~~ Buckeye Bureau Chief Gerry Manders says real newspapers around he state are having a field day with the Depraved DemocRAT Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann’s “Pajama-gate” Scandal. The Cleveland Pain Dealer is all over the story. According to the Youngstown Vindicator, Dann’s office is circling the wagons. Dayton Daily News reports Gayvenor Strickland says he would conduct the investigation into sexual harassment accusations against a top aide to Attorney General Marc Dann differently. The Columbus Dispatch says Dann brushed off any suggestion yesterday that he might resign as a result of sexual-harassment allegations bedeviling his office, saying the notion of stepping down “has never crossed my mind.”

~~ At Wednesday’s Political Insiders Lunch, Real Republicans asked Beloved Whistleblower Publisher Charles Foster Kane why isn’t the Fishwrap investigating and reporting on such a big story? Besides the current sexual harassment scandal, many other decisions by Marc Dann have been questioned. It seems he likes to reward his questionable Youngstown , Ohio / Mahoning Valley pals with cushy state jobs. Allow The Blower to give you a few examples of Dann's cronyism.

~~ Dann was forced to fire Elrico Alli, Ohio Director of Law Enforcement Operations, a former sergeant with the Youngstown police department in April, 2007 after it was revealed that Alli was secretly and simultaneously drawing two large salaries, one from the State and one from the Youngstown police department.

~~ Dann's driver, David Nelson, had to be fired for failing to disclose a manslaughter conviction.

~~ Dann hired Ed Simpson as his Chief of Staff at the Attorney General's office even though Simpson has no legal experience. But Simpson had once worked with Dann's wife at the Warren Tribune Chronicle.

~~ Dann hired Steve Lamantia as superintendent of the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation even though Lamantia's management skills were the subject of a scathing highly critical report by the Ohio Association of Chiefs of Police.

~~ Dann hired Brian Laliberte as deputy first assistant attorney general after Laliberte did some work with Dann's Youngstown law office. Lalibert resigned in January of 2008.

~~ Dann hired Ruth Wilkes, who is engaged to Dann's crony and political adviser Michael Harshman.

~~ Others questionable Dann hirings are Mahoning Valley crony and labor leader James Kastor, Dann's law firm office assistant Sarah Twyford, pal Christopher Geinder, who worked with Dann's wife at the Tribune Chronicle and three workers from Dann's 2006 campaign.

~~ Dann purchased at state expense a luxury $40,000 SUV with heated leather seats from a Warren , Ohio car dealer who was a Dann campaign contributor.

~~ Dann is from the same area as former U.S. Representative James Traficant, the one of the terrible wig infamy. Traficant is now serving time in federal prison for corruption.

~~ Manders also found a really feisty quote in the Pain Dealer by Dr. Michael Roizen, the nationally known author and wellness expert at the Cleveland Clinic, who criticized Gayvenor Strickland for his decision to raid the tobacco settlement fund at the expense of smoking cessation efforts: “And guess, what? Our stupid governor! He either is stupid or he has very bad advisers,” Roizen said during the question-and-answer portion of a speech Wednesday night Case Western Reserve University .

~~ Whistleblower Senior National Political Analyst Britt Humus says, according to Tom Shales in the Washington Post, the Clear loser in Wednesday night’s DemocRAT Debate Debacle was ABC: “It was another step downward for network news -- in particular ABC News, which hosted the debate from Philadelphia and whose usually dependable anchors, Charlie Gibson and George Stephanopoulos, turned in shoddy, despicable performances.” And we thought we were the only ones who noticed.

~~ Sharpen the hypodermic needles. The Supreme Court says it is not cruel or unusual punishment to use injections to end the free-time in the state pen of 182 men, 2 woman (97 African American men; 77 Caucasian men; 4 Hispanic men; 2 Native Americans; 2 Arab Americans; 2 Caucasian female) on death row in Ohio .

~~ Maupin Mania continues in Southwest Ohio . Over at the Fishwrap, with only 232 more days till the November Elections, Huggable Howard reports our Fallen Hero’s parents are on their way to the Pentagon to see if That Lying Plagiarizing Meddling Overblown Tax-and-Spend RINO Bitch Mean Jean “Hoffman” Schmidt can arrange a public hanging for their son’s killers at that dignified, private funeral services being planned at Great American Ball Park later this month, where Maupin County police officials are still guessing Rob “Fighting Furiously for Failed Legacies” Portman’s chances of getting President Bush to fly in to deliver the eulogy at anywhere between 5 and 90 percent (yesterday it was only 8%).

~~ Meanwhile, our Clermont County Criticizer wonders if over-taxed payers are still June Creager-Mason’s salary, since the Director of the Maupin County Convention and Visitors Bureau is spending so much time at the Maupins’ Yellow Ribbon Center these days.

~~ And how about Wednesday night’s big meeting of the Clermont County Crooked Cronies? You’d think with all their scandals somebody other than Crony-in-Chief Tim Rudd would at least be nominated to lead the Cronies to a new era of corruption.

~~ Debra from Anderson wonders why is it that any time polygamy makes the news, is this different, or worse than one deadbeat dad with a bunch babies and their mamas scattered all over town?

~~ Wilbur from Warren County is wondering if jailers can tell us the mechanics of how Michael Veillette managed to hang himself by tying a sheet to a towel rack which was attached to a desk. Was this a contortionist suicide?

