Simpson was forced to resign last week for not taking any action during a sexual harassment controversy involving other officials in the attorney general's office. The column offered the following description of Simpson:
His hiring decisions of certain management officials show he largely ignores sound political advice.
Edgar Simpson was a newspaper editor in Joplin, Mo., overseeing a staff of 40, before Dann hired him as his chief of administration and policy overseeing an office with about 1,400 employees.
Simpson also ran the newsroom at the Tribune Chronicle. At the Warren paper, Simpson supervised 21 staffers, including Dann’s wife, Alyssa Lenhoff.
When problems occurred at the office, Simpson didn’t know how to properly handle them, primarily because he had no idea how to run an operation that large. Simpson resigned last week rather than get fired.
It's not as if he was adept at running a newsroom either. Some of his management and personnel decisions were questionable at best.
ReplyDeleteAsk some of the reporters who used to work there.
I never thought I would say this ...
ReplyDeleteI love Ed Simpson.
Simpson's usual incompetence as part of this whole Dann fiasco and BHO's bitter comments are going to turn all of Ohio redder than Ed returning from a strenuous lunch break.
Who would've thought that Ed would help a Republican get elected president?