The Dann report

State Inspector General Thomas P. Charles today released the findings of a massive investigation of former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann. The Democrat, readers will recall, resigned in May after he admitted to having an affair with a subordinate and generally was found to have run the attorney general’s office into the ground.

The report, which can be found here along with a news story, contains some pretty funny nuggets. Well, funny and despicable. Dann used campaign funds as a “personal honey pot,” according to the report, with which “he used to pay his everyday living expenses.” He also hired a “coterie of young women known as the ‘Dannettes.’” The professionalism of some of the Dannettes was so lacking that “a project assistant in the office was assigned to conduct etiquette classes for them.” The Dannettes? Paging John Waters.

At the very least, give the executive summary a read. It sums up succinctly Dann’s now well-known penchant for mismanagement, cronyism and sleaziness.

Dann, fortunately, is gone. Newly-elected Democrat Richard Cordray soon will take over the office. He won’t have to do much to improve on Dann’s sorry, embarrassing performance.