

Space shot back later when he found evidence of late tax filings in Faber’s record. Faber originally broke a story pointing out that Space allowed his law license to be suspended due to missing the renewal notice, among other points. The latest tiff released this weekend involved late paperwork. I’m not running to make the auditor’s office impactful in some other political office.”

I’m not running for some other political office. At some point, you say, ‘Look, I have to defend myself.’ But I’m happier talking about the office,” Faber said. “It wasn’t until we got in the summertime that we had to look at the tone.

Space, however, says otherwise, and the two have been countering each other back-and-forth regarding such topics as ECOT, tax bills, doctored photos and their personal records ever since they set their eyes on the Ohio Auditor’s Office. Scandal surrounds the statehouse thanks in part to two major events - the misuse of state dollars by the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow and the resignation of Cliff Rosenberger, Ohio’s House speaker, earlier this year after being put under investigation by the FBI.įaber, who was Senate president when both events began to unfold, denies any serious involvement or knowledge of wrongdoing. To Space’s credit, the narrative isn’t completely without foundation. Since the Ohio Auditor race moved past the primary in May, Faber, R-Celina, has had to shift his campaign tactics to counter his Democratic opponent, Zack Space, D-Dover, who has been labeling Faber a corrupt politician who takes cues from lobbyists. Keith Faber said he didn’t start his campaign with negative ads in mind, but he’s going to finish the race with them on the air.
