Ohio State University law school dean appointed interim AG

[AngryOldDem]

Source: Dayton (OH) Daily News

COLUMBUS — Gov. Ted Strickland on Wednesday appointed Nancy Rogers, dean of Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law, to be attorney general, at least until November. She stepped down from her deanship and agreed to not run for the permanent job in the fall.

"She is a person of great accomplishment," Strickland said. She is a national leader in dispute resolution — a skill that will come in handy as attorney general.

At a press conference in the governor's chambers, Rogers said, "It's a shame that the actions of a limited number of persons who did not live up to these values have underminded the public confidence in this office. It has led some to doubt that the attorney general still carries the moral authority....The situation must be turned around quickly."

Rogers said she has "no desire" to run for the office, but "every desire to do the best in the next five months."


Read more: http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/05/28/ddn052808agweb.html

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I post this as an update to the Marc Dann scandal, which was covered here.

Seems like a good choice to bring some stability back to the office in the wake of Dann -- she is on the board of Legal Services Corp., an organization that provides legal services to the poor, and has been Ohio State law dean since 2001.

Possible contenders for the seat in November include Lt. Gov. Lee Fisher and former U.S. Sen. Mike DeWine.

Maybe now we can write "finis" to this embarrassment.

[MidwestTransplant]

1. Notice how welll the Dems handled this over vs. the Republican scandals in the state.

That's why it's called Culture of Corruption.

[semillama]

2. The Ohio GOPers are still going to feebly attempt to associate Dann with all democrats in general

I don't think it's going to work too well. In general, sex scandals don't seem to tarnish the politician's party as much as monetary and political-gain scandals, for some reason.