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OH: Former AG Marc Dann Aide Goes to Jail
Last Updated on Monday, 24 August 2009 01:00 Written by rslcpol Monday, 24 August 2009 01:00
From Columbus Dispatch:
Former Marc Dann aide Anthony Gutierrez agreed to a plea deal this morning requiring a 45-day jail sentence rather than face a trail on 10 criminal charges.
Gutierrez, general services director during most of Dann’s tenure as Ohio attorney general, agreed to plead guilty to two fifth-degree felonies — theft in office and unauthorized use of state property — and four misdemeanors.
Prosecutors are recommending 45 days in jail and restitution to the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation, which is yet to be determined. The judge still must OK the deal.
Jury selection had been slated to begin this morning before Common Pleas Court Judge Laurel A. Beatty. However, attorneys immediately huddled behind closed doors working out the plea deal.
A deal reportedly was close months ago but fell apart.
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Disgraced Ohio AG Marc Dann Update – Sexual Harassment Claim Denied
Last Updated on Tuesday, 3 February 2009 04:48 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 3 February 2009 11:26
Finally – we can put this behind us. From the Columbus Dispatch:
Attorney General Richard Cordray’s office moved quickly today to extinguish the last sexual-harassment claim remaining from the tumultuous term of Marc Dann.
Cordray’s office dismissed a claim by Jennifer L. Urban, a lawyer who had worked in the office, that she was pressured into a sexual relationship by Dann’s top spokesman and was crudely propositioned by Dann’s general-services chief.
Urban had been fired as Cordray took office in early January.
Days before her firing, the attorney general’s office had dismissed her claim that she had been harassed by Dann spokesman Leo Jennings III and general-services director Anthony Gutierrez. Urban appealed that dismissal.
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OH: Former AG Marc Dann Still Losing
Last Updated on Monday, 29 September 2008 02:07 Written by rslcpol Monday, 29 September 2008 12:24
Just so happens that Marc Dann is not longer A.G. of Ohio. Though not for the reasons outlined below. Just the same, the taxpayers of Ohio clearly are better off with him out of office. From Dayton Daily News:
Charter school advocates won a big victory when Montgomery County Common Pleas Court Judge Michael Tucker dismissed a lawsuit brought by former Attorney General Marc Dann that tried to shut down a poorly performing school in Dayton.
Dann had argued that the attorney general had oversight of the charter schools through the state’s charitable trust laws. But Tucker ruled that the charter schools are political subdivisions of the state, not charitable trusts.
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Ohio Democrat Candidate Drops out of Race; Blames Marc Dann
Last Updated on Thursday, 4 September 2008 10:49 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 4 September 2008 10:49
From Vindy.com:
The Democrat running for county prosecutor in Columbus has dropped out of the race out of concern it would focus on her ties to former Attorney General Marc Dann.
Tomi Lynn Dorris says “substantive issues and ideas” were being lost in her challenge to Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien.
Dorris is an assistant attorney general and served under Dann, who resigned in May amid scandals.
Dorris notes she had worked in the attorney general’s office for 11 years before Dann arrived and says he dishonored the agency.
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Disgraced Former Democrat AG Marc Dann: He’s Sticking Around
Last Updated on Friday, 1 August 2008 11:24 Written by rslcpol Friday, 1 August 2008 09:51
For Ohio Democrats, Marc Dann is like chewing gum, or worse, that gets stuck on the bottom of your shoe. With over $300k still in the bank, ol’ “Sticky” Dann won’t be going away anytime soon. As far the race to fill out the balance of Dann’s term, who do you think is grumpier over Sticky’s latest move – the Jeopardy champ Rich Cordray (that’s him in the middle), or the corruption busting former Federal prosecutor Mike Crites?
And for Sticky D – it’s not like his credibility is at stake in all of this – that’s already shot. We say keep the accounts open, raise money, and run for office in 2010 – you can rehab your image. Clearly Eliot Spitzer’s and Paul Morrison’s rehab strategies aren’t working for them yet – you’re smarter – you can make a comeback baby!
