Sarah Palin Faces New Ethics Complaint

Posted by Ryan Powers, Think Progress at 9:02 AM on November 19, 2008.

The complaint argues that Palin's recent media blitz broke state ethics rules because portions of the interviews took place in the governor’s office.

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A resident of Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) hometown of Wasilla filed a new ethics complaint against the governor, arguing that her recent media blitz broke state ethics rules because portions of the interviews took place in the governor’s office. The Anchorage Daily News reports:

Jane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, said he filed the complaint with the attorney general. He says Palin is promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor’s Nov. 10 interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren. […]
“The governor is using her official position and office in an attempt to repair her damaged political image on the national scene,” Henning wrote.
The state executive branch ethics rules say officials can’t use state resources to help or hurt a political candidate. Or a potential candidate.

Update: The Alaska Politics Blog has a copy of the ethics complaint.

Tagged as: alaska, ethics rules, sarah palin, palin, ethics complaint

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just how brazen is this strumpet? [Report this comment] Posted by: aislinnluv on Nov 20, 2008 4:46 AM Current rating: 5 [1 = poor; 5 = excellent] is she honestly (and i use the term advisedly) unaware of the rules or is she so arrogant that she thinks rules don't apply to her? this appears to be yet another example of how ignorant she is (and ignorance, i should remind you, is not the same as stupidity, though one must wonder in this case). i hope the voters of Alaska will finally see the light and ditch the bitch at their first opportunity. [« Reply to this comment] [Post a new comment »] [Rate this comment: 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5] » RE: just how brazen is this strumpet? Posted by: andrushka » RE: just how brazen is this strumpet? Posted by: soundman » RE: just how brazen is this strumpet? Posted by: jennymac

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