Posted on 11/14/2008 2:10:12 PM PST by Sub-Driver
Joe the Plumber case still dripping
Half-dozen agencies access records of Ohio man
By Dennis J. Willard Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Friday, Nov 14, 2008
The election is over, but the Joe the Plumber case is not.
Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles said his office is now looking at a half-dozen agencies that accessed state records on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher.
The Beacon Journal has learned that, in addition to the Department of Job and Family Services, two other state offices — the Ohio Department of Taxation and Ohio Attorney General Nancy Rogers — conducted database searches of Joe the Plumber.
Wurzelbacher became an instant celebrity after he asked Barack Obama a series of questions in his Toledo driveway about the Democrat's tax policies.
In the third debate between Obama and Republican John McCain on Oct. 15, the candidates referred to Joe the Plumber more than 20 times.
The next day, the taxation department conducted two separate searches of a database of liens for unpaid taxes that were certified to the Ohio Attorney General's Office for collection.
John Kohlstrand, a taxation department spokesman, said he is prohibited from talking about individual taxpayers, but he confirmed that the databases were checked.
The searches were done to determine whether a lien placed against the individual was appropriate and whether it remained unpaid or not, Kohlstrand said.
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Satan’s minions inherently recognize a threat sent by their enemy.
The Brownshirts are coming for you, too.
Look for this to happen against every vocal Obama critic in the blogosphere starting ASAP
If you’re unemployed, move to Ohio. I think there’s about to be many openings there!
the chicago thugs and their allies did a job on joe.
serious, how tough would it be for those guys to do an ip address check on all Freepers. Then do a background check on back taxes or anything else they can do.
In the Soviet Union people were sent to gulags for decades for daring to question Stalin. Joe should be happy that hasn’t happened .....yet.
I’d post but I live in Ohio.
The children of Hitler were out hunting for anything they could find hopefully they will go to jail as one of us would if we did this to them.
Anyone who speaks ill of the chosen one must be crushed.
winning the election wasnt enough, so now they gotta go for the jugular on some regular guy in ohio? pathetic.
It sounds a lot like what Stalin’s guys would do.
The Obama people are just being pro-active, so no one tries to embarrass The One in 2012 when he runs for re-election. By 2016 it won’t be necessary because he’ll have become President for Life like his heroes in other countries.
Poster #7 raises a VERY scary and realistic scenario!
Nifongism. It’s not just for convicting lacrosse players anymore.
All of these searches came up before the election when Joe dared to make eye contact with and even question the One. Right now are the investigations for misuse of state databases and computers for political purposes. At least one person is on leave (unfortunately with pay) for now.
I'm pleased that at least it hasn't been buried entirely yet.
The authorities are checking their party affiliation as we speak. If Democrat, no harm no foul. If Republican, into the Dark Hole of Calcutta with them.
As do I. I was solicited at a local Akron Beacon Journal subscription kiosk(. It’s a hyper liberal, dying NYT wannabe ).I told them to tell their marketing people that I’d make a deal :I’d subscribe when they have a competing newspaper in town with a different political perspective.
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