Palin Report Overstates Costs Of Ethics Complaints: $30,000 An Hour Attorney?

McClatchy:

There's some double counting and other problems with a spreadsheet outlining $1.9 million in state costs for ethics complaints, public records requests and lawsuits directed at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.

Read the whole story: McClatchy

Comments

[pakaal]

She was around $29,000 dollars wrong on her $1.9 million estimate. That in itself is not even vaguely interesting, it's the fact that she mislead people about how that money was used, in an attempt to make people believe her stated reason for quitting her job, that really annoys me.

[poco767c]

No actually that is wrong.
She has varying numbers of hours worked, varying salary rates, she lists attorneys who are already hired by the Alaskan department of law, therefore already paid.
One lawyer is listed as getting paid $10000 of 0.3hours work.

[sleek]

It's as simple as this: Palin is a LIAR and a FRAUD. Period, end-of-story.

[ladycubsfan]

The "Attila from Wasilla" is at it again. Pass the popcorn, will ya? Don't skimp on the butter...

[CR46]

Thats Quitta from Wasilla

[poco767c]

Another day another story about this woman, please just make her go away

[lifesucks]

It's too late, the genie is out of the bottle, and she needs the attention.

[springdaddy]

Who. Freaking. Cares.

[me again]

I am sure the good folks who originally voted for her are now red faced.

[Tommygun264]

You presume they have shame or even the basic intelligence necessary to achieve such an emotion.

[ab73]

Thats the moonshine and meth

[DrJohnnySkeptic]

LOL

[bebecca]

well, she's still good lookin'...

[KLordsha]

She must have been referring to the sports arena windows that are in her house.... understandable mistake.

[ab73]

Math and geography were obviously not her best subjects.

But she can skin a moose!

[ThinkCreeps]

But, in Meth and Pornography... a natural born killer

[rf dude]

It's her "Department of Law" in action...
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[Willow207]

Palin not knowing how to add correctly?

Palin telling a lie?

Palin falsifying information to the public?

Say it ain't so Joe!!!!!

[levibatgirl]

Andrea!!!

You're not listening to meeeee!!!!!!!!!

: P

[sense oar sheep]

one hundred twenty two dollars an hour seems reasonable... wait a second here, we're talking alaska where the cost of living is far higher than the rest of the US. attorneys at Law Firms in the lower 48 bill at 250 - 350 an hour. what do prosecutors and judges bill an hour?

[gatogato]

She just needed some time off. It's baby seal clubbing season.

[SuiginTou7]

I'd thought she'd go after them with the state's National Guard?

[drewziGNY]

No, she just wanted to take time off to go to Frostbite Falls, Minnesota, for some odd reason. Hokey Smoke!

[DCinFrance]

Hey Rocky! Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!

[IhaveaDREAMwhitegirl]

..... http://www.themudflats.net/

Alaskan politicians ... yikees!

[SuiginTou7]

So they alocated the money already for the lawyers to conduct state legal business and no more because of the eithic violation.- Oh, Sarah, you're not good at it at all, are you?

[ThinkCreeps]

Auditing is so conformist: accounting as usual, who needs it?

[ab73]

brill..

Its also elitist

[ThinkCreeps]

Mavericky billing - charging out of the box - that's just the way PerDiem Barbie's made.

[joceeco]

What a witty comment. I love it!

[SuiginTou7]

LOL

[Krankil]

Billing is not wired that way. Like accounting as usual