Dann resigns

[AngryOldDem]

Source: Columbus Dispatch

<<Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann resigned this afternoon, just hours after the inspector general's office launched a raid on his office.

The embattled Democrat made the announcement in a joint appearance with Gov. Ted Strickland in the governor's cabinet room, next to his Statehouse office. The governor called it a "sad day" for Ohio but said he is "pleased" Dann quit.

It's up to Strickland to appoint a successor until Ohioans vote in November on someone to fill out the final two years of Dann's term. Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher has been among those mentioned as a possible successor.<<


Read more: http://www.dispatchpolitics.com/live/content/local_news/stories/2008/05/14/dann15.html?adsec=politics&sid=101

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Good. Finally. This was an embarrassment that Ted Strickland and all Ohioans did not need.


ON EDIT:Updated with Dispatch bulletin on resignation; story is still in process of being uploaded to the site -- it won't open.

[Warpy]

1. He's done good work

especially when it came to uncovering and prosecuting Noe for "coingate." He was an effective legislator.

I really, really hate it when a man like this is outed as a sexual predator who considers women to be meat on the hoof.

It's sickening.

[Robbien]

9. He has done a lot to investigate GOP corruption

And so of course the seedy side of his life had to be exposed to the general public.

Spitzer and Dann, both attack dogs on Bush Admin corruption
Spitzer and Dann, both outed for their sexual excesses

Meanwhile all the corrupt GOPers, the majority of whom are also sexual deviants, are safer now that the corruption investigations have been shut down. Their sexual proclivities also will not be exposed.

[quiet.american]

2. Ugh -- the title "Attorney General" has become a dirty word. Dem or Repub, rotten apples need to go.

[KSinTX]

3. Sorry to see a Dem go ... but he was responsible

for the work environment of those in his charge. These weren't low-level underlings, they were his key people he saw on a daily basis. What a sad mess for all concerned.

[bigworld]

4. Technically he's not a Democrat anymore.

He was expelled from the party last week I believe.

[KSinTX]

7. Whaaa? How does that work?

I've never heard of such a thing (but I don't hear much :))

[AngryOldDem]

10. Basically, he was told that he was not in good standing with the party.

It was a nearly unanimous vote. One person, I think, was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

[KSinTX]

11. I think that's horrible

He wasn't convicted of a felony, for crying out loud. He mismanaged some human resources. Fire him, but geez. Thanks for that info. Peace.

[OhioChick]

5. About Damn Time. n/t

[tkmorris]

6. GOOD

Fuckwit. We cannot afford to act like Republicans, and anyone who does should be ousted immediately. We need to be the party of responsibility.

[rpannier]

8. Good

People like that shouldn't be allowed to hold office.

He was a detriment to the Party.

As to the good he has done previously... We can find someone else to do that work.

[Highway61]

12. In public office...

You need to tow the line....See ya! I don't care what side of the fence you are on, you are in public office...DO THE RIGHT THING

[L. Coyote]

13. Scandal-plagued Ohio attorney general resigns

Source: JULIE CARR SMYTH, Associated Press Writer

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's attorney general resigned Wednesday under threat of impeachment because of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.

Attorney General Marc Dann, a Democrat elected in 2006 on an anti-corruption platform, said at a news conference that he had to resign to preserve the ability of the office to carry out the priorities he established.

"It is now clear to me that the only way to protect these priorities for the office of attorney general and for the people of Ohio is to remove myself from the situation," said Dann, 46, in Gov. Ted Strickland's ceremonial Statehouse room.

He admitted May 2 to an extramarital affair with an employee that he said contributed to an atmosphere leading to sexual harassment claims against a top aide.

Three aides were forced out in the harassment investigation, .......

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080515/ap_on_re_us/ohio_attorney_general_scandal

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Can we investigate the election fraud in 2004 yet?

The 2004 Ohio Presidential Election: Cuyahoga County Analysis
How Kerry Votes Were Switched to Bush Votes
http://jqjacobs.net/politics/ohio.html