Archive for the ‘Lieutenant Governor News’ Category

Nice week here at the State News Shot – things quieted down a bit – if you discount the whole thing about Ohio’s Democrat governor finally finding a temp for disgraced Democrat A.G. Marc Dann of course.  Nice coverage all over the U.S., and abroad – welcome Trinidad and Tobago readers, Kuwait readers, and new readers from the U.A.E.

With that in mind, we thought we’d do something a little different and unpack the top stories of each day from this week.  So, without further delay – we’ll start way back on Monday – do you remember Monday?

The top read on Monday was…who was reading on Monday – it was Memorial Day.

The tops on Tuesday was the story came from Washington State was all about the Democrat A.G. candidate John Ladenburg who’s challenging incumbent Republican A.G. Rob McKenna.  Apparently Ladenburg has some trouble with opening the doors, windows, and closets of state and local government so taxpayers can see everything that state and local leaders are doing, or trying to do either for the taxpayers, or in some cases to the taxpayers.  Oh, and there was the part about the Democrat majority leader in the Washington house saying she wouldn’t be endorsing Mr. Ladenburg based on his public statements on this issue.

Hump day was all about  about how Minnesota’s Democrat A.G. Lori Swanson fired a whistle blower in her office.  Nothing chills accountability and attempts at transparency like firing the whistle blowers.

Thursday brought back another familiar theme for state and local Democrats – that’s of yet another Democrat state and local official behaving badly.  This one involved the FBI descending on the home of a prominent Maryland Democrat state senator.  What were they looking for – the G-men don’t say – ever.  We predict a solid series of follow up stories on this one – rest assured.

Finally for Friday the favorite story is…well the history on that one is being written still – we’ll have to let you know next week.

Oh, and about Marc Dann – we kept stories about him out of the mix, but must be honest – the announcement of his official replacement was the top overall story – probably had something to do with our venting about accountability and responsibility as it relates to this embarrassing story for state and local Democrats.

Thanks for you attention – thanks for you tips – thanks for your support.

Ah, what a blissfully quiet week we’ve had here at the SNS. Had some nice steady traffic – visitors from 45 of 50 states this week. Shockingly – Wyoming fails to check in – we’re going to have to send one of our correspondents into the range to see if Wyoming has been swallowed into the Earth. The rest of the 50 represented very well, with particularly strong showings from New York, Texas, California, Ohio, and Florida.

What was their favorite part of the SNS? Well we can’t tell you every post, but we do know that a good number of our readers found the Dream Team to be an entertaining viewing experience. Though that number was eclipsed by the number of readers who received our breaking news alert on Ohio Democrat A.G. Marc Dann’s resignation, or were amused by the fact that an official State of Ohio pda (crackberry) turned up in somebody’s house who has no connection to anybody in state government it appears.

Finally, we had a sleeper this week with an immensely popular post about the secret grand jury being convened in New York to look into some political dirty tricks – since others have written about this, does that mean it’s no longer secret? Or did this secret somehow leak out of the AGs office in Albany?

Lastly, we’d like to welcome our most intriguing visitor of the week: the Democratic Leadership Council – you know, Harold Ford, Jr’s group. Nice to know the SNS continues to be a source of news for Republican activists and national Democrat organizations alike. Happy to be of service, though it is a strange combination.

So – keep the tips and insights coming. If we’re missing something – be it on another blog, a video, something funny you just have to share – let us know at tips@statenewsshot.com – and we’ll post it up for the rest of the class to see

Regardless of your political color – have a safe Memorial Day.

It had to happen sometime, the SNS has hit an all time low for state readership.  This past week only 45 of 50 states checked in – for that we apologize.  We imagine that some of our loyal readers in Alaska, Hawaii, Wyoming (shocking, right?), Mississippi, and Delaware may have been turned off by some of the things they read right here on the SNS.  For that we do apologize, but in our defense – we’re not the ones who are making some of the ludicrous news that so offends – we only report it – state and local Democrats are the ones making it.  All of that aside – here’s the roundup you’re waiting for:

Most popular post of the week:  Ohio Attorney General (now former) Marc Dann’s resignation after over a month of scandal.  Now all Ohio Democrats have to do is convince the press and public that they were just as blindsided by this mess as the rest of Ohio was…right.

Most popular post of the week runner up:  The background we dug up on Marc Dann’s hired gun from the Lone Star state who was brought in to shoot all the accusations down – looks like he ran out of bullets real quick.

Top referring blog of the week:  Ohio’s own Naugblog.  Sweet blog – thanks for the love.

Top keyword search:  “special prosecutor” and “flds”.  Guess they came upon the two bits on Harry Reid – must love the video!

Top keyword search runner up:  “marc dann” and “utovich” – with  searchers coming from Ohio, North Dakota, New York, and West Virginia.  Think they were looking for this?

Most surprising visitors:  Novi Beograd and Mahape.  Don’t know where those two places are – we’ll give you a hint – they’re a bit farther than Des Moines.

So it’s Friday, remember if you drink don’t drive, and if you drive, don’t drink – otherwise you’ll wind up like this guy.