I’ve already written several times about how maximum Obama campaign donor Helen Jones-Kelley okayed the use of state of Ohio computers to perpetrate a smear campaign on Joe the Plumber, as well as to help campaign actively for Obama on the state’s time. Now we find that (surprise surprise) Jones-Kelley wasn’t the only state of Ohio employee campaigning for Obama at the taxpayer’s expense.
Suspended agency director Helen Jones-Kelley isn’t the only Ohio government employee under investigation for allegedly dabbling in politics on state time.
Three employees of the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission are being investigated for possible violations of the federal law that prohibits engaging in political activity on government time or using official resources.
The employees work in the commission’s Bureau of Disability Determination, which rules on applications from Ohioans seeking Social Security disability benefits, said Steve Ostrander, a spokesman for the commission.
Ostrander would not name the employees, nor could he say which political campaign or campaigns they allegedly worked on while on duty.
Jones-Kelley, the director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, was placed on paid leave on Friday after e-mail messages showed that she had used state resources to raise money for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
The three Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission employees remain on duty pending an internal investigation, Ostrander said.
Their alleged misconduct was brought to light in early October by the federal Social Security Administration, which operates the computer system and funds the budget of the Bureau of Disability Determination. The federal agency has the ability to monitor employee e-mail messages.
Social Security Administration officials declined to answer questions today.
Although the employees work for the state, they’re subject to the federal Hatch Act, which forbids politicking with government resources or while on the clock.
Gee, I guess Governor Ted Strickland’s statement that their was there “is no evidence of any systematic, wide-spread abuse of government resources” was complete bullshit then huh?
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