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  • shosh
    Banned
    • Jun 2004
    • 4668

    palin didnt violate ethics law

    ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- Alaska's Personnel Board concluded Monday that Gov. Sarah Palin did not violate ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, contradicting an earlier investigation's findings.
    "There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters," Timothy Petumenos, the Anchorage lawyer hired to conduct the investigation, wrote in his final report.

    The announcement comes a day before Palin and Republican presidential nominee John McCain face voters in Tuesday's presidential election.
    Allegations that Palin fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan in July because he refused to fire her sister's ex-husband, Mike Wooten, have dogged her since before she became the GOP's vice presidential nominee in August.
    An earlier investigation launched by the state Legislature concluded Palin violated state ethics law by trying to get Wooten fired. The law bars public officials from pursuing personal interest through official action.
    That first inquiry -- led by legislative investigator Stephen Branchflower -- also concluded that Palin's firing of Monegan likely stemmed in part from his refusal to fire Wooten, but that Palin's firing of Monegan was within her authority as governor.
    Despite the conclusions of Branchflower's October 10 report, Palin declared that she had been "cleared of any legal wrongdoing" in the matter. Her attorney, Thomas Van Flein, argued the Branchflower report had wrongly interpreted state ethics law.
    Though the governor originally agreed to cooperate with the Legislature's inquiry, she tried to stop the investigation once she became McCain's running mate -- and campaign aides attacked the investigation as a partisan circus that was being manipulated by supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.
    Instead, Palin asked the Personnel Board -- an executive branch agency whose members were appointed by her predecessor -- to handle the investigation, arguing it was the proper legal venue.
    Petumenos questioned Palin and her husband, Todd Palin, on October 24 about Monegan's removal from the commissioner's post, which oversees the Alaska State Troopers.




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  • Miroslav
    WHOA I can change this!1!
    • Apr 2006
    • 4122

    #2
    Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

    hmmm. ok point given. I guess we can stop criticizing her for this one, then. Although who knows what really happened; all this really suggests to me is that anyone can come in and interpret or arrange the facts to tell whichever story they are inclined to prefer. I guess we'll never really know. Kinda like back when Obama was supposedly a terrorist.

    On a separate note, none of this changes the fact that she's still a ridiculous bitch.
    mixes: www.waxdj.com/miroslav

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    • sammwalk
      Gold Gabber
      • Jun 2004
      • 769

      #3
      Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

      she's not very bright.

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      • chloe harris
        Platinum Poster
        • Jun 2004
        • 1021

        #4
        Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

        i think she is guilty. she's like oj imo. she'll get caught one day.
        pillow humping rules.

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        • Corven
          Are you Kidding me??
          • Jun 2004
          • 4080

          #5
          Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

          gut feeling tells me that somehow she got ppl paid off to get the ruling overturned
          I broke my spoon on the viagra sundae.

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          • toasty
            Sir Toastiness
            • Jun 2004
            • 6585

            #6
            Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

            my reaction to this is basically the same as it was when the initial report came out, which is that this is way down on the list of reasons she's not ready to be VP. Story effectively became irrelevant when we learned she was totally out of her league.

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            • Steve Graham
              DJ Jelly
              • Jun 2004
              • 12887

              #7
              Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

              Originally posted by chloe harris
              i think she is guilty. she's like oj imo. she'll get caught one day.
              you stole my thunder, lol.. I was just about to say , yeah, and jury acquitted OJ of double murder.. but look where he is now

              K-A-R-M-A bitch

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              • Nigel Harkness
                Gold Gabber
                • Jun 2004
                • 750

                #8
                Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                I notice that this is not getting much air time on any of the Barack loving networks, unlike when it happened.

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                • 88Mariner
                  My dick is smaller
                  • Nov 2006
                  • 7128

                  #9
                  Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                  ^maybe because there's something bigger going on, like uh. i don't know, the election?
                  you could put an Emfire release on for 2 minutes and you would be a sleep before it finishes - Chunky

                  it's RA. they'd blow their load all over some stupid 20 minute loop of a snare if it had a quirky flange setting. - Tiddles

                  Am I somewhere....in the corners of your mind....

                  ----PEACE-----

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                  • Nigel Harkness
                    Gold Gabber
                    • Jun 2004
                    • 750

                    #10
                    Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                    I understand that but this is something that would also better inform the voters also.

                    All of the election day coverage right now is useless anyway because it only matters starting around 5ish.

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                    • 88Mariner
                      My dick is smaller
                      • Nov 2006
                      • 7128

                      #11
                      Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                      ah. so you're suggesting that people will switch thier votes if she was found innocent of an ethics violation.


                      ok.
                      you could put an Emfire release on for 2 minutes and you would be a sleep before it finishes - Chunky

                      it's RA. they'd blow their load all over some stupid 20 minute loop of a snare if it had a quirky flange setting. - Tiddles

                      Am I somewhere....in the corners of your mind....

                      ----PEACE-----

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                      • toasty
                        Sir Toastiness
                        • Jun 2004
                        • 6585

                        #12
                        Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                        Originally posted by Nigel Harkness
                        I understand that but this is something that would also better inform the voters also.

                        All of the election day coverage right now is useless anyway because it only matters starting around 5ish.
                        For the people that are basing their vote upon anything that Sarah Palin says or does, I can't imagine that this is a determinative factor. I can't imagine that there is anyone voting for Obama purely because Palin was found guilty of an ethics violation. It's preposterous.

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                        • Nigel Harkness
                          Gold Gabber
                          • Jun 2004
                          • 750

                          #13
                          Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                          News is news and the media should be announcing news, not just Obama news. That is all.

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                          • shosh
                            Banned
                            • Jun 2004
                            • 4668

                            #14
                            Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                            Originally posted by Nigel Harkness
                            News is news and the media should be announcing news, not just Obama news. That is all.
                            wake up buddy

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                            • toasty
                              Sir Toastiness
                              • Jun 2004
                              • 6585

                              #15
                              Re: palin didnt violate ethics law

                              Originally posted by Nigel Harkness
                              News is news and the media should be announcing news, not just Obama news. That is all.
                              Well, you know about it because the media did announce it, and CNN is not exactly a right-leaning news source. You seem to be more upset that the media isn't talking about it more.

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