State senator Dann releases tax records, blasts GOP smear tactics

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State senator releases tax records, blasts GOP
Saturday, December 10, 2005

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Dann cast the delinquencies revealed in the records as regrettable but not unusual for the struggling owner of a small business. He contended that, unlike Gov. Bob Taft, Petro and Ohio Republican Chairman Bob Bennett, "I never abused the public trust or looted the public treasury."

"I have never violated the ethical standards of my office or of my profession - and I never will," he said.

He accused Republicans whom he has vocally attacked of orchestrating the release of his personal tax information through "contortion" of the public-records law. As evidence, he cited an Ohio Republican Party blog posting that quipped after an earlier tax lien hit the newspaper: "There's more where that came from."

Bennett fired back, dubbing Dann a "tax-evading, law-breaking divorce lawyer" who has not lived up to the high standards he "so piously sets for everyone else."...

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Article published Monday, December 5, 2005

Political pressure cooker heating up early for Ohio's 2006 races

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COLUMBUS - It's only December, but political tension is rising...

Marc Dann, a Democratic candidate for attorney general who eight months ago began to criticize the investment practices of the Bureau of Workers' Compensation, is under attack from the GOP for making a handful of late premium payments to the agency.

Welcome to Election 2006 in Ohio.

With Democrats hungry to win after years of futility and Re-publicans trying to change the topic away from the Tom Noe scandal plaguing Gov. Bob Taft, political attacks are increasing and the primary election is five months away...