Ohio Child Support Chief Ordered Check In Joe The Plumber’s Record
She ordered it right after he was pushed into the public limelight, and she claims that it wasn’t political. Just standard operating procedure.
Ohio’s inspector general is investigating why a state agency director approved checking the state child-support computer system for information on “Joe the Plumber.”
Helen Jones-Kelly, director of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, confirmed today that she OK’d the check on Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher following the Oct. 15 presidential debate.
She said there were no political reasons for the check on the sudden presidential campaign fixture though the Support Enforcement Tracking System.
Amid questions from the media and others about “Joe the Plumber,” Jones-Kelley said she approved a check to determine if he was current on any ordered child-support payments.
Right. And there’s no way that information would have found its way into the grubby hands of some reporter looking for a way to discredit Joe.
