RH Jones: AG Dann should not resign

From RH Jones, May 2, 2008

Subject: Attny. Gen. Marc Dann should NOT resign or be fired!

To all:

Marc Dann has not resigned his office as Ohio Attorney General – yet! Or has he been fired. Explanation: If true, a TV program this noon (05/02/08) showed him confessing to the public for having an affair with an adult female. As you know, Dann is married. And he has apologized to his wife, family and friends. Again, if true, he should not voluntarily resign or be fired! This alleged affair should not affect his performance of his duties. My reasoning:

1. He has proven to be extremely capable in fulfilling his responsibilities as Ohio Attorney General.

2. He is competent to the extreme and has shown to, since taking office, to be very effective of guarding the public’s interests.

3. Since this involves consenting adults, those citizens of Africa, Asia, and Europe would regard this as a private matter. To them this would not be the public’s business.

4. It did not take place at the expense of the public.

5. Marc Dann is not God, the Pope, a priest, a preacher, or a rabbi and should not be held to their standards.

6. While all of us are subject to human imperfections, Marc Dann is also human. Note: Not being perfect, however, he has not broken a civil law.

It is my opinion, as a church-going American, an Ohioan, a multi-union member, voter and retired Ohio teacher, that this man should be retained in office. His service to Ohio has been too valuable for him to be let go. I urge everyone to support this great attorney general. We worked too hard to get him elected to have such a private matter remove him from doing the job that we voted to have him do. His continued talents as attorney general should be used to serve out his term. He has helped and is the one to continue to clean up the mess left by the last Ohio administration that was proven guilty of breaking civil law.

Robert Hudson Jones, an Ohio citizen