State official is put on leave
The governor placed an agency director on paid administrative leave, saying a state computer or state e-mail account may have been used to assist in political fundraising.
Helen Jones-Kelley, director of the department of job and family services, had been questioned over records checks made on “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher during the presidential campaign. But a spokesman for Gov. Ted Strickland, a Democrat, said that was not the reason she was put on leave.
Jones-Kelley could not be reached for comment.
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