Assailin' Palin: Governor Flooded With Ethics Complaints

[babylonsister]

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin receives deluge of ethics complaints
By ANDY BARR | 5/3/09 3:47 PM EDT


Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s life has changed in a myriad of ways since she became the Republican vice presidential nominee last August, but one aspect of her newfound fame has been more bracing than the others: Since entering the national spotlight, Palin has been inundated by ethics complaints, most of them filed against her after she agreed to become Sen. John McCain’s running mate.

The complaints run the gamut, ranging from the governor’s use of state funds and staff to the workings of her political action committee and even to a jacket she wore to a snow machine race involving her husband.

It’s difficult to pinpoint exactly how many complaints have been filed because the state doesn’t keep count and the complaints are kept confidential by the attorney general’s office unless the state moves forward with a public accusation of wrongdoing. But in total there have been more than a dozen, and most of those have surfaced in the last seven months.

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“The number of complaints is a function of the misconduct of Governor Palin, Todd Palin and certain state workers,” said self-described government watchdog Andrée McLeod, who has filed four complaints alone. “Governor Palin constantly blurs the lines between her personal and political interests and the interests of Alaska and Alaskans. Alaskans are fed up and are finally doing something about it.”

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[BlooInBloo]

1. "the state doesn’t keep count" - Get the fuck out.

:rofl:

[BOSSHOG]

2. bobby jindal has handled this quite nicely in Louisiana

By gubernatorial fiat everyone in state government must be open and ethical except those who work in the Governor's Office. Really!! However, its starting to piss off some editorialists in the Pelican State.

[babylonsister]

3. Two different standards from a rethug-whodathunkit? nt

[katanalori]

4. and more complaints to follow..........

ADN article has some good advice for our Governor.
by Paul Jenkins (published in Alaska Daily News)

Once in a while, usually in the smarmy he-said, she-said fallout from the latest trailer park theatrics, I am left to wonder whether the governor's office has lost its collective mind.
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In the face of all that, what does she do? Does Palin loose ankle-biter Meghan Stapleton at SarahPac to joust with "opponents" while she retains her dignity as governor and potential president?

Not a chance.

Somebody decides to beef about the SarahPac ethics complaint on an official state Web site. That is your Web site and mine. It belongs to all Alaskans. We pay for it. It is more than a little disturbing that her office, apparently swept up in some kind of vengeful tizzy, would bring to bear state resources to castigate, harangue, insult and accuse individual citizens who make legal complaints.

I'm no lawyer, but state law seems pretty clear: "A public officer may not ... use state time, property, equipment, or other facilities to benefit personal or financial interests. ..." Without much doubt, state time, property, equipment and other facilities were used to toss that hissy.

This much is clear: Politically, things are changing for Palin. The cookies are not working anymore. There are signs of frustration and anger. Writers, pundits and broadcasters see her as the gift that keeps on giving.


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