Hijinks in Ohio's Eliot Spitzer's Office

I noted in today's WMD Blast, a story that I saw first over at The Point about a sexual harrassment complaint in the Attorney General's Office. In response to the story, Buckeye State Blog says:

"And while these charges are awfully damning against Gutierrez, they have little impact on the integrity of the office. As long as this complaint is handled properly, it should do little to tarnish the Attorney General."

Can you imagine Jerid making a statement like that during the last administration? No...me either.

More from Jerid:

If the Attorney General is engaged in an extramarrital affair with a staffer at the AG's office, the Dispatch should address that if they think it's a pertinent issue to state government and how he's handling his duties. What the Dispatch, and specifically James Nash and Alan Johnson should not do is pussyfoot around on the issue and make subtle allegations in their articles.

There is ZERO reason to talk about Jessica Utovich being in her PJ's unless they can prove something behind it. Otherwise it's just the Dispatch up to its old irresponsible tricks - out for blood. Once again, I'm not coming down one way or another on these rumors, I'm just saying the Dispatch needs to put up or shut up here - or wait to make these sort of veiled assertions until they've got the data and sources to back shit up. That's a lot more responsible, and respectful to all the parties involved, than how they're playing the game now.

This is cover fire...at least, that's the way I see it. Maybe Jerid has a different view of it, but when the guy running for attorney general says that he want's to be Ohio Eliot Spitzer, you really shouldn't be surprised when he delivers.

Jerid gets the last word:

And for the record, I think anyone engaging in extramarrital affairs inside of an office environment is a dangerous business. Forget all the damn morality arguments, it's just a dangerous situation that raises questions of merit based hiring, promotion, inter-office favoritism, and human resources disclosure. If you're sleeping with someone, you probably shouldn't be their supervisor.