Kasich and his team have tried to spin the KPMG turnpike study as “a diligent analysis by an independent, unbiased advisory team” but emails obtained by Plunderbund show the Governor’s office played a hands-on role in directing the consultants to focus on two key areas: leasing the turnpike and/or turning it over to ODOT to bond against future revenue.

Both options, as we’re pointed out many times, would provide Kasich with a big pile of cash he could use to fund his pet transportation projects around the state in an effort to “buy” votes for his reelection campaign in 2014.

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