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You’re not going to find me at a Marc Dann Fan Club meeting. I didn’t support him in the primary in 2006. I openly wrote that his attorney disciplinary history was a major liability for the general election. And I made the legal and political case for Marc Dann’s impeachment. However, today’s blog post by Steve Nash at the Dispatch’s Daily Briefing Blog is nothing more than tabloid Dann bashing… two years after Dann left the public eye.
For no apparently reason, Steve Nash feels it necessary to report to the public at large that the recently divorced [...]
Full Story... →Wow, this is a horrible lede to a Columbus Dispatch blog post:
Richard Cordray, ever the opportunist, smelled blood.
Of course, this appears to be the words of Marc Dann:
Cordray, a fellow Democrat and the state treasurer at the time, was preparing to take on Dann for his job in the 2010 Democratic primary, Dann said in an interview he granted to investigators April 27 as part of the criminal investigation of the former attorney general. Dann disclosed Cordray’s aspirations while discussing his own political operation, which got Dann into legal trouble.
Dann said he worked [...]
Full Story... →Earlier this week, Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray announced a $9 million settlement with AIG for conspiring with rivals to jack up insurance premiums.
The Ohio Republican Party thought they smelled a political winner by claiming that the lawsuit was actually a winner for private lawyers who handled the case after donating money to Cordray’s campaign.
So, being Republicans, Ohio GOP Chairman Kevin DeWine attacked Cordray by claiming that he and Marc Dann (who had filed the suit) used the suit to reward their campaign donors by steering the work to them.
The Ohio GOP message machine felt [...]
Full Story... →The Dayton Daily News has the scoop on Marc Dann’s new job:
On his first day as former attorney general, Dann walked two miles from his home in Liberty Twp. to his new job, helping his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff, run Zesty Dishes.
He took orders, packed dishes and pitched in, according to Mike Harshman, Dann’s long-time friend.
Full Story... →Watch the rest live.
Update: It looks like Governor Strickland isn’t going to name a replacement yet.
Update: Tom Winters will take over as AG until Ted picks a replacement.
Update:
Here’s the video…
Full Story... →WKSU confirms that Governor Strickland cancelled his visit to Akron today “to deal with the on-going controversy over Attorney General Marc Dann. ”
Though I’m not really sure there is much he can do anymore.
Full Story... →Dann’s office says he’s out to lunch.
However, it doesn’t appear as though he actually eats lunch. At least not according to his schedule- which lists every appointment as well as travel times between appointments.
According to last week’s schedule, Marc Dann had lots of breakfast meetings – often more than one a day – at the Hyatt and Latitude 41 (no wonder he’s overweight).
He also had a dinner meeting at Haiku.
But no lunch.
Makes you wonder where he really is this afternoon.
Full Story... →No one seems to know what’s going on over at Dann’s office.
This morning his “spokesperson” announced a press conference for noon- adding “Attendance is mandatory”.
It turns out a lot of people showed up only to find that the entire 17th floor of the Rhodes Tower – the location of Dann’s office – was “on lock-down to protect sensitive documents that may be subject to investigation.”
Jesus, Marc. You can’t even RESIGN correctly!
Full Story... →In an article from this morning’s Dispatch, Rep. Batchelder criticized the articles of impeachment proposed by the Dems yesterday…
Some of the articles, Batchelder said, are weak. He and House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, pointed specifically to Article V, which says Dann failed to exercise due care to ensure the safety and security of state property.
“Does that mean somebody dropped a dictating machine? I don’t know what that is,” he said. “That’s the kind of thing we don’t want to leave as part of our heritage.”
A dictating machine? Really? Does the state have a lot of [...]
Full Story... →The Dispatch is reporting that Marc Dann is trying to “negotiate the terms of his resignation.”
In short: Dann told legislative leaders that he will quit as long as the they don’t let the Inspector General investigate his office.
That “would cause all sorts of problems”, said Dann.
More problems that the ones we already know about?
Jesus Christ, Marc. What else are you hiding?
Full Story... →House Democrats filed articles of impeachment against Dann this morning accusing him of “misconduct in office rising to the level of malfeasance, neglect, nonfeasance, gross neglect of duty, improper exercise of authority and gross morality.”
The nine counts include:
Obstructed the internal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment in his office.
Willfully and intentionally issued misleading statements under oath.
Neglected to perform the duties of his office and by his own admission was not competent or qualified for the job.
Knew or should have known that his own admitted sexual affair with an employee contributed to and allowed a [...]
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