Strickland Administration Continues to Unravel

New round of resignations amid scandal, dysfunctional management

(Columbus) - The Strickland administration added to its growing list of cabinet vacancies on Friday with the resignations of two top public safety officials amid reports of ethical misconduct and dysfunctional management.

The Columbus Dispatch notes, "The departures are the latest in a rapid-fire series of exits among Strickland's top administrators," including the head of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles, the state lottery director, the Ohio School Facilities Commission director, the state economic development director and the director of the state Job and Family Services Department.

"Gov. Strickland's administration is unraveling about as fast as Ohio's economy," said Ohio Republican Party Chairman Kevin DeWine. "It's no wonder we're not creating any jobs in this state when the governor spends all his time rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. It's becoming a Friday tradition for the governor's office to dump out its bad news before the weekend and hope Ohioans don't notice. With double-digit unemployment and 255,000 jobs lost in the past year, they're noticing."

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