September meetings will decide Palin's legal fate--Personnel Board Pt. 1 **UPDATE**

by: Celtic Diva

Mon Aug 31, 2009 at 23:32:17 PM AKDT

This one should be even more interesting for several reasons:

1)  There are a couple of newer, open ethics complaints out there with serious teeth.  One (Zane Henning) is in regards to the per diem Sarah Palin charged the State of Alaska to live in her own home.  Another (Andree McLeod) is in regards to the gifts Palin has received that have gone unreported.

2) (The main subject of this post) We have heard NOTHING regarding Kim Chatman's complaint over the Alaska Fund Trust since a report unfavorable to Palin from Investigator Tom Daniel was revealed.  (Of course, it barely covered an iota of the violations revealed by other lawyers in the Fund Trust).  While a number of Palinbots claim that there was no violation here, the report very clearly stated that Palin would be in violation of the Ethics Act if she did not accept his remedy.

3)  I was notified through certified letter that the Personnel Board would be dealing with my comments in reponse to the Arctic Cat dismissal and I would have a chance to speak in Executive session. (To be covered in Part II)

An article by AP this weekend made it obvious that there is still much interest in the results of unresolved ethics complaints against Sarah Palin:

Palin resigned as Alaska's governor abruptly in July, and an independent investigator said he found probable cause she had violated ethics laws by trading on her position as she sought money for legal fees.

We are waiting to find out exactly what is going on with Palin and her AK Fund Trust since Investigator Tom Daniel's report was revealed offering a "remedy" to keep Governor Palin from facing a hearing.  The report was revealed by an unknown source and reported by Alaska AP apparantly a week after Palin and her legal team received it as well as the attached request from the Investigator.  The request was for Palin or her representative to either accept or reject the remedy...a response that Alaska Executive Branch Ethics law requires.

The remedy required that Palin:

...the governor should refuse to accept payment of her legal fees and costs from the Alaska Fund Trust and withdraw her authorization for the trust to be recognized as her "official" legal defense fund...

As of today, she is still taking donations on the AK Fund Trust Website which still declares itself the "the official website for the Governor Sarah Palin legal defense fund."

It's safe to say she never accepted the remedy.

According to the Executive Branch Ethics Act, their ONLY response to rejecting a remedy should have been to:

"...initiate formal proceedings by serving a copy of an accusation upon the subject of the accusation. The accusation shall specifically set out the alleged violation."

We haven't heard when this document was sent out--it should have been sent weeks ago and the twenty-day allowance for Palin's response to the "formal accusation" should be over by now.  However, as soon as that formal document is served to Palin, long before her response is due, according to the EBEA:  "...the accusation is a public document open to inspection."

(In other words, we should have heard by now that the document was sent.  Today, I am sending off an email to the State asking for a copy.)

Giving Daniel and the Personnel Board the benefit of the doubt that they obeyed the law, we'll assume the formal accusation was sent and we have passed the 20-day response period. That means one of three things:

1) They admitted the violation, which would mean that we are now heading into the penalty phase;

2) They denied the charges, which means we should soon see preparations for a hearing;

3) They refused to respond, which is treated as if they admitted fault and the Personnel Board must then assign a penalty.

I have a call into Nicki Neal, Director for State of Alaska Personnel, asking for more information on a future hearing for former-Gov. Palin.

************************************************UPDATE********************************************

According to Ms. Neal, she cannot speak about the AK Fund Trust ethics case because CONFIDENTIALITY STILL APPLIES.

That can mean one of two things

1) They have served Palin with the formal accusation but are refusing to talk about the complaint case even though the Executive Branch Ethics Act (EBEA) states that it should now be public information, or...

2) NO ONE is following the Ethics Act in ANY way and Palin has NOT been served her formal accusation document.

September 9th gets curiouser and curiouser...

