Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason hires lawyer who gave his sister a high-paying state job

With Henry J. Gomez / Plain Dealer Reporter

CLEVELAND,Ohio -- Michael Dolan, who hired the sister of Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason while serving as director of the Ohio Lottery Commission, now has a spot on Mason's payroll.

Mason hired the former Cleveland city councilman and fellow Democrat in May, three weeks after he lost a primary for a seat on the county's Domestic Relations Court. Dolan's job as a civil lawyer pays $65,000 a year.

Dolan ran the state lottery from March 2007 to August 2009. Two months after starting that job, he hired Mason's sister, Peggy Mason Bodach, as a policy analyst at $79,289 a year.