Palin Ethics Complaint Dismissed By Alaska Board

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Another ethics complaint filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been dismissed.

The State Personnel Board on Wednesday dismissed the argument that Palin violated the Executive Branch Ethics Act in furthering her national political aspirations.

The complaint alleged that the governor used state staff to publish a press release announcing Palin as John McCain's running mate and that state resources were used for partisan political purposes.

The board, following the recommendation of an independent counsel, threw out the complaint for lack of merit.

The governor's office said it was the 13th ethics complaint filed against the governor or her staff that has been resolved with no finding of a violation of the state ethics law.

Bill McAllister, the governor's spokesman, said Palin was "grateful" the board took a "rational approach to these matters."

Comments

[mychagall]

12:59 PM on 05/30/2009

The State Personnel Board was selected by Palin herself. Are we expected to believe that this is not a clear conflict of interest or a highly unethical move? The job market in Alaska is extremely tenuous. I suspect that no one wants to cross her for fear of losing their jobs.

She is the most Mickey Mouse governor of all time. I'm glad I live in the lower 48.

[MacGregor57]

07:20 PM on 05/29/2009

So I'm led to believe that all Alaskans love Sarah again. Yeah, right.

[mychagall]

01:01 PM on 05/30/2009

That's a complete non-sequitor!

[TwoSpirits]

01:17 PM on 05/28/2009

She's become a circus sideshow. The amazing Teflon Governor.

[Squeglen]

10:49 AM on 05/28/2009

It is easy for complaints to be dimissed when the board is stacked with your friends that aren't qualified to be on it in the first place. Get real people, if this was someone else they would have been sitting in their home wondering why they were impeached by now. Let's remember also that the state only has 600 thousand people in it and they are spread throughout. Some probablly don't even have a t.v. to watch because they can't afford the electric bill. Oh that's right, Sarah took that out of the stimulus package.

What a mistake of a governor.

[starkcr31]

01:11 PM on 05/28/2009

If she was a liberal you would singing a different tune, I'm sure.

[Actongue]

10:54 AM on 05/29/2009

You are wrong

We (most)would not support someone like Palin no matter what side fo the spectrum she falls on

[mychagall]

01:28 PM on 05/30/2009

Hardly. She's too stupid to be a liberal. The liberals are the intelligensia of this country.and they know what newspapers they read.

[mychagall]

01:02 PM on 05/30/2009

Alaska is a Mickey Mouse state.

[C Michel Bibeau]

10:26 AM on 05/28/2009

As commented above..and bears repeating...by sjones66

"Yes, it is different. Democrats aren't going after her-- many of those complaints were filed by Republicans. And this is a lie. She was found guilty of several of the complaints, and made to pay money back to the state. You don't get asked to pay money back to the state if you haven't done anything wrong.

If there is a bias, it is on the part of the personnel board, who were appointed by her and many of whom she went to high school with. She has a very similar technique as W Bush, and it does not serve justice-- it serves her."

But then again, we live in a World where Conservatives will believe what they want to...
Even if Colbert tells them right in their faces....

[mychagall]

01:04 PM on 05/30/2009

Conservatives lack intellect and knowledge of the truth. They will believe whatever their churches preach, no matter how ridiculous.

[EmeraldWorld]

10:18 AM on 05/28/2009

So, I guess this means the Alaska Board is either scared of Palin, or the members are basically her b i tches. I'm betting the latter.

[Actongue]

11:32 AM on 05/29/2009

Ptenemunos That she had defend her on the Troopergate/tasergate also has ties with Palin going back to the Wasilla Sports Complex

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Public_Safety_Commissioner_dismissal

The Personnel Board hired Tim Petumenos, a registered Democrat who contributed to Palin's opponent for governor in 2006[131], as its investigator. In 2002, his firm handled the $15 million bond issue for Wasilla's hockey complex, a pet project of then-mayor Palin.[132]

[Scriobhaim]

09:33 AM on 05/28/2009

Of course another one has been dismissed. I'm waiting for the Alaskan justice department to go after the nut cases, the wild fringe left whackos obsessed with their feverish fantasies of proving that Sarah Palin is guilty for everything from the Holocaust to the Krakatoa explosion, and charge them with criminal abuse of the system and demand compensation from THEM for all the taxpayer costs they have incurred in their mindless pursuit of pure vindictiveness.

