spengler Nathanson continues to interview witnesses and collect information.~~

The two people interviewed by the law firm Aug. 6 and 7 agreed to confirm the interviews on condition of anonymity. Both said they were interviewed or scheduled to be interviewed on a matter involving a financial arrangement made during Hartung's tenure.

~~Port Authority spokeswoman Carla Firestone said the interviews were. for a matter not related to the Hartung investigation.~~

~~"That investigation is closed," she said Aug. 7.~~

Toledo Mayor Carty Finkbeiner, who originally called for the Hartung investigation, did not respond to questions on whether his office's independent investigation was continuing in the wake of Hartung's firing.

~~Hartung issued a statement Aug. 2 to Toledo Free Press to address his termination.~~

"I ... do not consider my personal life a subject to be aired in public and used for political gamesmanship," he said in the statement. "I do not believe that there is evidence to support any accusation of my exerting undue influence to any matter involving the port authority."

~~The full text of the statement is posted at www.toledofreepress.com.~~

~~Local business leaders have expressed frustration over the firing.~~

Tony Plath, executive vice president of the Home Builders Association of Greater Toledo, said Hartunb s firing was a "tremendous" loss to the community. He said Hartung has led the charge in making Toledo an intermodal hub, which is greatly needed to bring more jobs to the area.

~~"He'll be greatly missed and difficult to replace," Plath said.~~

Lee Dunn, president and CEO of the Bank of Maumee and chairman of the Toledo Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Trustees, said Hartung was instrumental in getting the attention of national business leaders to explore development opportunities in the area.

"To lose this valuable internationally recognized leader in intermodal transportation at this time is serious, especially when no cause has been communicated," Dunn said. "It's a dark day for Toledo, Lucas County and Northwest Ohio." 4 James Murray, FirstEnergy Corp. Ohio Operations president, said Hartung was someone who often led from behind the scenes.

~~"He does a lot of things in this community that people don't even know about," Murray said. "Where are they going to find someone like that to replace him?"~~

~~5 PUBLISHER'S STATEMENT Aftermath By Thomas F. Pounds President and Publisher [email protected]~~

There have been strong statements in local media, from WSPD General Manager Andy Stuart and the editor in chief of this newspaper, demanding transparency in the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority investigation that led to Jim Hartuna s abrupt dismissal Aug. 1.

While I agree that the public is owed an explanation for why a 14-year employee with Hartung's record and reputation should be let go, it's hasty and perhaps reactionary to tie that transgression to the fate of the proposed November port authority levy.

It is frustrating for anyone who cares about this region that rumor and speculation are flourishing when one measured statement of fact from the port authority board could initiate the healing process. Conjecture about a smoking gun or unrevealed causes for firing Hartung do not help.him, his family, his former employer or his city and county move on. This is especially true in light of the news that the Port Authority, through law firm Spengler Nathanson, is continuing to investigate incidents that took place during Hartung's tenure.

But despite this lapse in responsibility on the board's part, it's not wise to sink the probable levy before the campaign sets sail. The port authority is a vital part of our economic development. To cut it off at the legs to spite it for an action we cannot make an informed decision on - yes, I know, because the port authority is shielding that information -jeopardizes progress and punishes the wrong people: the citizens of Northwest Ohio. The people aren't the ones keeping secrets, so why penalize them for the acts of an elite few?

~~I stand with my colleagues in calling for answers and an end to the mystery. I stand apart from them when it comes to crippling a levy discussion before it begins.~~

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Any employee who fails to conduct him or herself professionally, appropriately or in accordance with Port Authority expectations and standards is subject to discipline up to and including termination for cause.

The Port Authority Board terminated the employment of its President because he s(arf tfi/fsrWNiireL'!' did not perform his duties consistent with its policies. The Port Authority has recently learned that Mr. Hartung pursued an inapproprlate relationship with a ^ ^ ^.Yh.r rr(/b),(rrhk ^ ..- vendor for approximately six years. ri)iti6rr Dr lGe, ^ered-"

While pursing the relationship the President assumed responsibility for CLCCKFiERE` administration of the vendor's contract, approved lier contract extensions, approved her compensation increases, and approved her expense reports, some of .FQ2MORE:.,!. whlch lacked appropriate back-up documentation. These actions not only conflicted Defy with Port Authority policies, but led to an appearance of impropriety.

