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Helen Jones-Kelley resigns; had OK'd search of Joe the Plumber's records
Helen Jones-Kelley resigns; had OK'd search of Joe the Plumber's records
Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job & Family Services, made the decision tonight and has sent a letter of resignation to the governor.
UPDATED: Jones-Kelley quits, two others departing, over Joe the Plumber searches
blog.dispatch.com — Helen Jones-Kelley, the state official placed on unpaid leave for improperly accessing confidential information from state databases on (more) UPDATED: Jones-Kelley quits, two others departing, over ...
State official resigns over 'Joe the Plumber' affair
dispatch.com — Helen Jones-Kelley, the state official placed on unpaid leave for improperly accessing confidential information from state databases on "Joe the Plumber," has resigned. Two senior managers involved in the incident also are leaving, The Dispatch has ... (more) State official resigns over 'Joe the Plumber' affair
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“Joe The Plumber” Hacker Resigns From Office In Ohio
Pat Dollard | Young Americans — Apparently, she’s not “sorry” about what she did … but that it’s still ‘in the news’ and being hashed-out about what to do about her … Typical democrat. Cleveland Plain Dealer: State agency leader, 2 others leaving over record checks. Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, resigned last night near the end of a monthlong, unpaid suspension for mining state computers for confidential information on “Joe the Plumber.” ...

Ohio Snoop Helen Jones-Kelley Worries Her Name Is Going To Be Sullied
Gateway Pundit — ... Helen Jones-Kelley, the state agency director who authorized the infamous background search on Joe the Plumber, resigned on Wednesday. ...

SOB Alliance Blogger's Food Stamp Post Leads to Exposure of OH's New Middle-Class (and Above) Entitlement
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... stocks or belongings like cars. WHAT?! The policy change appears to be legal; the Toledo TV report includes an interview of a Lucas County official who claimed that the state has the legal flexibility to do this. But whose idea was this? Oh, you'll just looooooove the answer: ODJFS was run until late last year by Helen Jones-Kelley. Yeah, THAT Helen Jones-Kelley. Jones-Kelley was suspended without pay, and then resigned before her suspension expired, primarily because of the state record snooping she ...

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