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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." Two senior managers suspended for their roles in the scandal that ...
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Official who Searched Joe the Plumber's Private Info Resigns
Politics Daily — Filed under: Democrats, Barack Obama, ScandalVia The Columbus Dispatch: Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, resigned last night near the end of a month long, unpaid suspension for mining state computers for confidential information on "Joe the Plumber.' Two senior managers suspended for their roles in the scandal that spiced this year's presidential campaign are also leaving, The Dispatch has learned. Well, good. Ms. Jones-Kelley had no business poking around Joe's files simply because he'd become John McCain's favorite new campaign prop. Ohio Governor Ted ...

Snoopers Out of Jobs
A Blog For All — Helen Jones-Kelley, the head of the Ohio agency that snooped in Ohio computer records searching for dirt on Joe the Plumber has resigned after going on unpaid leave for a month. Two other managers were fired. Two senior managers suspended for their roles in the scandal that spiced this year's presidential campaign also are leaving, The Dispatch has learned. The administration fired Doug Thompson, deputy director of child support. Fred Williams, assistant agency director, resigned effective Jan. 31. The action came soon after the Republican-controlled General Assembly approved a ...

Two of Ohio's Joe the Plumber Snoops Quit While Another Is Fired
¡No Pasarán! — The Director of Ohio Jobs and Family Services Department resigned, as did an assistant, the ACFC informs us, while the Deputy Director of Child Support Enforcement was fired outright; all because of the improper use of state computer systems for attempting to 'dig dirt' on Joe the Plumber. Meanwhile, the state prosecutor is asking questions…

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