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?