The Port Authority Board has lost confidence in Mr. Hartung's ability to effectively lead the organization and in his ability to exercise sound judgment and oversight in the administration of its affairs. A number of factors led the Board to these conclusions. They included those I mentioned, as well as the President's "The teachers;: management of subordinate employees and oversight ofthe organization, among facultyand others concerns. staff at the Mr. Hartung and his attomey are aware of these facts. They know that these University concerns led to his termination. Any suggestion that he lacks knowledge of the really seem facts which led tn his termination is incorrect. like they care The Port Authority has and wilt continue to produce its public records when ahoutthe requested. Because of various threats of litigation it cannot produce non-public records. !success of the students." As Chairman, I am thankful to serve with board members who take their public responsibilities so seriously, even when it means making difficult decisions like the :?IP^H IhltkiC^.^ one taken last week.

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~~.*Port Authority Chairman releases statement on Hartung's termination:~~

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~~Statement by William J. Carroll Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority chairman~~

Last week, all 13 members of the Port Authority Board unanimously voted to terminate the employment of President James Hartung. Questions have been asked about the reasons for the termination. When disseminating information the Board has a responsibility to consider the public's need for information as well as the impact sucb information may have upon potential liti^ation.

~~We have received notice today of Mr. Hartung's request to arbitrate the matter. Thus we must still consider the attorney-client privilege.~~

The Port Authority has attempted to balance the public's need for information with its duty to act in the best interest of the organization and its employees, and with the desire to be sensitive to the individuals involved.

The Port Authority has always insisted that its etnployees behave with the highest ethical and professional standards. As Chairman, I consider assuring such behavior to be among my most important roles. A Port Authority stated policy requires its employees to conduct themselves appropriately both in the office and away. Employees are expected to act in a manner that will not harm the reputation of the Port Authority, nor affect their ability to perform their job, nor affect their working relationship with other employees or with the public. 4 UlaaS L-ny Jull^'le I rurt t]uu101Ily t.ualnnan releaSes staLenlent un nartunb' S terlmnanun: rage L 01 rv

The Port Authority Board terminated the employment of its President because he did not perform his duties consistent with its policies. The Port Authority has recently learned that Mr. Hartung pursued an inappropriate relationship with a vendor for approximately six years.

While pursing the relationship the President assumed responsibility for administration of the vendor's contract, approved her contract extensions, approved her compensation increases, and approved her expense reports, some of which lacked appropriate back-up documentation. These actions not only conflicted with Port Authority policies, but led to an appearance of impropriety.

Mr. Hartung and his attorney are aware of these facts. They know that these concerns led to his termination. Any suggestion that he lacks knowledoe of the facts which led to his termination is incorrect.

~~The Port Authority has and will continue to produce its public records when requested. Because of various threats of litigation it cannot produce non-public records.~~

~~As Chairman, I am thankful to serve with board members who take their public responsibilities so seriously, even when it means making difficult decisions like the one taken last week.~~

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~~LOCAL Board speaks about firing of Hartung Friday, August 08, 2008 WTVG -- For the first time since Jim Hartung's firing, the Board talks publically about the dismissal.~~

Finally, there are answers about the firing of the Port Authority president. For the first time since Jim Hartung's firing, the Board talks publically about the dismissal. The Board spent nearly 3 hours in executive session at the Port Authority's downtown office. After that, the Board Chairman talked about the matter. Because of pending litigation he couldn't say a lot, but he did provide some insight into the reasons behind the firing. The Port Authority Board went into executive session just minutes after starting a special meeting this afternoon. Board Chair Bill Carroll spoke briefly after the meeting wrapped up. No questions were allowed, but Carroll did talk about the reasons behind the firing of Jim Hartung. "The port authority has recently learned that Mr. Hartung pursued an inappropriate relationship with a vendor... lacked appropriate documentation."

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The Board voted to terminate Mr. Hartung last week. "The Board has lost confidence in Hartung's ability." There have been reports indicating that Hartung was not aware of the reasons behind the firing but Carroll says that is not true. The Board President says they will keep the public informed. Hartung has asked to arbitrate the matter, meaning he will fight his termination.

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~~4 aft1rzooe COMMUNITY PORT AUTHORITY Statement by William J. Carroll~~

~~Statement by William J. Carroll Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority chairman~~

~~We have received notice today of Mr. Hartung's request to arbitrate the matter. Thus we must still consider the attorney-client privilege,~~

There are a variety of reasons that led the individual members of the board to vote to terminate Mr. Hartung's employment for cause. I cannot personally summarize them all but I can provide an overview. The Port Authority has always insisted that its employees behave with the highest ethical and professional standards. As Chairman, I consider assuring such behavior to be among my most important roles. A Port Authority stated policy requires its employees to conduct themselves appropriately both in the office and away. Employees are expected to act in a manner that will not harm the reputation of the Port Authority, nor affect their ability to perform their job, nor affect their working relationship with other employees orwith the public.

Any emplayee who fails to conduct him or herself professionally, appropriately or in accordance with Port Authority expectations and standards is subject to discipline up to and including termination for cause.

While pursing the relationship the President assumed responsibility for administration of the vendor's contract, approved her contract extensions, approved her compensation Increases, and approved her expense reports, some of which lacked appropriate back-up documentation. These actions not only conflicted with Port Authority policies, but led to an appearance of impropriety.

Mr. Hartung and his attorney are aware of these facts. They know that these concerns led to his termination. Any suggestion that he lacks knowledge of the facts which led to his termination is incorrect.

~~a The Port Authority has and will continue to produce its public records when requested. Because of various threats of litigation it cannot produce non-public records.~~

~~As Chairman, I am thankful to serve with board members who take their public responsibilities so seriously, even when it means making difficult decisions like the one taken last week.~~

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~~J.Blade releases part of emails between Hartun^8z Tei _ gl and~~

For those of you looking for the salacious part of the story'? E-niails trace path to James Hartun;'s firinga shares some of the details many have speculated about. Kathy Teigland has not spoken to the press on the record *admitting an affair (she did talk on the record to the Toledo Free Press) but sie is quoted in the Blade article and has sent in a statement via email that the Blade also has online.

~~One of the email statements stood out to me, written by Hartung to Teigland when she stated she was considering walking away from anything related to him:~~

~~"How do you wish for this to end? My destruction, your destruction?"~~

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There are new details tonight in the case of former port authority president Jim Hartung. Hartung was fired August first. At the time, the board said it was because of an inappropriate relationship. Now, the I- Team has uncovered new emails about that relationship between Hartung and a female lobbyist. That relationship has been the target of speculation for weeks. But emails clearly show Hartung mixed business with pleasure. Port Authority chairman Bill Corroll says, "The port authority has recently learned that Mr. Hartung pursued an inappropriate relationship with a vendor." That was how Bill Carroll described Hartung's relationship with lobbyist Kathy Teigland. But newly-released emails go even deeper. They indicate the relationship began as early as 1999 and it was stormy. Story continues below Advertisement In late 2005, Teigland writes: "I think you're presumptions and your defensiveness result in your cover up of a lovely family life with your wonderful wife and my lack of belief in what you're trying to sell to me." Two hours later, Hartung replies. "There is no cover up. My thoughts, my conflicts, my feelings, my frustrations have been pretty transparent." Two weeks later the dialogue becomes more aggressive. Teigland writes: "You wanted to be viewed as a good man and you wanted to protect yourself, and in doing so, lied about your true intentions. Your relationship with your wife reflects the story of a man who simply cheats but stays." Hartung replies: "Just a cheater" is a very unkind characterization. Many emails between the two stick to business. But curiously the two argued about Teigland's compensation several timac nn.laniiani.Fth gnnR Harhinn z writes: "In the absence of something different, the 2005 scope of services and compensation was approved." But Teigland wants more money: "I believe I mentioned to you that due to the amount of work, both here and in D.C., I would increase the monthly retainer by $1,000 to $9,000 per month." Six months later, a new fight about a different compensation issue has Hartung telling Teigland. "I shouldn't have to defend myself but I find myself doing it every time we talk. It drains me of my strength and spirit. I can not deal with this any longer and don't know how to act. How do you wish for this to end?" We tried to reach Kathy Teigland today to get her side of the story. She declined to comment. In an email statement to the Toledo Blade, Teigland said, "email snippets of frustration should not be used to create a scenario that is untrue or misleading. I know there is nothing to support that there was anything inappropriate in the management of the legislative consortium contract."