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Photo gallery--Governor's Picnic in Anchorage

by: Celtic Diva

Sun Jul 26, 2009 at 13:28:29 PM AKDT

This was probably the closest I'll ever come to just a tiny taste of one of Palin's "rallies" like they had in the lower-48 during the campaign.  There were whispers of folks being bussed in...I don't know if that's true.  However, what I did see were out-of-state tourists who had already-signed pictures of the Governor that (as was reported to me) they would wave as they wept and called out Sarah's name like teenagers.

Creepy.

I heard from a number of folks who attended both picnics that the crowd in Wasilla (estimated at 1,000) was much larger and more enthusiastic.  That's pretty amazing, actually, considering a chunk of the people (as is true at most Governor's picnics) were there for the free food.  I also understand that many of the fed-up-with-Palin folks who were there had protest signs in the car, waiting to see if bringing them out was a good idea.  From their outwardly hostile comments to me as they walked by, it was clear that the Palinistas who were there had been ratcheted up by the repeated lies from the Palin folks and mouthpieces like Eddie Burke, I don't think a protest would have been productive...not to mention, I'm sure a number of the Palinista Burke fans were "packing."

Anyway, here are some pictures for your enjoyment.

One of the protest signs a friend had in her car

Thanks to a media friend for getting this shot for me.  I was too short to get above the crowd!

Morrigan saw Piper first...she ran right past us.

Like most siblings, Willow and Piper were fighting over something.  Big sister won.

This is the only clear shot I got of Willow, with Ivy Frye right behind her.
 I have to say, Willow is turning out to be a much greater beauty than her mom...that gene combination is working for her.
I hope she doesn't inherit her mom's insanity...errr...I mean...personality flaws.

The "second amendment saviors" were out in force.  Blue shirts saying "gun owner" (on right) were everywhere...not that there's anything wrong with that...

I see pageant people...friggin' everywhere!

(There's another "crown" to the left of the visible one.)

Ray Metcalfe trying to get Palin to sign his petition and be a reformer
...good luck, Ray!

When Shannyn Moore, Mudflats and I were standing together, I had an overwhelming urge to stir a cauldron and recite Shakespeare

Laz, Blue Oasis sometimes-blogger (and fulltime blogmeister at OMFGAK) saluted the crowd for waiting in line for fishburgers and Palin.

ADN Village Blog reporter, Kyle Hopkins and wife Rebecca are so damn adorable it almost makes one ill...

On the other hand, their daughter, Alice, is so adorable it makes one speak unintelligibly and produce high-pitched cooing sounds

"AK Fund Trust Iceberg dead ahead!" Can I say "I told you so" now?**UPDATE**

by: Celtic Diva

Tue Jul 21, 2009 at 15:49:41 PM AKDT

I bring you back to July 3rd, when this fantasy story was told about a Governor who was driven out by us evil filers of "frivolous" ethics complaints...of how she was so abused and was drowning under this huge debt (in spite of the reportedly millions she's getting for her book deal).

Back then, I "puzzled until my puzzler was sore" over what possibly could have motivated Palin to do this.  However, it was my husband that came up with the most logical reason as to why Palin would resign with so much time left in her term:

Hypothetically, what if all of the ethics complaints really ARE over...and several days ago, PALIN WAS TOLD THAT AS GOVERNOR, RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WAS DECLARED UNETHICAL?  One of the options to resolve a potential violation in the Executive Branch Ethics Act is to achieve resolution between the investigator and the complainee.  What if, the only way to a) keep the money or NOT HAVE TO PAY IT BACK and b) to keep her "perfect record" of "no wrongdoing" was to leave the Governor's office?  

At that time, everyone got involved with the Federal Indictment theory--after all, the Executive Branch Ethics Law is terribly misunderstood thanks to the Palin/Van Flein spin.  It's also not very "sexy."

As it turns out, like Al Capone's tax evasion (also not very sexy), Palin's problems involve money problems as well..

An investigator for the state Personnel Board says in his July 14 report that there is probable cause to believe Palin used or attempted to use her official position for personal gain because she authorized the creation of the trust as the "official" legal defense fund.

The practical effect of the ruling on Palin will be more financial than anything else. The report recommends that Palin refuse to accept payment from the defense fund, and that the complaint be resolved without a formal hearing before the Alaska Personnel Board.

