Sarah Palin's erstwhile attorney Thomas Van Flein issued another of his bizarre missives on Palin's Facebook page yesterday in what appeared to be a strange portent of a forthcoming legal ruling ready to crash down on Palin.
In a commentary posted on a judge's recent ruling in Alaska dismissing a suit filed by Alaska political watchdog Andree McLeod regarding Todd Palin's emails, Van Flein--who has the expository grace of an Arctic muskrat--noted that "some claims and suits are pending and are getting resolved in time." It hardly has the sound of justice triumphant, does it?
Van Flein concluded:
"There are, of course, some remaining issues to address....There will be times when Sarah Palin will have to take one for the team in order to continue on with her message to the country and simply resolve matters without having to incur crushing personal debt. That is the cost, unfortunately, of public life today. When that happens, read the details closely--like the details in this court opinion. Every time you do you will see that Sarah Palin has always acted with honest intent. You will see that again soon."
And what might that be? Sources of mine in both Anchorage and Juneau involved with Alaska's Department of Law and the Alaska Public Offices Commission (APOC) are speculating that an ethics act complaint filed last year against Palin and the establishment of her Alaska Fund Trust is about to be settled--against Palin.
Nearly a year ago, on July 14, 2009, shortly after Palin resigned her governorship, Alaska Personnel Board attorney Tom Daniel issued a preliminary finding which found that:
"In light of the evidence that the governor expressly authorized the creation of the trust and the fact the trust website quite openly uses the governor's position to solicit donations, there is probable cause to believe that Governor Palin used, or attempted to use, her official position for personal gain in violation of Alaska statute."
Daniel's finding did not sit well with the Palin camp. There have been rumors of hard-core legal pushback for the past year by Palin and Van Flein, who were reportedly furious over the finding and have proved unsuccessful in getting it reversed.
According to legal sources in Anchorage, there also have been rumors that attorney Tim Petumenos -- who issued the infamous Troopergate finding in 2008 and who also handled the first ethics complaint filed by McLeod against Palin and found that a key member of Palin's staff, Frank Bailey, get "training and counseling" on the Alaska Personnel Act to "prevent the potential for future violations of the act" --has been brought into the case. What the role of Petumenos would be given that Daniel handled the original finding remains uncertain. And there has never been an explanation as to why this complaint has taken more than a year to be resolved. So much for political transparency in the Last Frontier.
Meanwhile, watchdog McLeod says she "looks forward to the next step" regarding her legal case involving Todd Palin's emails. She also had this to say about the pending ethics act complaint:
"I am outraged by the amount of time it has taken for the personnel board to mete out justice for Sarah Palin's abuse of power relating to her legal defense fund. Palin reportedly amassed hundreds of thousands of dollars before she quit. It's been over a year, and although we have strict laws that demand disclosure of these kinds of financial activities by our officials, the current administration refuses to get off the dime."Alaskans still don't know who gave how much towards Palin's personal benefit while governor. Palin still needs to be held accountable for her misconduct while in office...quitting doesn't make that go away."
Award-winning writer and filmmaker Geoffrey Dunn's book The Lies of Sarah Palin: The Untold Story Behind Her Relentless Quest for Power will be published by St. Martin's Press.
Hey Sarah..."how about in honor of the American soldier,you quit making things up."
Failed small business (car wash).
Hiring City Manager to really run Wasilla when Mayor.
Mat Maid Dairy fiasco/boondoggle overseen by Palin appointee Kristan Cole, now fired Trustee of failed AFT.
Bridge to Nowhere money - where did that go? Oh yeah. Road to Nowhere.
And her amazing AGIA Pipeline that has not been built, hasn't even been started but $500 million gets to go to a Non-American corporation to 'make it so'.
Lastly folks, SarahPAC's donations to candidates versus administrative costs is the antithesis of conservativism. If Sarah found a Federal program that was spending as much as her PAC is on administrative costs, she would be railing night and day to have it cut off and shut down (if she were a real fiscal conservative).
Donations to this new fund will not be able to be converted to a campaign fund if she decides to run later and lack of funds in it will not keep Sarah from doing everything she is doing now. Save your money, and only donate directly to candidates and causes YOU believe in. Not PACs or 'Legal Funds' (even if they are actually legal).
You can't defend the indefensible and then lament that others don't agree with you. Basic stuff man !
I can imagine these folks facing God and trying to explain their miserable life.. "Oh I was a GOP member and did nothing for humanity except to take bribes from corporations!"
What a bunch of useless crap these folks are, I can't wait til someone flushes the toilet .
Extremely interesting report on Alaska Dispatch about the press conference with Petumenos and Van Flein today in Anchorage:
http://alaskadispatch.com/blogs/palin-watch/578...
And look at what the new Defense Fund is sending out, according to Alaska Dispatch...mmmmhmmm....smells like "RAM spirit":
Some supporters of Palin have already begun to argue the same of the ethics settlement.
"Sarah Palin's enemies have scored another victory in their vicious campaign to smear, bankrupt, and force this dedicated public servant and conservative leader out of politics!" the Sarah Palin Legal Defense Fund said.
Even as Petumenos was calling the ex-governor's old trust fund illegal, the new fund was being set up and e-mails were being sent out soliciting funds. The e-mail was labeled "Defend Sarah,'' and asked people to send money to "pay the legal fees to rebut these relentless, frivolous lawsuits."
"This ruling is nothing but a political hatchet job designed to embarrass Governor Palin, destroy her financially, and smear her good name. But YOU can help restore her good name!"
http://alaskadispatch.com/blogs/palin-watch/5787-get-me-the-money
Yeah, I think they sent their dumbest, most expendable 'Bots over here to present the defense talking points. RAM must be paying them by the post, not the word.
Check it out.
http://palingates.blogspot.com/2010/06/investigator-tim-petumenos-rules-sarah.html
Faved and Fanned.
fanned
This country better wake up soon at what's going on here.
She's (and many others) are being pushed in our faces day in day out...like their somebody's!??!?!?!?
This country is going to he ll in a handbasket - every single day.