From the Columbus Dispatch:
Former Attorney General Marc Dann spent nearly the equivalent of a year’s salary in his unsuccessful bid to weather a sexual-harassment scandal, but don’t count him out of political life just yet.
The 46-year-old Democrat has filed paperwork with the secretary of state’s office to run again in 2010. While that doesn’t commit Dann to seeking a new term, it does allow him to continue raising and spending money from his campaign fund.
Campaign-finance reports filed yesterday show that Dann billed his campaign fund for trips even after stepping down May 14 when sexual-harassment allegations involving an aide mushroomed into a scandal and an impeachment threat.
After leaving office, Dann billed his campaign for a drive to Cincinnati, a meal in Chicago, a cab ride in New York and a meal in Philadelphia. In addition, he billed the campaign to attend a conference of state attorneys general in Rhode Island in June.
While the sexual-harassment scandal mostly dried up Dann’s fundraising, a few dollars trickled in during his final weeks in office. State Rep. Armond D. Budish, D-Beachwood, gave $5,000 on May 7, five days after Dann admitted an affair with his 28-year-old scheduler. Cuyahoga County Commissioner Peter Lawson Jones, a former state legislator, chipped in $100 on June 7.
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DAGA Still In Love With ex-Dem AG Marc Dann
Last Updated on Wednesday, 28 May 2008 11:02 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 28 May 2008 11:02
It’s May 29th, 2008 – and the Democratic Attorneys General Association STILL thinks Marc Dann is the Democrat A.G. from Ohio. We know he was their golden boy, but come – break it off guys – it’s over – find another passenger for “trial lawyer airways“.
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The Last Word…We Hope, on Marc Dann
Last Updated on Monday, 19 May 2008 08:26 Written by rslcpol Monday, 19 May 2008 08:26
The Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Michael Heaton captures the stunningly artless essence that was Ohio’s FORMER Democrat A.G. Marc Dann’s handling of the fallout from his absolutely shameful tenure as attorney general. Though, we can’t lay all of the blame of this piece of “art” at Mr. Dann’s feet – only about 99% of it – the remaining 1% goes we think to Mr. Dann’s “Kevorkian of Spin” Jason Stanford. This is the guy, you recall, who was hired to come and save the image and legacy of the A.G., now plate salesman, Marc “Dorfman” Dann. We can’t wait to see how much he was paid to put the final nail in Mr. Dann’s political coffin.
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Marc Dann’s New Job
Last Updated on Friday, 16 May 2008 10:09 Written by rslcpol Friday, 16 May 2008 10:09
He already has a new job. Selling dishes…or at least packing them.
OH: Dem AG Marc Dann Resigns…. But Legacy Lingers
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 May 2008 12:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 15 May 2008 10:58
Just like the legacy of a couple of Mr. Dann’s former state and local colleagues. From The Plain Dealer:
The Democrats finally got rid of Marc Dann, but they will have a harder time purging the former attorney general’s legacy from this year’s elections.
Gov. Ted Strickland and Democratic Party Chairman Chris Redfern dismissed the notion Wednesday, but their recent actions speak louder than words.
They kicked him out of the party, filed articles of impeachment against him and refused to head off an Ohio inspector general’s investigation into his office initiated by Republicans.
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OH AG: Marc Dann has resigned
Last Updated on Thursday, 15 May 2008 12:24 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 14 May 2008 03:59
See the Governor’s press conference here.
From WNWO:
COLUMBUS — Facing possible impeachment, Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has resigned amid the scandal of a sexual harassment investigation in his office and his extramarital affair.
Dann, 46 and a Democrat, led the state on a 10-day odyssey, at first refusing to resign despite demands by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland and others within his party, a growing number of investigations into conduct at his office, and the filing Tuesday of articles of impeachment against him.
Let the Democrat spin begin about how swiftly they acted…right. This will be damaging come November. That’s the kind of legacy you want in your state and local Democrat leaders. As we wrote here, Ohio Democrats only responded when they realized the rest of Ohio was about to find out what they’ve known all along. Pretty par for the course for Ohio Democrats.
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