Palin's response...on Twitter (of course)...was unethical (she lied), as covered by AP:

Palin posted an entry on Twitter in which she said the "matter is still pending."

"There is no final report. The Investigator is still confidentially reviewing this matter. It appears suspect that in the final days of the Governor's term, someone would again violate the law and announce a supposed conclusion before it is reached," her spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, said in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

But Daniel said his report was final.

HERE is the report.

So, Governor Palin knew AT LEAST by July 14th that this final decision had been reached by the Personnel Board.  (Knowing the process, I strongly suspect that someone tipped her off early...like maybe July 1st or 2nd?)  Palin CONTINUED to collect donations through the site, Palin's supporters have continued to promote the site and amazingly enough, THE SITE IS STILL UP AND STILL TAKING DONATIONS!

She is absolutely disgusting.  If this doesn't wake a few people up, I don't know WHAT will!

And yes...I can't help it...I TOLD YA SO!

*************************************UPDATE*******************************

In response to rampant speculation (brought on by Palin lies/spin):

1)  Once a report is sent out to the complainant, the findings have already been approved by the Personnel Board.

2)  In this case, it looks like they were just waiting for Palin to agree to the remedy so they could close the case and move on, as well as for her to determine whether or not to waive confidentiality.

3)  For Palin to let it to sit there for a week like that is unheard of. It makes one think that perhaps they had no intention of paying the money back nor of informing the folks who gave them the money.  Of course, that's speculation...

"Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya=)"

by: Celtic Diva

Sun Jul 19, 2009 at 17:17:45 PM AKDT

The AP had an article that ADN ran today titled Palin packing up from governor's mansion.  They basically did an article on Palin's "tweet" from her Twitter account while she and the family were packing up:

"Todd & I r packing JNU house today; looking thru Piper's kindergarten schoolwork here reminds how quickly X flies; she enters 3rd grd in fall."

Now, I could go on about how ridiculous it is for the AP to do a story from a "tweet," but we all know that's her new preferred method of media communication and it may be the best AP could get.  Plus, we bloggers are having a great time with it...I guess we can't have all the fun!

However, that's not where the real story lies.

I was awakened from a nap by peals of laughter coming from my phone after I answered.  It seems that the most entertaining parts of this story are the comments that follow it, starting with the humor that makes up the title of this post:

goingincircles wrote on 07/19/2009 01:57:14 PM:

Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya=)

We have pleas for continued entertainment...

BaiBai wrote on 07/19/2009 03:28:29 PM:

BaiBai Sarah. But please, oh please, keep tweeting.

I love the Theater of the Absurd.

Irony...

AK_Man wrote on 07/19/2009 03:12:28 PM:

Palin wants her family left out of the media and then she tweets about them on the official State of Alaska Governor's Twitter page.

It should be a quick pack since she was hardly there....

Mystery...

senigma wrote on 07/19/2009 02:41:13 PM:

I hope that the State has someone who's going to count the silver.

A focus on practical matters...

ramblinman wrote on 07/19/2009 01:50:05 PM:

Hopefully the kitchen sink is bolted down.

Even security suggestions...

missing_AK wrote on 07/19/2009 12:57:04 PM:

check all their bags twice!!

I highly recommend that folks read and participate in those comments as they are some of the best entertainment I've had in awhile!  But keep it civil, folks.  We don't want the ADN to have to start deleting them!

Oh yeah, if you don't have a Twitter account, the time to get one is now!  Tick, tick, tick...

Interesting Ad from the DSCC...successful or a bad idea?

by: Celtic Diva

Sun Jul 19, 2009 at 00:14:07 AM AKDT

I think this is a bad idea and I'm not sure where the reasoning is here.  

While I believe that Palin still very much has the presidency in mind, even though many may believe otherwise, I don't think that was the primary reason she resigned.  Considering the unknowns at this point, I think it's dangerous to make such a tenuous link, as it might backfire later on if it turns out she doesn't run.

What do you think?