~~ And when “Cincy,” the so-called magazine for business professionals, ranked the suburbs, didn’t they realize Mt. Adams , Hyde Park, and Mt. Lookout are part of Cincinnati and are not suburbs. Or, perhaps, those business professionals who voted don’t know any better.

~~ The Metropolitan Sewer District of Greater Cincinnati (MSD), those secretive folks who dump raw sewage into our waterways and our drinking water sources, were ordered by a federal judge to pay $1.2 million dollars in penalties because of their actions. This took place on 6/24/04, as part of the ongoing consent decree. Of course, MSD doesn't pay anything. It was the over-taxed payers who had to pay the monetary penalties.

~~ And with all the crying about needing more police in Cincinnati , why were not one but two Cincinnati police officers running radar at 1:30 in the afternoon on eastbound I-74 at the Ohio state line. That would be roughly 16 miles from the Cincinnati city limits. Maybe they are working traffic detail on some sweet OT grant or maybe Cincinnati is trying to increase their population numbers by annexing the western townships.

~~ There are four official large-group locations in the entire State of Ohio housing released sex offenders. Three out of the four are located in southwest Ohio . Anyone want to guess the reason for that?

~~ And did you know that Indian Hill has a sex offender? Ruben Patterson, NBA player lives at 9775 Cunningham Road and is registered as a sex offender for forcing his children’s nanny to do the oral thing on him. Hey, the guy lives right near Channel 9’s Dennis Janson, what’s up with that?

~~ Finally, why are people surprised by McMason teachers indulging in illegal sex and drug use? Under Superintendent Kevin Bright, it's a way of life in the school district. This past July 20, 2007 McMason teachers Dan Little, 25, and Russell Fallon, 29, (shown at right) were caught in the Hampton Inn hotel in Covington, Kentucky in a hotel room sex and drugs party. Marijuana was found in the room and Fallon had a bag of drugs, possibly cocaine or heroin, in his possession. Teacher Dan Little was cited by police. After the charges, both men taught for a week at a football camp for McMason students. Fallon was fired, but Little, who is the son-in-law of another McMason teacher and is better connected, was only stripped of his assistant wrestling coaching duties. Today he remains a science teacher in McMason, drawing full pay, and Superintendent Kevin Bright is now rewarding him with extra pay duties, such as coordinator of the science fair. Mason parents, protect your children!

~~ The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld Kentucky 's use of lethal injection as a means of executing prisoners, and Kenton County Commonwealth Attorney E. Rob Sanders says he and his assistant prosecutors were high-fiving all over the office.

~~ Local Kneepad Liberals say when Goofus called Obama a “Boy,” it probably didn't hit the national news because the Goofster is such an insignificant Congressman, nationally, that no one pays any attention to him! Half the time he doesn't even get around to answering letters from his my constituents.

~~ Goof Doofus may have called a spade a spade, but don' t hold it against him. Check out the racial makeup of his district some time. He's already lost the minority vote, all 2% of them. Half the Democratic hillbillies will like him more!

~~ The League of Women Vipers says today the Official Whistleblower Bluegrass Primary Election Countdown Calendar says there are only 32 more days until the Bluegrass primary elections. Does anybody have some No-doz?

~~ Ken CamBoo says Patsy Crowley will have Governor Steve Beshear on that station between Channel 19 and 5 to talk about his successes in the just past legislative secession. The Governor will discuss his legislative successes which Patsy helped him move through the legislature, these include Casino Gambling, Pension Reform, Ethics Reform, and Tax Increases. Oh, you say none of that happened? Patsy has a lot of pre written articles for 2009.

~~ Billy Bob the Bailiff thinks that some of the Blower's snitches must be scofflaws because the only people that would ever want a lunatic liberal child-molester representing public defender attorney like Mary Rahahafeezadeeeh as a judge, are convicted felons and those that are soon to be convicted felons!

~~ Steve “I’m 5’0, Not 4’11” Megerle is having a hard time getting locations for his campaign signs in Covington . He's got a large sign on a state owned lot on 12th Street and another in the yard of a slumlord on Fifth Street . At that site, Ken Easterling has a campaign sign nailed to a street tree on the public sidewalk in front of that apartment building. That pisses the neighborhood owner-occupants off and they all vote. Neighbors guarantee that they're voting against both midgets.

~~ One of Steve’s neighbors wonders where he's doing his speeding. The residents of his street hate him for his high speed runs. Remember, he's an attorney and a big shot city commissioner. If he gets a few more tickets, he won't have to worry about them repossessing his foreign vehicle again.

~~ As for the Evil Dwarf, Rudy Redneck says, “I'd take his yard sign! Then I'd draw a red circle with a slash thru it.” It’s hard to believe anyone could generate that much negative feeling in such a short time. He's outdone little Alex Edmonson already! Everyone in Covington is practicing the Whistleblower Motto of holding the little guy down.

This week, everybody who thinks the tax code would be a lot simpler if over-paid Congressmen were forced to fill out every one of their constituents' tax forms for free, e-mailed his entry to the Whistleblower Limerick Contest.

The winner is noted anti-taxer Scofflaw Tadwell, who says, “Why should you send your hard-earned money to the government, they’ll only spend it.” Scofflaw wins a handy list of 1,001 sure-fire deductions the IRS never disputes, a box of bogus receipts for charitable contributions, and the name of a good tax attorney, in case it doesn’t work. His winning limerick is: