In light of Ohio’s current budget issues, the Columbus Dispatch had an interesting story about how one agency hasn’t been paying its bills:

Some employees at the Ohio Department of Development got a surprise when they tried to leave the City Center parking garage with state cars late last year: Their state passes weren’t accepted, and they had to pay $9 each to get out.

That’s because the parking garage canceled the department’s account when bills for the 24 fleet cars that are parked there were not paid for five months, spokeswoman Kelly Schlissberg said.

A department clerk was responsible for not processing the bills, she said. No disciplinary action has been taken, but the agency’s human-resources department is reviewing the situation.

This is the agency that’s supposed to “guide Ohio’s growth?”

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