Ken Blackwell's campaign has been desperately trying to get some mileage out of an old story that Ted Strickland hired a staffer who had in the past been involved in sexual misconduct.
Surprise, surprise (those who live by the sword...) -- Now it has come back on Blackwell:
Candidate who blasted opponent for questionable employee turns out to have one in his past.
The Columbus Dispatch reports: In May 2002, about three months after leaving the treasurer's [Blackwell's] office, Toomer was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a girl, beginning in September 1994 when she was 7 and continuing until 2001.
In other words, Toomer's predation occurred whilst on Blackwell's staff. It would be nice if Blackwell's campaign learned some humility from this, but I imagine that is about as likely as Ed McMahon showing up on my doorstep tomorrow with that long-deserved pile of cash from Publisher's Clearing House.
In the meantime: Got some lunch money sitting around? Help Jennifer Brunner's
Secretary of State campaign.
Or help
Ted
Strickland.
In other Ohio governor's race news,
the suit against Strickland's residential qualifications has been dropped:
The northeast Ohio woman who filed a challenge of Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ted Strickland's eligibility to vote has asked to have the complaint dismissed, elections officials said.
The Columbiana County Board of Elections received a letter Tuesday from a lawyer for Jacquelyn Long, said elections director Lois Gall. She said she believes the matter is now closed, but that the elections board will discuss it Wednesday. It wasn't clear why the complaint was withdrawn, she said.