A lovely detail in a recent article about Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, a Democrat who claims the Department of Justice is investigating him and other local officials for corruption at the behest of Karl Rove:

AT LAST WEEK’S commissioners meeting, Dimora was ready to take a stand — at least against his arch-nemesis, county Republican leader Rob Frost. But he let his colleague Hagan browbeat a kid first.
“My name is Charles Thomas, and I am going to be a senior at Solon High School,” said the Sunday-suited boy during a short discussion on an agenda item involving yet another Dimora-connected contract. “I am clearly no expert in the Cuyahoga County government or in the ways its taxpayers’ money is used; however, something that appears very simple to me clearly doesn’t appear that simple to some of our elected leaders. If men like [former county IT manager and alleged Dimora bagman] Kevin Kelly in a roundabout manner force contractors to give bribes, such as trips to Las Vegas, expensive meals and expensive gifts, is it even possible for honest businessmen and women to get those high valued government contracts. It undoubtedly is not . . .”
Hagan shut him up. This is not the justice system. Does he have a question? Charles skipped to the end of his spiel and started to ask, “What procedure has been instituted that ensures government officials cannot accept bribes such as agenda item 3 . . . ?”
You’re done, Hagan told him. The boy sat back down. Later, he claimed not to be a Republican, just “a little conservative.”
“Are you a little more conservative today?” He nodded and raised his brow.

Thank goodness we have the likes of Dimora and Tim Hagan to protect the public from high-school seniors asking questions.