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

[weatherwaxx]

Isn't it interesting that Mrs. Mooseburger does not consider that it's her own unethical behavior at the root of the investigations?

[white mende man]

Why is the Department of Law picking on Sarah?

[SuiginTou7]

Ethic violations or pretending to be something she's not, either one.

[nimbyorc]

She overstated by 1.4%. Quit hyperventilating. It's equivalent to a rounding error. Big deal. This is weak.

[SuiginTou7]

Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
-Sir Walter Scott,

She's pretty much cocooned herself in her own lies.

[Teslawriter]

nimbyorc,

You say, BLITHELY:

"She overstated by 1.4%. Quit hyperventilating. It's equivalent to a rounding error. Big deal. This is weak."

Yet the article says:

"Perez said she's going to ask the Department of Law about some other puzzling parts of the spreadsheet, including a line item that says 0.3 attorney hours added up to $10,063 in costs.

That would add up to an attorney billing of over $30,000 an hour, and Perez said the flat billing rate the state uses for its attorneys is $121.98 an hour. Perez said she would check and see what costs beyond the staff time went into that calculation of over $10,000 in costs."

Nimbyorc, please tell me how $121.98 per hour, inflated to $30,000.00 per hour, is a "rounding error" of "1.4%"?

WTF are you TALKING ABOUT???

Overstating the billable rate by $29,878.02 is A LITTLE MORE THAN A 1.4% DISCREPENCY!

Or don't you read what you comment about?

See, I knew a guy who commented without reading what he was commenting on, nimbyorc--but we called him "NimROD."

Maybe you should read more/comment less?

Just sayin'.

[nimbyorc]

Tesla,
I completely missed the "per hour" statement. My mistake.

[allymcdeal]

Holy Flame!!!! Cant you tell when someone is being IRONIC?! (and I don't mean full of iron).
You think he was serious here?!!! The freaking HEADLINE says she was billing at $30K an hour. Calm the F down!
I am just saying, too,

[white mende man]

The creation of the Internet has been the worst thing that could happen to a politician.

[SuiginTou7]

Oh, I'm betting it's banned in Sarah of the North's home. We're so mean and nasty

[SuiginTou7]

Stop the lying, Sarah. You're not good at it.

[heyjude4545]

Actually she does it with NO effort. Doesn't have to read or learn anything to do it!

[fefo70]

I had a dream Sarah Palinl went to jail.

[LemonMeringue]

If the rumor I read about the IRS is true... yikes.

[joceeco]

I hope your dream comes true!

[PepeLepew]

So, she lied a little. The real issue here is that the mean media keeps picking on poor Sarah all the time.

[SuiginTou7]

Well, the Captain of the Republican Titannic hits another iceberg. Sarah you're entertaining at the very least.

[white mende man]

Don't you be worried for Sarah, Pepe she loves every bit of the attention she's getting, in fact whenever things cool down she comes up with another whopper.

[zapper502]

welcome back people to the palington post where the unhealthy obsession with a human being continues

[HST]

welcome back people to the palington post where the obsession with an unhealthy human being continues

There, I fixed your post. You can thank me later-LOL!

[LeftLeanWing]

rimshot

[SueInCA]

oh snap

[DCinFrance]

Oh no! Say it ain't so! Sarah's lyin' agin?!!

[white mende man]

she says it's all the media's fault.

[weatherwaxx]

All her screwups are someone else's fault. Isn't it amazing?

[drewziGNY]

I'm surprised she hasn't blamed it on Dave Letterman.....yet.

[pissedmichael]

BUSTED? One can only hope.

[drewziGNY]

Someday....fingers crossed......

[rtwyatt6]

remember this article?

Texas Evangelicals Funded Attempt To Stop Palin Troopergate Probe

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/09/texas-evangelicals-funded_n_165207.html

wonder if they're pro-bono work was added in

[rtwyatt6]

meant to type their instead of they're

been reading too many palin articles ;)

[delta7777]

'
those attorneys have nice wardrobes to maintain
.

[ECB]

Maybe Sarah can get Ensign's parents to cut her a check.

[LeftLeanWing]

Or she could just send Todd out to stud - I'm sure Greta got her checkbook at the ready.

[weatherwaxx]

BIRTH CONTROL! PLEASE!

[ECB]

The State of Alaska calls Mr. Levi Johnson as it's first witness.

[joemondo]

$30k an hour??

That's crazy. It's just an attorney - not her make up artist!