In 2022, then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted stirred controversy when he joined the board of a regional bank.
He already had two official jobs with the state that paid $176,000.
Why, critics asked, did he need another? And, because the executive branch he was part of regulates such banks, did he have a potential conflict of interest?
Husted said he would recuse himself from any conflicts. He also told the Capital Journal that the gig wouldn’t pay much, about $20,000 a year.
He explained that it was a learning opportunity; a chance to see from the inside how a regional bank
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