From the Tribune Chronicle:

Marc Dann, apparently concerned about his political future, has hired a press agent to handle issues not related to work being done in the Ohio Attorney General’s Office.

In other words, ‘‘everything dealing with impeachment and investigations,’’ said Jason Stanford, president of the Texas-based Stanford Campaigns.

Stanford, reached Thursday in Columbus, said he started recently and that he’s being paid from Dann’s campaign fund, which had the slogan of ‘‘Dann for Ohio’’ when he won the office in 2006. Although from Texas, Stanford said common friends of the two got them together.

‘‘Politics is a relatively small community around the country,’’ Stanford said.

Some of the slogans on the company’s Web site are: ‘‘We find. We Spin. You Win’’ and ‘‘No mudslinging. Unless, of course, you’re into that.’’

Other reports from Wednesday noted that Stanfor Campaigns’ motto is, ““We Serve Republicans. Would You Like Them Skewered, Roasted, or Deep Fried?”

At the time, I didn’t think it was worth talking about. But then I thought more about it, and I want to know just exactly what this dirty oppo research firm is up to?

Two things come to mind:

1) Dann may go after Gov. Ted Strickland for being gay.

2) Dann may go after Ohio Democrat Chairman Chris Redfern, who once dated Jessica Utovitch, the same woman who was Dann’s scheduler & seductress. (The Wright State CR’s blogger heard other rumors that Utovitch may have had other interesting boyfriends.)

So as Democrats team up to kill off one of their own, is Dann gearing up to stab them back? Stay tuned!

Columbus NBC 4’s Mikaela Hunt shares her conversation with Ohio AG Marc Dann’s office here.

NBC 4 is so frustrated at Dann’s efforts to avoid an interview that they will send a request to his office everyday and update viewers daily about the status of that day’s request.

Laura Biuschoff of the Dayton Daily News reports:

COLUMBUS — As a state senator, Marc Dann railed against then-Gov. Bob Taft for failing to disclose golf outings and other freebies on his annual financial disclosure statements filed with the Ohio Ethics Commission.

But Dann’s last financial disclosure statement is missing a trip from June when, as attorney general, he flew to Washington, D.C., on a private jet owned by Cincinnati attorney Stan Chesley for an overnight trip to deal with a securities case.

Supposedly, Chesley plans on billing the state eventually for this travel. But how can we have transparency in state government if state contractors or shady slip-and-fall Democrat lawyers like Chesley can delay billing for years for what is, atleast for the time being, free travel for politicians who hire their services?

Jane Schiff, a blogger over at the website of the hodgepodge collection of well funded liberal special interest groups and 9/11 truthers called “Progress Ohio”, encourages Dann to stay in office. Jane wants Dann to role up his sleeves & pants, and get back to work!

HowISpentMyStimulus.com

On the Neil Cavuto show today on the Fox Business Network, Ken Blackwell commented on Barney Frank and the House Democrats plan to reward speculators and borrowers for making bad decisions by rushing a $300 billion dollar bailout through.

Politicians need to just take a step back and allow the market to self correct. What we have is a situation where people bought and lived in houses that they couldn’t afford, and now those people will have to move into a home they can afford- That hardly seems like a terrible outcome, and such mortgage bailouts are certainly not fair to apartment renters.

As Ken Blackwell noted, the only true economic stimulus which can come out of Washington is when taxes are cut and when the heavy burdens placed on entrepreneurs are reduced. Here is the clip:

Marc Dann’s father in law threatens to sue me! Check it out in the comments section.

Thank you for taking time out of your busy day to clear up your nutty conspiracy theories about the MSM, old man. Maybe you should be less concerned about me and more concerned for your daughter, as her husband is a scheduler-screwing idiot who is about to leave office in disgrace.

A few days ago, I reported that Gov. Strickland had his security team follow Marc Dann last year after I broke the story of his affair. They confirmed it and it appears that Strickland has known of Dann’s affair with his scheduler atleast since last December.

I think this post at The Dispatch’s blog is the first effort by Strickland’s office to cover these facts up. So what did Ted Strickland know, and when did he know it? These are the questions Ohio’s lazy MSM must ask.

From The Dayton Daily News:

COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann used his campaign fund for items big and small last year — everything from $33,753 in security equipment and $1,170 for lawn and pool work at his house to a 35-cent charge at a McDonald’s in Ravenna.

Auditors expect to begin a routine audit of Dann’s 2007 campaign contributions and expenditures this week, according to Curt Mayhew, campaign finance administrator for Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner.

The biggest question here, of course, is did AG Marc Dann and Anthony Gutierrez expense a dildo?

Read more from Channel 10 here.