Dann is going to help wife sell fiestaware over the internetThursday, May 15, 2008
By David SkolnickConfidant: Dann is going to help his wife sell dinnerware over the Internet.YOUNGSTOWN — During his inaugural address as attorney general Jan. 8, 2007, Marc Dann said he would work to “help restore the public’s trust in our government.”
With his honesty and integrity in question, Dann resigned Wednesday facing a political scandal in his office and possible impeachment.
Republicans and his fellow Democrats called for Dann’s resignation after a May 2 internal attorney general investigation described the office as filled with cronyism, poor management and lacking proper oversight.
Dann refused to step down.
“He was struggling with the reality of the situation,” said Subodh Chandra, a Cleveland lawyer who lost the 2006 Democratic primary for attorney general to Dann.
Dann said he could move past the scandals in his office and be effective. But reality finally set in.
“My conduct has caused the creation of a firestorm of negative publicity that has reached a point where it is preventing the great professionals in the office from doing their important work,” Dann wrote in his resignation letter to Gov. Ted Strickland, who had demanded he quit or be impeached.
“The only way I can ensure that the great work in the office can continue is to take responsibility by resigning,” he added.
So what’s Dann going to do now that he’s no longer attorney general?
He’s going to work for his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff Dann, who sells Fiestaware on the Internet as a side job, said Mike Harshman, Dann’s attorney and a confidant.
Harshman said Dann told that to an attorney general office staffer as he left the office Wednesday. It was a light-hearted comment, but a truthful one, Harshman said.
There are false rumors that Dann is going to work for a Cleveland law firm, Harshman said.
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