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Dispatch reporter, dating GOP spokeswoman, attacks former public figure Marc Dann over online dating profile. Journalism surrenders

ModernEsquire — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 22:48:16 +0000

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 [...]

Dispatch: Marc Dann thought Richard Cordray was gunning for Dann’s job

ModernEsquire — Tue, 18 May 2010 00:15:03 +0000

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 [...]

Ohio GOP attacks Corday’s $9 million AIG victory for using private lawyers; Cordray didn’t use private lawyers…

ModernEsquire — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 22:56:42 +0000

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 [...]

Marc Dann’s New Job

Joseph — Fri, 16 May 2008 17:58:09 +0000

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.

Breaking: Dann Just Resigned!

Joseph — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:52:41 +0000

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…

Governor Sticks Around to Deal with Dann

Joseph — Wed, 14 May 2008 19:39:26 +0000

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.

Marc Dann Doesn’t Eat Lunch

Joseph — Wed, 14 May 2008 17:41:41 +0000

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.

Highway Patrol Locks Down Marc Dann’s Office

Joseph — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:46:16 +0000

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!

Bill Batchelder Is Getting Old

Joseph — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:18:36 +0000

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 [...]

Dann: Drop Investigation and I’ll Quit

Joseph — Tue, 13 May 2008 20:19:37 +0000

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?