Ohio payday lending hearing draws crowd - Round the Rotunda by Aaron Marshall- cleveland. Scott Shaw/The Plain Dealer Cleveland Cavaliers Ben Wallace slams one by the Wizards Caron Butler, bottom, and Brendan Haywood in the first quarter of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference first round at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Monday, March 21, 2008. Real people - not the paid-to-be-here, fiddling-with-their-Blackberrys-crowd - flocked to the Statehouse Thursday for a committee hearing on a payday lending bill that would cap interest rates for the short-term, high-interest loans at 36 percent. While Republican House Speaker Jon Husted has said there is growing support for a rate cap in his caucus and 17 Democrats have called for a vote on the legislation, it still may have trouble clearing the committee. As news stories about the sexual ha rassment accusations against a top aide to Attor ney General Marc Dann pile up, the notion that the Democrat might step down in the coming weeks has gone from crazy talk to par lor game in Statehouse cir cles. Read More