Palin's ethics woes may not be over

[Chris]

The ethics woes for Palin may not be over.

At the same time that lawmakers on Friday were hearing Branchflower review his findings, a state Superior Court judge ordered Palin to preserve e-mails, dating back to the time she took office, that she sent and received on her private Yahoo account. That order came in response to an Oct. 2 lawsuit filed by a former Palin supporter who believes the governor and her husband have been using private e-mail accounts to keep their activities out of the public eye, in violation of state public-records laws and standard public information practices.

“Nobody in their right mind would ever think of using a private e-mail address to conduct state business consistently,” says the plaintiff, Anchorage activist Andree McLeod, a Republican who says she has become disenchanted with the governor.

Ms. McLeod says she does not know how many private e-mails contain government-related information. “What I do know is a secret government is a corrupt government,” she says.

Post ‘troopergate,’ Palin still popular in Alaska, just not as much | csmonitor.com

 

[jreeves]

The ethics woes for Palin may not be over.

At the same time that lawmakers on Friday were hearing Branchflower review his findings, a state Superior Court judge ordered Palin to preserve e-mails, dating back to the time she took office, that she sent and received on her private Yahoo account. That order came in response to an Oct. 2 lawsuit filed by a former Palin supporter who believes the governor and her husband have been using private e-mail accounts to keep their activities out of the public eye, in violation of state public-records laws and standard public information practices.

“Nobody in their right mind would ever think of using a private e-mail address to conduct state business consistently,” says the plaintiff, Anchorage activist Andree McLeod, a Republican who says she has become disenchanted with the governor.

Ms. McLeod says she does not know how many private e-mails contain government-related information. “What I do know is a secret government is a corrupt government,” she says.

Post ‘troopergate,’ Palin still popular in Alaska, just not as much | csmonitor.com

Anytime Kirk responds with a Christian Science Monitor article, you know the well has dried up....

 

[Chris]

Anytime Kirk responds with a Christian Science Monitor article, you know the well has dried up....

Weren't you the one that said Palin did not violate any laws in Troopergate?

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Weren't you the one that said Palin did not violate any laws in Troopergate?

The odd thing is that no one has been able to cite the specific law that she broke.

 

[Red Dawn]

The odd thing is that no one has been able to cite the specific law that she broke.

Branchflower Report, FINDING ONE:

I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.11(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides:

"The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust"

--State Prosecutor Steven Branchflower

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Branchflower Report, FINDING ONE:

See, Kirk never would have done that.

 

[Jon]

Look at me. I'm Kirk. I'm posting something that's been posted twice already!

 

[Chris]

See, Kirk never would have done that.

Sorry, I was busy working.

 

[del]

Sorry, I was busy working.

can i have fries with that, please?

 

[Missourian]

Branchflower Report, FINDING ONE:

From this article: Panel: Palin abused power in trooper case

"The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action. Watch what led to investigation »

The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."

"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.

Any abuse of power, they said, was on the part of the Legislative Council members, not the Palins.

"Sen. French and Sen. Green may have abused their government power by using public money to pursue a personal vendetta against the Governor, and then agreeing to pursue the PSEA attack against an administration that would not cave in to outrageous union demands."

"Put bluntly, Branchflower completely misapplied the Ethics Act and has instead sought to create a headline to smear the Governor," the lawyers wrote."

 

[Chris]

From this article: Panel: Palin abused power in trooper case

"The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action. Watch what led to investigation »

The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."

"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.

Any abuse of power, they said, was on the part of the Legislative Council members, not the Palins.

"Sen. French and Sen. Green may have abused their government power by using public money to pursue a personal vendetta against the Governor, and then agreeing to pursue the PSEA attack against an administration that would not cave in to outrageous union demands."

"Put bluntly, Branchflower completely misapplied the Ethics Act and has instead sought to create a headline to smear the Governor," the lawyers wrote."

To put it bluntly, Palin's lawyer is lying.

The statute reads that the ethics act can be applied if there is "personal or financial gain." Palin used the power of her office for a personal vendetta.

Imagine what she would do if she was president.

 

[Yurt]

To put it bluntly, Palin's lawyer is lying.

The statute reads that the ethics act can be applied if there is "personal or financial gain." Palin used the power of her office for a personal vendetta.

