Jessica Utovich and Marc Dann Both Lied To Me

I dont know what happened to my first comment.

Basically I said it is good to see Democrats saying they wont stand for what has gone on at the AG Office. That sucks you were lied to and your blog used in this story.

How do you know that a politician is lying?

Because they are moving their lips.

Honestly, after Dann helped that carpetbagger Capri Cafaro get her state senate seat the red flags should have went up. I couldn’t care less what letter comes after Dann’s name, the fact is he is a scumbag.

after hearing the news today, i called the ag’s office and gave them my opinion of marc dann.

he needs to step down. i am disgusted with him, he can never be believed again or trusted for that matter. we do not want him working for the great state of ohio. he does not deserve the position. power goes to many politions heads, however, once they are compromised to the level of loss of morals, values, intergity, truth, standards, etc., should we search deep enough the dominos follows their leaders.
this must be stopped adn it must start now! HE HAS NO RIGHT TO CONTINUE IN THIS HONORABLE PRESTIGIOUS POSITION.
people please stand up for what is right… not the easy way out!
we deserve better than this!

I have many friends in the AG’s office, and here’s what I hear. This comes from Democrats who joined the office last year, from Democrats who were there from Lee Fisher and TOny Celebrezze, from Republicans, and from totally apolitical staff:

Yes, he should resign, and yes, the scandals are the biggest news, but the office has been a mess since day one. The press never figured that out until they had a sex scandal. Sure, they did stories on little pieces, especially the bad appointments of the ones that had to resign or get fired. But the press still does not fully appreciate how fully he turned a professional office into a crony-driven nuthouse, and how much the staff have been grumbling all along.

They are upset that all the signs were there long before Dann’s election, but the Democrats picked him anyway. The ethics charges and other items showed that he was a loose cannon with no management skills. No one knew what form the train wreck would take, but everyone knew that there would be a train wreck. But the ODP ran him as thanks for his Coingate efforts and because they thought he could win, but they knew or should have known that he was a ticking time bomb.

So if we’re really honest, part of the blame goes to Redfern and the entire Democratic establishment, and it even goes to those of us who knew better and went along. We sat on our knowledge last year, hoping the stories would eventually die down and that Dann would get his act together.

People may fault Montgomery and Petro for not being active on foreclosures or other progressive issues, or for not calling out Taft on Coingate, but they both ran the AG’s office professionally. They also ran it in a fairly non-partisan manner, keeping Democrats on staff and even hiring more and promoting them.

Dann started right in the transition of making things more partisan and more unprofessional. Eventually he backed off a little on the planned firings, but he was firing low-level line lawyers for purely political reasons — something the others never did. He sent partisan invitations over e-mail, and he made the hiring very partisan, even for new lawyers right out of law school. He kept many holdovers, too, but he did so only when he realized he had too, and they’re the ones that have kept the place running for 18 months.

Of Dann’s management team, his best people are both Democrats who were already there from older days, or Republicans who stayed on. The majority of his own hires are incompetent. Some, of course, turned out to be unethical scum. Others are well-meaning and honest, but just bad managers. A few of his hires are good, but they are the exception.

I’ve been hearing this since the beginning. The worst hit are the Democrats from the old days, because they were excited about the pro-consumer part of the new wave, and have all been whispering that they wish Betty had won. They are hit hard enough that they would trade off the policy activism for having an office they could be proud of, rather than being ashamed to tell people where they work.

In an odd way, some are thankful that this explosion has been so large that it should lead to a resignation and a fresh start. Otherwise, they’d have put up with plain mismanagement for four or eight years with no one on the outside fully knowing or caring about how bad it was.

I have heard variations on the above sentiments from many good lawyers and non-lawyers there. Ask around, and you’ll hear the same, but only if they really trust you. Many are scared and keep their mouths and doors shut.

i hope the state of ohio is listening to some of comments circulating on this issue!

it is so very important to realize that if marc dann is allowed to reign, we only give over power to all the others in charge of this country to let down their guard, knowing they are safe to cheat, steal, lie, abuse, intimidate, bribe, threaten, hurt,damage, and the list goes on! i know i was married to a psychopathic/bully politician…and i am very lucky to have lived to write this.

i was once told, ‘when you first meet someone and your first impression is that they are the nicest person in the world. look out, this is a sign of a psychopath.
people, speaking of psychopaths…add bullies to the group!

I really have NOTHIN personal AGAINST HIM BUT the *$@ lack of COMMON sense,etc.etc.Geeeezz..WOoow..N talk of HIm runnin for Mayor?! wha the $*@ is THAT…Im NOT part of the yachtclub or anything other such..WHEN have had REAGAN,Lincoln,FDR, Rhodes,or a Barack GOT THIS!?