And right now, Ohio’s acting Attorney General is Tom Noe’s former lobbyist, Tom Winters.

A commenter posted a rumor that multiple sources emailed to me. I didn’t know to to confirm it right now, but this is something to chew on as we try to figure out what the hell is going on at the Rhodes Tower:
Someone I know that works at the Rhodes Tower just called me and [...]

From the Cleveland Free Times:
Stanford sounded weary when Free Times called him again Monday morning, regarding the claims of a woman who contacted Free Times after our April 30 cover story. She says she had an affair with Dann in 1988, while the two worked on a campaign in West Virginia.
The free times will have [...]

from the dispatch:
Rep. William G. Batchelder of Medina, House Republicans’ point person on impeachment proceedings, said Democrats are getting a little ahead of the process.
“This is usually a step down the road,” he said. “It’s not improper to offer them, but ordinarily we have a hearing and decide in advance what we feel is appropriate [...]

From the PD blog:
Columbus — Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann clung to his job Tuesday after spending most of the day trying to cut a deal to resign.
Facing intense pressure to step down, the 46-year-old Democrat offered to quit if Republican Senate President Bill Harris agreed to delay an independent investigation of Dann’s office by [...]

How much influence did Alyssa Lenhoff, Dann’s wife, have over the Attorney General’s office:

The e-mail messages also deal with the involvement of Dann’s wife, Alyssa Lenhoff Dann, head of the Youngstown State University journalism program, in the office.
Lenhoff Dann was included in e-mail messages concerning the office’s response to a bill revising Ohio’s open records [...]

Download the articles of impeachment here.
Update: Dann is resigning. Good riddance to bad rubbish. Dann stays on board!

If you want to have an awesome song about Marc Dann’s party pizza pad stuck in your head all day long, click here.

The Tribune Chronicle has the details here.

Homosexual liberal columnist Thomas Suddes has an excellent column out this week, where he makes this important point:
Because Dann hasn’t quit, and may not for a long time, Strickland strategy No. 2 - legislative removal via impeachment - is in play. Trouble is, even assuming General Assembly Republicans are ready to accept Strickland’s engraved invitation, [...]