http://www.cleveland.com/news/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/news/12296045468350.xml&coll=2 

By Reginald Fields and Aaron Marshall
Plain Dealer Bureau
December 18, 2008

Columbus - The state director who authorized the peek into the personal 
records of Joe the Plumber quit Wednesday under mounting political 
pressure.

Helen Jones-Kelley resigned as head of the Ohio Department of Job & 
Family Services while serving the final days of a 30-day unpaid 
suspension imposed last month by Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland.

"It is with sadness and clarity that I have decided to resign my 
position," Jones-Kelley said in a statement released by the governor's 
office.

"This decision comes after having a time of pause," she said, "in which 
I realize that I continue to be used as a political postscript, 
providing a distraction from urgent state priorities."

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