OHIO, PING, please! :-)
Speaking of the last election, what’s going on is MN.?
What a horrid mess.
But Rush, but Rush, I thought the EVIL Republican Ken Blackwell violated election law by giving Ohio to Bush!
6 paragraphs before we find out he’s a Dem.
The Return of Marc Dann
By Laura Bischoff | Thursday, March 19, 2009, 10:23 AM
Former attorney general Marc Dann returned to the media spotlight on Thursday, March 19, and could barely keep quiet.
He arrived early for a 10 a.m. Ohio Elections Commission hearing with his lawyer, Donald McTigue, and genially chatted up the reporters who covered him during his time as a state senator and attorney general.
During the lengthy hearing, Dann passed notes and whispered to McTigue so often that opposing counsel dryly said, “The secretary of state would be happy to have Mr. Dann sworn in if he’d like to testify.”
Thursday’s hearing marked perhaps the first public appearance by Dann in the state capital since his resignation May 14, 2008.
With a dozen reporters, four TV cameras and two news photographers paying close attention, McTigue defended decisions made by the Dann For Ohio campaign committee to spend $40,000 on an extensive home security system at Dann’s Liberty Twp. home.
The security system was seen as less costly than continuing to pay police officers to provide 24-hour executive protection.
The security measures started in July 2, 2007 after Dann’s then Deputy First Assistant Brian Laliberte received vague, threatening phone call at work on June 29, 2007.
Between July and November, state taxpayers paid more than $145,000 for police protection for Dann and his family. The Dann administration decided to install the home security system to replace the more costly police protection.
McTigue argued that it was an ordinary, verifiable campaign expense related to Dann’s duties as an office holder so it shouldn’t be considered a violation of campaign finance laws. The threats were related to Dann’s position, he said.
Assistant Attorney General Melinda Osgood, who represents Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, countered that a $40,000 security system is a permanent fixture that benefits the Dann family - something that goes way beyond an ordinary expense.
Marc Dann biography Personal: Age 47; married to journalist Alyssa Lenhoff. They have a son and two daughters. Political party: Democrat Public service: Local board of education member, Ohio Senate, Attorney General Jan. 2007 to May 2008 Legal experience: Entered private practice in Youngstown in 1991 and returned to private practice in Youngstown and Cleveland.
You got it GOP Lady. Hey, where do you live anyway? We’ve got a great grass-roots group going out in Medina.
May Jennifer Brunner and Helen Jones-Kelley be next.