On Nov 11, 7:40=A0pm, Deadrat <a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Greegor <Greego...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote
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> > Strickland can't FIRE this woman for partisan reasons?
> > She's on PIAID leave??
> > Fire her ass!
>
> >http://www.onenewsnow.com/Blog/Default.aspx?id=3D315226
>
> > Plumbergate Continues
> > Here's an interesting news note from The Columbus Dispatch which you
> > may have missed. =A0It seems that the director of the Department of
Job
> > and Family Services, Helen Jones-Kelley, has been put on paid leave
> > for "possibly using a state computer and e-mail account for political
> > fund-raising." =A0 It seems that Plumbergate, aptly named by my fellow
> > blogger Marcia Segelstein, is not over yet.
DR > Of course, if you read further, you'll find that the director has
been
DR > placed on leave for using state computer resources for personal
reasons,
DR > namely furthering her private political interests. =A0This has
nothing to do
DR > with Joe the Plumber.
Actually it DOES have something to do with the
Joe The Plumber fiasco, it reveals that she
was fanatical about her political beliefs and
willing to cross ethical and professional
boundaries to further them.
> > As you know, Jones-Kelley not only checked the state child-sup****t
> > computers for information on Mr. Wurzelbacher, but state computers
> > were also used to determine whether he was receiving welfare
> > assistance or if he owed unemployment compensation taxes. =A0Further,
> > computers at the Bureau of Motor Vehicles were also investigated for
> > information on Wurzelbacher. =A0However, according to the news article
=
I
> > linked to above, conducting an illegal search to obtain confidential
> > information on "Joe the Plumber" =A0was not the only trick
Jones-Kelley
> > had up her sleeve during the campaign season.
> Of course, when someone professes to have access to resources (as in
> claiming he's about to buy a company that nets over $250K), the state
has
> an interest in finding out whether some of those resources might better
b=
e
> used to pay off any obligations he owes the state. =A0Especially when
tha=
t
> someone actually owes back taxes. =A0None of the private information on
J=
oe
> the Plumber was released to the pubilc.
For purposes of privacy laws, handing human services info over
to the Obama campaign and the DNC is a violation,
especially for a human services agency.
You overlooked that the person who does these
searches has never done ""Famous Person Searches""
ever before. You also overlooked how they wanted
her to ""fall on her own sword"" to cover up for the
agency director.
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