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AOYERTI5EMENT By Jennifer Taylor Staries Video TuesrJay,August 19, 2008 at 11:30 p.m. HEADLINES...... Fiery e-malls are released proving a relationship between James Hartung Local and his Washington lobbyist mistress. • W.r7^ru3 E-f+lads • Paryl6arg grad, iv'ma TunnidifFe, T3 Hundreds of pages dating back to 2005 reveal a complicated, often rocky • ralieges 4!+ant Urinkima iae Louvered relationship, between Hartung and Kathy Teigland. • Oe-s, Faeis Chio ImirMhv: ^xe*en flaei • Q?5i Levy appnned Far Nnynmbr-r bd ...... 1. . . In a 2006 conversation Hartung tells Teigland he will provide a check for More Lo,:al Naeos.,. an event. She response "I'11 take the check but I'd rather have your State body." • 5ingar azks for coid ^one, gds I;nocke • rrtrait mdpcr getting ^rassrnoln tipf This is only some of the evidence the Toledo-LUcas County Port Authorfty • r:hio PG crcks d^ww on rff'ice e-mail considered in its decision to fire its president. • Fre dama^xs' Monroe Susines=e' More 5r.yta nl?-•,s... ")im was terminated for cause and that's the stand that's we've taken and 13 and oh we spoke as a board," Willtam Carroll-Toledo Lucas County Port Nation / World Authority. . rbam a to vi:it M. captal wh

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~~Emails released that got Port Authority president fired~~

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"1 ptaced myself into a position TOLEDO (WTOL) - New e-mails are released proving a romantic toactlikeafoalandtobe of the Toledo-Lucas County treated as a fool. Thereis relationship between the former head only onecandusiott..7 am Port Board and a lobbyist. ^' efool:' -bm Harfun8 emall p:.^ . InKaMyTeioland.-,-; Some of them talk about love and cheating, but most talk about anger and frustration.

~~The Port Authority has released nearly 200 emails between Former President Jim Hartung and Lobbyist Kathy Teigland.~~

~~In a unanimous vote by the Port Authority Board, Hartung was fired on August 1.~~

~~Their investigation revealed that he had an inappropriate relationship with Kathy Teigland and used his work-based email system to exchange sometimes heated emails with her.~~

~~The emails go from professional business to very personal business. It is clear that Teigland blames Hartung for not leaving his wife, but the two both feel guilt for their affair.~~

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~~Copies of James Hartung's personal e-mails are giving FOX Toledo News some insight into the relationship that recently prompted the firing of the Toledo Lucas County Port Authority President.~~

~~Today, FOX Toledo's Shaun Hegarty obtained copies of these e-mails - all 533 pages.~~

The FOX Toledo News team has spent most of the afternoon reading the e-mails. The majority of them deal with everyday port business items such as meetings and letters written to members of James Hartung Congress.

But some are much racier, detailing the romantic relationship between the Hartung and a lobbylist, Kathy Teigland. She was hired to obtain federal funding on behalf of the Northwest Ohio Legislative Consortium, a group that comprises such government entities as the port authority, the City of Toledo and Lucas County.

