Ohio Has Their Own Little Vince Fumo 0
Vince would say she is a piker:
Gov. Ted Strickland placed Ohio Job & Family Services direc- tor Helen Jones- Kelley on paid leave late Friday for apparently vi olating state poli cies by using her state computer and e-mail ac count to help raise money and organize events for President-elect Barack Obama’s campaign.
Looking up Joe the Unlicensed Plumber on state time on a state computer may well be misconduct. So far, there seems to be no evidence that any improperly-obtained information about Joe the U. P. was used publically. I know that all the reports I heard and read about him indicated that the information about his lack of a plumbing license and his tax problems came from freely available public records.
Participating in personal political activity on the job–in this case, relaying names of potential donors to a campaign–though it is common, is just plain stupid, especially in a political climate in which the primary only political strategy in certain quarters is to demonize to opposition.
Work computers should be used for work.
Home computers are for all that other stuff.
