Posted on 11/20/2008 1:43:03 PM PST by DogBarkTree
COLUMBUS -- Ohio Department of Job and Family Services Director Helen Jones-Kelley improperly allowed employees to look at Joe the Plumber's confidential state records with "no legitimate agency function," a state investigation concluded.
That's the bottom line from a 48-page report released by Ohio Inspector General Tom Charles today. The report calls Jones-Kelley's authorization "improper" and says that she has committed "a wrongful act" by allowing underlings to search databases for information on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, a Toledo plumber who was thrust into the spotlight of the 2008 presidential election after he asked a tax policy question of Democratic nominee Barack Obama.
The report calls her rationale that the agency often searches databases for those thrust into the public spotlight "unpersuasive." It says that two former agency directors contradicted Jones-Kelley's claim that such searches are done on newfound celebrities. It concludes that there was "no legitimate agency function or purpose" but does not find that it was politically motivated.
The report also states that Jones-Kelley, who gave $2,500 to the Obama campaign, sent four e-mails through her state account in which she provided lists of names of potential contributors to the Obama campaign. It states that such an act violates the governor's policy against political activity and constitutes a "wrongful act" by Jones-Kelley.
The report recommends that ODJFS establish written guidelines that identify procedures for queries done on high-profile individuals. It refers the investigation to the Franklin County prosecutor's office for "review and consideration."
Strickland placed Jones-Kelley on paid administrative leave after e-mails released to the media showed that she had provided possible contributor names to the Obama campaign on state time.
So did the governor announce her termination or are they criminally prosecuting her? And don’t forget to write that check to the citizen who’s records were made public.
Sue, Joe Sue!
ONLY IMPROPER???? Wow.....the left has NO standards for THEMSELVES.
OOoohhh!!! Paid administrative leave. That’ll leave a mark. Sorta like double secret probation.
LOL, what motivated it then?????? I am glad they at least honestly found what she did was improper, but the ONLY reasonable motivation for such act was for political purposes.
“but does not find that it was politically motivated.”
That excuse is as pathetic as Jones-Kelly’s...
Ron Obrien is the prosecuter and I think he might charge her. He recently filed charges for voter registration fraud:
http://www.610wtvn.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=268656&article=4609767
and by the number of charges, it doesn’t look like it is going to be a slap on the wrist.
>OOoohhh!!! Paid administrative leave. That’ll leave a mark. Sorta like double secret probation.
Yeah, I mean what are you going to do with all that extra time and money?
I could use some of that paid leave. Where can I sign up?
It appears you are in Ohio, what are the odds of the prosecutor getting a decent jury?
The concept is based upon due process. Govermental workers are deemed to be entitled to their jobs unless thay have due process or are laid off.
Don't bark back at me. I don't write the rules, I just report them on the internet.
Now that the investigation is over, she should be fired.
“does not find that it was politically motivated.”
I want her home computer’s hard drive, and all her phone records examined to see if she called any of Obamort’s minions!
Our local paper published a cartoon making fun of the “insignificance” of Joe and the “exalted position” of “The One” right after the election. I wrote a letter to the editor, but don’t look for it to be published. I asked them if the were now “coming after Joe” like the rest of the MSM had done.
Can you fire an Affirmative Action hire? Not likely.
I seldom bark anymore. Yes, I understand how the system works (or at least the theory) but too often no action is taken. It's just allowed to quietly die down with no consequences.
OOoohhh!!! Paid administrative leave. That’ll leave a mark. Sorta like double secret probation
Sounds like a vacation to me.
They (Obama minions) likely called HER!
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