~~At one point Hartung stated "in six years it was hardly lust that kept me coming back..."~~

~~He also says "I'm no Saint. Don't claim to be one and wouldn't try to fool anyone into thinking I am."~~

~~All of these emails were written from Hartung's port authority e-mail account and other business contacts. They range in dates from 2005-2008.~~

~~Hartung's attorney stated that these e-mails have no bearing on any legal issues, and that the release of them seems like piling on, because Hartung has already been fired.~~

~~Hartung's attorney says he's going to look into whether or not they should have been released, if they are public record.\~~

~~Read selected copies of the e-mail discussion between Hartung and Teigland.~~

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Shocking details tonight in the case of the former Lucas County Port Authority president Jim Hartung. Hartung was fired August 1. At the time, the board said it was because of an inappropriate relationship. This afternoon, new emails between Hartung and a Washington lobbyist were released. The big question surrounding Hartung is whether his relationship with lobbyist Kathy Teigland influenced his decision making and resulted in Teigland receiving pay increases. We found an email which raises more questions about that relatioriship. Story continues below Advertisement

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^n released from the Port today, many of them written during business hours. One uncovers a new wrinkle. Washington lobbyist Kathy Teigland sends what she calls email excerpts between herself and Jim Hartung's wife to Hartung. Those excerpts talk about Teigland and Hartung's affair. In the email dated November 12, Teigland begins: "You tied up 8 years of my life because you cannot tell the truth, because you hate being thought ill of. Here are the cut and pasted excerpts from your wife, who knows you best. " In the email, Hartung's wife says finding out about the affair may very well help the marriage. As the I-Team showed you Monday, many emails between the two stick to business, but curiously the two argued about Teigland's compensation several times. On January 5, 2006, Hartung writes: "In the absence of something different, the 2005 scope of services and compensation was approved." But Teigland wants more money: "I believe I mentioned to you that due to the amount of work both here and in DC I would increase the monthly retainer by $1 k to $9,000 per month." We talked to Kevin Greenfield, Hartung's attorney, who said he couldn't comment about the alleged affair. Also Greenfield said Hartung's position is Teigland did good work. Any interpretation about her compensation is simply conjecture.

^ Hartung has asked to arbitrate the matter, meaning he will fight his termination. We've also tried to reach Kathy Teigland today to get her side of the story. In an email statement to the Toledo Blade about the emails, Teigland wrote, "I know there is nothing to support that there was anything inappropriate in the management of the legislative consortium contract." She also said "email snippets of frustration should not be used to mislead."

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The e-mails paint a portrait of the love-hate relationship former Port Authority President Jim Hartung had with his mistress, Kathy Teigland, over an affair that spanned years. At times, Hartung seems the hopeless romantic, writing "there was a time this weekend that my mind drifted back to my memories of how much I loved you. I remember the gush of feelings and how my mind would tingle with the thought of you. I AI]VERTISEMEN remember the laughter...but most of all, I remember how much I loved loving you."

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But through most of the e-mails, the pair fight over their relationship. Arid FINDIAY their guilt over the affair. In August of 2006, Teigland writes, "So you lie, dodge, mislead and cover up that which really doesn't make a difference 11Ity isri t 5t; (,UkE to anyone...I don't know who you are. But I know one thing...1 am better than you. Ugh, I have to throw up again." Hartung replies, "I'm sorry that itt yQUI• healt}t I the things I said to you make you sick. They were said because I loved you...I am very sorry that I love you."

On January 30, in an email with the subject line "Happy anniversary", \nviv.PatientqFirsNttvr Teigland writes: "It's one of those days that I remember all the wasted years of purposeful confusion by you and a long gut wrenching search for the truth only to hear nothing but down right lies." And Hartung replies: "I'm still shaking as I write this. I can't be angry. I can't be flip. I can't cry. I can't be tough. I can't be kind. There is nothing I can do. I have never regretted anything more in my life."

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