Plunderbund

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.

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…

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.

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

The Dispatch is reporting that the Ohio AFL-CIO wants Dann to resign…
The state’s largest union — one that endorsed him in 2006 — is calling for Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann’s ouster.
Joe Rugola, president of the 700,000-member Ohio AFL-CIO, said the union is joining the call by Gov. Ted Strickland and other top Democrats for […]

According to the Newark Advocate Marc Dann cancelled Thursday’s appearance at the Licking County Democratic Party’s Jefferson-Jackson Dinner.
A spokesperson for his office said Dann’s “public schedule over the next few weeks has been restricted.”
The only comment on the story from their website:
Good. He doesn’t need to come here when he should be typing up his […]

443 people surveyed. Top two answers on the board…
“Do You Think Marc Dann should step down as attorney general?”

According to today’s Hannah Report, House leaders have started talking about impeachment proceedings for Marc Dann…
Reps. Jon Husted (R-Kettering), Joyce Beatty (D-Columbus) and Bill Batchelder (R-Medina) were all talking from the same playbook Tuesday when discussing the Marc Dann impeachment proceedings: it is not an overnight process; it will be precedent setting; they can’t say […]

From The Dispatch…

I just ordered myself two of these from democraticstuff.com

Instant collectors’ item!

Dave at Progress Ohio just posted the video of Governor Strickland talking to the press about the Dann scandal.
According to Ted, he has some names in mind for Dann’s replacement- but he hasn’t officially started the process for picking someone yet.
He also says he’s ready to take ‘whatever action is necessary’ if Dann doesn’t step […]