[starkcr31]

01:12 PM on 05/28/2009

lol

[mychagall]

01:07 PM on 05/30/2009

Scrobhaim,

You sound like your one of the brainwashed Palin robots. You dare to make this ignorant comment! Go back to grade school to finish your elementary education. Anyone who makes these types of comments could not have graduated grammar school, let alone high school. Defenders of the far right should grow up!

[trisha08]

09:13 AM on 05/28/2009

Seems that everyone in Alaksa is afraid of crossing Ms. P. What's the deal?

[Lilybart]

10:22 AM on 05/28/2009

alaska is really a small town and in small towns, you can be ruined by vindictive officials. See Trooper Wooten.

And the rest of them hope Palin gets to national office so they can ride along since she hires her high school friends for loyalty.

[UtahLady]

09:01 AM on 05/28/2009

That would be the Board to which she appointed the members -- yes? Why am I not surprised that they would support her . . .

[mychagall]

01:16 PM on 05/30/2009

Someone needs to file a petition and complaint against the board for conflict of interest.

[BabblingBrooks]

08:56 AM on 05/28/2009

One notes elsewhere on this page the complaint that the ethics complaints are costing the taxpayers! If worried about the cost, the partisan hacks filing the baseless complaints should simply stop filing the complaints! How simple is that?

[mychagall]

01:18 PM on 05/30/2009

BabblingBrooks,

I hardly think these complaints are baseless. My guess is there are dozens more that have been held back for one reason or another. No one should stop until she is impeached or recalled.

[jordan3189]

08:45 AM on 05/28/2009

Wow, another bogus charge dismissed.

[mychagall]

01:21 PM on 05/30/2009

By her friends. These charges are anything but bogus. If I were the governor, I would look to myself for answers as to why there are so many complaints against me. I could understand, one or two omplaints, but this many complaints from this many people is a very serious problem.

[t iessa]

08:08 AM on 05/28/2009

"The governor's office said it was the 13th ethics complaint filed against the governor or her staff that has been resolved with no finding of a violation of the state ethics law."

Surprise. Oh, well...politicians will be politicans. This is no different than the Republicans going after Democrats. I want a political party that cares more about this country than about itself. I'd like it before I die, too.

[sjones66]

08:32 AM on 05/28/2009

Yes, it is different. Democrats aren't going after her-- many of those comp[laints were filed by Republicans. And this is a lie. She was found guilty of several of the complaints, and made to pay money back t\o the state. You don't get asked to pay money back to the state if you haven't done anything wrong.

If there is a bias, it is on the part of the personnel board, who were appointed by her and many of whom she went to high school with. She has a very similar technique as W Bush, and it does not serve justice-- it serves her.

[starkcr31]

01:13 PM on 05/28/2009

So it's ok for tax cheats to be in the President's cabinet, but not in the Governor’s office. I see. Luckily there's no double standard here.

[hooklefty2]

01:57 PM on 05/28/2009

OK, Someone help me out here. When did ALL of the complaints get dismissed??
A few weeks ago it was two that were dismissed and several were pending.
And besides having a board made up of people that you can FIRE, handling
the complaints is really going to be impartial.....
Even though she claims vindication in the Monegan firing, that is not the case.
The state of Alaska is an "at will" state, which means anyone can be fired at anytime
for any reason. It is only because of this fact that the "impartial" board said she did nothing "wrong" in the firing. She does have the right to fire anyone she wants, this doesn't mean she acting appropriately. The bipartisian legislative board found that she did, in fact , abuse her authority in this matter, period.

[mychagall]

01:22 PM on 05/30/2009

t jessa,

Well said. That's why the Democrats are in power. Thank God!

[ericmiami]

08:02 AM on 05/28/2009

You can't deny she takes care of her friends. They have jobs!

[TangledThorns]

07:51 AM on 05/28/2009

I donated $50 to Sarah's legal defense fund. I'm glad to see it's working :) Another ethics complaint just got pwn3d!!

[mychagall]

01:24 PM on 05/30/2009

TangledThorns,

You needn't have bothered. You should have put your money to good use. It's a complete waste of $50. I guess you've been duped.

[take10]

07:41 AM on 05/28/2009

Next stop, Jerry Springer show!

[t iessa]

08:08 AM on 05/28/2009

Jerry...Oprah...there's not much difference. One's just a little louder than the other...sometimes.