Jon Husted’s Profile in Public Fraud May End Up A Chance for A Jennifer Brunner Profile In Courage

The Dayton Daily News is reporting tonight that the Montgomery County Board of Elections cast a tie vote along party lines, punting to Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner to make the final determination on how big a fraud State Sen. Jon Husted, R-Upper Arlington, really is.

Progress Ohio, a public interest group based in Columbus, filed the original complaint in Montgomery County against Husted.  By Ohio law, state representatives and state senators must live in their districts.  Husted claims to be “R-Kettering,” but is actually “R-Upper Arlington.”  He was elected to be “R-Kettering,” but since he has been “R-Upper Arlington” for so long he is illegitimate.  Some have even speculated that he is “A-Upper Arlington.” (“A” is for asshole, party of one – him.)

In a bit of drama tonight, Progress Ohio beseeched Brunner to live up to her Profile in Courage Award by officially declaring Slick Jonny irrelevant.  At any rate, it’s the stated editorial opinion of this blog that Jon Husted should be banned in 38 states and all the provinces of Canada.

What follows is real, from the Dayton Daily News:

Husted testified at his hearing that he is at his Kettering home weekly, but declined to say how often he or his family sleep there. He and his family are rarely seen in Kettering, according to neighbors and Dayton Daily News spot checks. A review of water records show very low water usage at the house, with bills for three quarters in 2007 and 2008 showing less than 750 gallons used.

Twenty-two spots checks of his home since Jan. 5 showed no sign of Husted or a vehicle at various times through the day and night. Newspapers stayed on the driveway for days and sometimes there were no tire tracks in snow on his driveway or indication that it had been shoveled. At night there is usually the same light and television on in the house.

On Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. there was no sign of lights or TV but a package blocked the front door. Two hours later, the same package blocked the door, but the television could be seen flickering through the blinds. The next morning at 10 a.m., the same package was still blocking the door.

Husted denies using a timer to control the television and he refused to say where he parks when he is home. He declined to answer further questions.

Marc Dann and Cronies: The gift that keeps on giving

Just When Cuyahoga Scandal Simmers, More Dann Coverage!

• PERSPECTIVE: Feisty Ex-AG Haunts Dem Successors – Associated Press

Some recent media coverage here, here, here, and here and above has speculated about Marc Dann’s ‘political’ future.

Bubba please!

His filing of papers with the Secretary of State’s office to run again (for what?) in 2010 is about nothing more than Marc Dann buying time to figure out how to enrich himself with contributors’ money. In all, Dann spent more than $120k during his final days in office on a shopping spree at the Apple Store and trying to save his job. As further proof that Dann wasn’t “getting it” — even as the guillotine of his own stupidity was severing his political head — this ass flew in a state plane to Ohio’s major newspapers’ editorial boards on a PR campaign after admitting to buggering his scheduler.

Three out of the four Democrats elected to statewide office in 2006 are honorable public servants. Gov. Ted Strickland, Treasurer Richard Cordray, and Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner have shown integrity in office in many ways, chief among them not letting their positions go to their heads. Has there been one instance of largesse or insensitivity to the public’s trust from anyone other than Marc Dann? No.

And, he doesn’t learn. He’s still out there. He still has access to over $300k in campaign contributions – money I’m sure many contributors would like to have back. It’s going to be interesting to see how many more family vacations to San Francisco, trips to New York and Chicago, and – gag me – attorney general association conventions for which his contributors are fleeced.

Can someone stop this guy? Oh, wait – I think I hear Tom Charles.

Leo Jennings Update

There has been a mini-eruption in the Ohio blogosphere over the past couple of days over whether or not Jennings has gone to work for Progress Ohio. Apologist for the Irrelevant Ken Blackwell, NaugBlog, “broke” the story. Blogger Interrupted ran with the story and Plunderbund seemed to finish it.

But, wait … there’s more. Like a dog on a bone, Tim over at Blogger Interrupted fired two more salvos. LMAO

Oh, and then the Dispatch’s Daily Briefing weighed in with Progress Ohio saying yes, they hired him, briefly, but regretted it. The Dispatch’s entry also described Progress Ohio as a liberal think tank – yeah a think tank. Just like Brookings – right.