Imagine what she would do if she was president.

bull....read the report...brainfart said she and her husband were rightly frustrated because of alaska confidentiality laws and even brainfart admits the laws need to be changed to others will not be as frustrated as the palins....when properly complaining about a troopers behavior

fact - she did not use official action to get the trooper fired....are you denying her and her husband the right to make complaints just as any other citizen can?

 

[Chris]

bull....read the report...brainfart said she and her husband were rightly frustrated because of alaska confidentiality laws and even brainfart admits the laws need to be changed to others will not be as frustrated as the palins....when properly complaining about a troopers behavior

fact - she did not use official action to get the trooper fired....are you denying her and her husband the right to make complaints just as any other citizen can?

The trooper was punished for his behavior years ago.

After that a judge warned Palin to stop disparaging Wooten.

She used her office for a personal vendetta.

It's as simple as that.

 

[CrimsonWhite]

can i have fries with that, please?

And a hot apple pie.

 

[Yurt]

The trooper was punished for his behavior years ago.

After that a judge warned Palin to stop disparaging Wooten.

She used her office for a personal vendetta.

It's as simple as that.

so you would have her voice silenced merely because she is governor...how pathetic and unamerican

she idd not use her office for any advantage...i already showed you that...and you have not offered ANY evidence to show that she used any special means to voice her complaint...

 

[jreeves]

Weren't you the one that said Palin did not violate any laws in Troopergate?

No the report said that.....

 

[Ravi]

From this article: Panel: Palin abused power in trooper case

"The investigator's report states Palin's efforts to get Wooten fired broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action. Watch what led to investigation »

The lawyers representing both Sarah and Todd Palin issued a three-page attack on the investigative report, including the contention that Ethics Act violations can only involve financial motives and financial "potential gain, or the avoidance of a potential loss."

"Here, there is no accusation, no finding and no facts that money or financial gain to the Governor was involved in the decision to replace Monegan," the lawyers said.

Any abuse of power, they said, was on the part of the Legislative Council members, not the Palins.

"Sen. French and Sen. Green may have abused their government power by using public money to pursue a personal vendetta against the Governor, and then agreeing to pursue the PSEA attack against an administration that would not cave in to outrageous union demands."

"Put bluntly, Branchflower completely misapplied the Ethics Act and has instead sought to create a headline to smear the Governor," the lawyers wrote."

She picked a pretty bad lawyer is this is his defense. The ethics laws are a matter of public record.

 

[Chris]

No the report said that.....

No, the report said she violated the ethics law.

 

[del]

And a hot apple pie.

mmmm, forbidden hot apple pie.......

 

[Red Dawn]

so you would have her voice silenced merely because she is governor...how pathetic and unamerican

she idd not use her office for any advantage...i already showed you that...and you have not offered ANY evidence to show that she used any special means to voice her complaint...

Do you feel compelled to lie for poor Sarah, because you worship her?

Do you wish she were your Domintrax, so that you could lick her boots and get whipped by her?

This is really pathetic of you.

The State Prosecutor listed 20 different examples of when Todd or Sarah used the offical offices of the Alaska State Governor to pursue, harrass, or otherwise pressure civil servants to fire their ex-brother in law. The State prosecutor lays out the sworn testimony in clear fashion, and cites the Alaskan Ethics Law in detail, and how the Palin's actions violated the Exectutive Branch Ethics Act.

I'm quite sure you haven't read the report, otherwise you would know that.

In addition, Todd Palin was lying that they "feared" trooper Wooten. It was a personal vendetta, simple as that.

Listen, you Bush worshipping moron: It is not appropriate for the Governor of a State and her husband to use her official office to pursue vendettas against low level state employees. It is in fact, against the law. Do you think Arnold Schwarzenegger or Jeb Bush are using their offices to harrass and pursue low level correctional officers, or some low level state highway employee? NO, they're not. Because they know it would not only be stupid, vindictive, and childish...but, it would be against ethics laws.

There's a reason we don't allow Governors, or Presidents to use their office to pursue low level civil servant grunts. Its an abuse of their office. They are allowed to hold office, only as a public trust. They're aren't allowed to use the office to pursue personal vendettas, or for personal financial gains.

Every intelligent person can understand this. Only hyper partisan, Bush loving fools will deny it.

Moron.