Yep, once again Ohio Democrat leaders, from the very top all the way down, drop the ball at a critical time of accountability for Ohio taxpayers.  When Governor Strickland selected Mrs. Rogers to be A.G. he admitted that he didn’t know everything about her.  And now, here we are again – with another Ohio A.G. having to tip toe through an ethical mine field that was created when somebody got the job without being properly vetted.  The good news is that this tye of vetting failure bodes well for whoever runs against Richard Cordray for A.G. in November – after all, he was handpicked by Governor Strickland – just like Marc Dann and Nancy Rogers.  From The Columbus Dispatch:

Attorney General Nancy H. Rogers’ husband is retiring from a law firm that does more than $1 million in business with Rogers’ office, but his resignation won’t necessarily end the conflict of interest.

Douglas L. Rogers, 61, is retiring effective July 31 from Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, one of Ohio’s largest law firms.

His resignation comes as the Ohio Ethics Commission prepares to sort through the web of relationships that followed Nancy Rogers into office. The Ethics Commission and attorney general’s office say they did not ask Douglas Rogers to step down from his partnership at the law firm.

Gov. Ted Strickland appointed Nancy Rogers, the 59-year-old Ohio State University law school dean, as attorney general May 28. She replaced the scandal-tarred Marc Dann and will serve until the results of the November election to replace the Democrat become official.

From the beginning, her husband’s position had the attorney general’s office bobbing and weaving to avoid potential conflicts.

Rogers removed herself from any decisions on awarding legal work to the Vorys law firm and also reassigned her top deputy, Thomas R. Winters, so that he likewise would have nothing to do with decisions regarding the firm. Winters worked for the law firm before Dann brought him to the attorney general’s office as his top assistant in early 2007.

The Ethics Commission’s director, backed by the panel’s leadership, said yesterday that Douglas Rogers’ retirement doesn’t change the potential for a conflict of interest since he will receive a retirement package from the law firm. The commission staff also endorsed the series of measures Nancy Rogers took to deal with the matter.

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