David Letterman's unrelenting Palin-slams--Day 3**UPDATE** New buttons from BuzzFlash

by: Celtic Diva

Fri Jul 10, 2009 at 11:40:17 AM AKDT

GO DAVE!!!!!

***********************************UPDATE**********************************

These are two shiny new buttons from the folks at BuzzFlash:

To get them, you just need to donate to the Progressive aggregator!

New slogan for Sarah:  Sarah Palin:  Raising money for Democrats since 2008!

QUOTE OF THE WEEK (Regarding Sarah Palin's Resignation):  "Her problems did not come because the media was against her.  Her problems come because every time you stick a microphone in front of her mouth a whole lot of stupid falls out."--Helen Philpot, Margaret and Helen Blog

If we look at the record, Palin's resignation should come as no surprise

by: Celtic Diva

Mon Jul 06, 2009 at 04:28:18 AM AKDT

Among those Wonkette posts was a little gem under the title "win of the afternoon"...they highlighted a comment from Alaska Girl:

She didn't finish her term as mayor, stepping down to run for Lt. Governor. She didn't finish her term on the petroleum board ethics panel, she resigned in protest and then ran for Governor. She doesn't want the office, she just likes running for office. She doesn't want (can't actually) accomplish anything, she just wants to talk about it.

That was absolutely correct.

However, before that, Sarah Palin left the Wasilla City Council only one year into her second three-year term in order to take the Mayor's job.

And, if you go all the way back, it took her five years and five colleges to get a Journalism degree.

Quitting before the job is done is her modus operendi.

Of course, this last year has also highlighted other patterns that Sarah Palin can't seem to break. Her biggest, most glaring pattern is hypocrisy mixed with secrecy.

--Palin did leave the office of Mayor of Wasilla a few months early, but not before she campaigned for Lt. Governor from the Mayor's Office...the same thing for which she filed an ethics complaint against Randy Reudrich.

In the middle of the primary, a conservative columnist in the state, Paul Jenkins, unearthed e-mail messages showing that Ms. Palin had conducted campaign business from the mayor's office. Ms. Palin handled the crisis with a street fighter's guile.

"I told her it looks like she did the same thing that Randy Ruedrich did," Mr. Jenkins recalled. "And she said, 'Yeah, what I did was wrong.' "

--In Palin's resignation speech, she continued her steady drumbeat of whining about the media, bloggers, the internet...everyone who has criticized her or made her life difficult.  Yet, during the campaign, she reamed Hillary Clinton for her "whining" about the press:

--During her resignation speech, Palin also blamed those who "cost the State money" by filing "all those complaints."

During Palin's inauguration speech, she told us to "hold her accountable":

She said the same thing about the Troopergate investigation (before she changed her mind):

Palin steadfastly denies the allegations, and with her signature resolve, said she welcomes the investigation. "Hold me accountable," she challenge her critics.

And, during Palin's own ethics complaint against Randy Ruedrich, she wanted more transparency, not less:

Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Chairwoman Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning amid frustration that she is being forced to keep silent about ethics allegations against Republican Party of Alaska chairman Randy Ruedrich.

"I'm forced to withhold information from Alaskans, and that goes against what I believe in as a public servant," Palin said in a Friday interview.

Today, Sarah Palin doesn't seem to have any problem at all witholding information from Alaskans.  It obviously suits her long-term purpose to leave us in the dark.  I have my own theory as to what's going on.  However, no matter what the actual details of "why" she resigned, it's pretty clear that they involve personal or financial gain...much like the basis for every single ethics complaint filed against her.  

If we were paying attention, we should have seen this coming.

Palin attacks Alaska blogger...wait, didn't I see that title before?**UPDATE**

by: Celtic Diva

Sun Jul 05, 2009 at 09:50:00 AM AKDT

Yesterday, I got a phone call from Shannyn Moore, letting me know that she had sent me something via email.  When I read what she had sent me I discovered that Palin and company had found another situation to milk for publicity, another Alaska blogger to intimidate and yet one more way that Palin could play the victim card.

