From the Wall Street Journal
What’s Going on With Marc Dann? Here’s What We Know
Law Blog readers following the Marc Dann mess have every right to be confused about the fate of Ohio’s AG based on conflicting information that’s emerged out of that great state today. LB colleague Aaron Lucchetti did some reporting and we have this to offer. Bottom line, no resignation right now.
First, the Attorney General’s office said in a statement Tuesday that Dann hasn’t resigned and no further announcements were planned. Earlier Tuesday, Dann met with Ohio’s lieutenant governor, reportedly to discuss his future and the possibility of resignation. One person briefed by an adviser to Dann said his resignation is imminent, but another said he wants to do it on his own terms.
Local news reports indicate he is looking to minimize future investigations into his office if he agrees to resign.
Dann’s been defiant to the end. This week, before the Articles of Impeachment from Democrats were made public Tuesday (see them here at the Columbus Dispatch site), one employee at the Attorney General’s office recalls Mr. Dann saying: “I’m not going to let them push me out.” Another staffer at the AG’s office says concern is building in the office that lawyers working for Mr. Dann could defect if he stays much longer.
More monkey business for Marc Dann
I know this is a longer than normal post however this only shows the liar Marc Dann, family and friends are.
Hey Honk Honk Bentley what do you think now? The words rat and liar seem about right.
Gutierrez firm did work for Dann’s in-laws
COLUMBUS — During a May 2 news conference, Attorney General Marc Dann claimed ignorance about whether his friend and neighbor, Anthony Gutierrez, was operating his private construction business on state time.
However, records found on Gutierrez’ state computer show MTV Construction, the company Gutierrez ran, did work for Dann’s in-laws who live around the corner from the attorney general’s home in the Youngstown area.
Internal investigators from Dann’s office found MTV Construction documents on Gutierrez’s computer, including a one-page invoice for a $7,241.57 job for Bentley Lenhoff, Dann’s father-in-law. Among the list of materials’ costs in the invoice is one for $900 with the notation “Floor from Tony.”
Gutierrez said that while MTV Construction did the Lenhoff job, it was his wife Lisa Gutierrez doing the work.
“I did no work at all (for MTV). My wife owns that company. She took it over in January 2007,” he said. Gutierrez said that in early 2007, his wife occasionally sent him MTV Construction documents to check over on his own time.
When asked at the press conference about the allegations that Gutierrez had been operating MTV on state time, Dann said, “I hope not. I had specific conversations with him and I told him personally that that was unacceptable. And I didn’t know whether he was doing it or not.”
Dann, Lenhoff and Gutierrez live in the same neighborhood in Liberty Twp. in Trumbull County. Lenhoff declined to comment.
Dann said that after Gutierrez was hired, “I had a stern conversation with him both about drinking and about his business, his former business, I understand. At least that’s my understanding. So to the extent that there’s any evidence to that, I hope it’s fully investigated.”
Dann ousted Gutierrez, Communications Director Leo Jennings III and Chief of Staff Edgar Simpson — all friends of his from the Youngstown area — after the release of a stunning internal report substantiating claims of sexual harassment and an effort to conceal the problems.
In the invoice from MTV Construction, total materials costs are $3,286.57 and labor charges are $3,955. Of the $7241,57 total bill, $3,500 had been paid, the invoice shows.
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