ECOT's tab for Ohio taxpayers: $280,000 and growing

This ad is bought and paid for by you, the taxpayer. The ad for charter e-school ECOT has the tagline, “Ohio Department of Education: Keep your word, keep ECOT open.”It cost $190,000 to air it in the Columbus and Cleveland television markets two weeks ago, according to an ECOT spokesperson.ECOT confirmed another ad running since last week cost an additional $90,000 to air in the Columbus television market.Though ECOT said it only cost a few dollars in photocopying, taxpayers paid for