retaliation/harrassment for whistleblowing-county protected

in july i turned in friend of Administration and "one of their own" into fraud hotline for suspected theft,gross abuse/personal gain of baby supplies costing thousands of dollars to county. The person i named told people i turned her in and shortly after there were repeated "reports" of my absconding w/ county property from stockroom (I have managed/maintained stockroom for 3 1/2 years and last 2 evaluations were Very Good. My boss, Assist. Regional Admin, even said people were playing games but he took punitive actions towards me as his boss (friend and defender of person i turned in) demanded it--even tho i was cleared every time. I sent my claim/case to Human Resources requesting investigation and violation of County Code Section that protects whistle-blowers and asked for response in 30 days. 30 days is up and no response.
Fair Employment/labor said they cant take it since no racial/gender issues involved. Does HR not responding increase my case? Can i pursue damages and my request to get out of stockroom duties? I engaged in protected activity and was subsequently repeatedly falsely charged and punished with absconding with county property, and altho cleared every time, punished w/ punitive actions "for my own protection" which by no means protect me from these game-players/retaliators, and no repurcussions have been made to the game players that i know.