This was from the lawfirm of:  Clapp, Petersen, Van Flein, Tiemessen, and Thorsness and it's the last paragraph:

To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now
claiming as "fact" that Governor Palin resigned because she is "under federal investigation" for
embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to
address such defamation. This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the
defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post,
that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in
a court of law. The Alaska Constitution protects the right of free speech, while simultaneously
holding those "responsible for the abuse of that right." Alaska Constitution Art. I, Sec. 5.
http://ltgov.state.ak.us/const... These falsehoods abuse the right to free speech; continuing to publish these falsehoods of criminal activity is reckless, done without any regard for the truth, and is actionable.

Thomas Van Flein, for
Governor Sarah Palin

First off, this email had not been sent directly to Shannyn, the subject of the letter.  This had been mailed out by Meg Stapleton to her extensive national media list.  One of the local Alaska television stations sent it to Moore.  That is not the act of someone filing a lawsuit...it would be sent (quietly) to the intended defendent.

Secondly, as Shannyn mentioned on her show yesterday, lawyers in Alaska would line up to get the opportunity to depose Sarah Palin!

Thirdly, this is just ONE MORE OPPORTUNITY for the Palin bandwagon to 1) put Palin in the "poor-me-I'm-a-victim-of-the-mean-media" light, 2) try stay in the national limelight, 3) bash an outspoken critic.

While I was still on the air yesterday with Mike Method and CC, an article came through on the LA Times stating that an FBI spokesman out of Alaska, Special Agent Eric Gonzalez (who?) stated in a phone interview that:  

"There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true." He added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments for any kind of inquiry.

Has anyone else ever heard the FBI deny an investigation before?  Has anyone else EVER heard the FBI address a rumor?

I watched Shannyn's piece on MSNBC...both she and David Schuster were VERY CAREFUL to say that what she was discussing were rumors circulating in Alaska for weeks.  Up here, you can't ignore rumors.  (You know, like the rumors circulating for weeks about Bristol's pregnancy...those sure turned out to be false, didn't they?)

There's a great piece on Huffington Post by our own AKM that describes the issue in detail.

Regarding the speculation (something we are doing a good bit of on this blog as well), Palin CANNOT expect to leave the State of Alaska...hell, the entire country...hanging and not expect rampant rumors to persist.  Then again, she's Sarah Palin...I guess she expects to have EVERYTHING the way that SHE wants it!

********************************UPDATE*********************************

Shannyn speaking at her press conference in front of the Atwood Building (Governor's Anchorage Offices)

Shannyn did well at her press conference today.  Take a look at the results on KTUU.com and on ADN.

Never underestimate a chihuahua...one "anklebiter's" take on Palin's resignation. **UPDATE**

by: Celtic Diva

Sat Jul 04, 2009 at 11:06:10 AM AKDT

I had a hard time embracing the term "anklebiters" or the image of me as a "chihuahua."

All of my wisest friends told me I that needed to seek acceptance.  They reminded me that everything about the Palinistas, Palinbots, whatever you want to call them was myopic and ill-conceived.  Their nickname for those of us Alaska citizens who refused to stand by while Sarah Palin gutted the Alaska Statutes was no exception.  However, if there was a positive in being an "anklebiter" I still needed convincing.

One day I watched while some local folks walked their dogs.  They had two large husky-mix-mutts and one tiny little chihuahua.  Even though the little dog had to take about four steps for every one the other dogs took, it was quite clear that the chihuahua was the alpha dog of the group.  That fact was made evident when the dogs were playing and the little dog had clearly had enough.  The other big dogs rolled over on their backs while the "anklebiter" stood over them and barked authoritatively.

Now that's a tough chihuahua image I could get behind!

Yesterday, if you believe Sarah Palin, that visual metaphor proved itself true in a national way.  My fellow "chihuahua warriors" and I were blamed for driving Governor Palin out of office...a charge I'm sure was meant to infuriate her followers and intimidate us into future silence.

Good luck with that.  My plans haven't changed.  

--I'll continue to push for the records request that was bought and paid for by the government- transparency-loving readers of the Alaska blogs.  

--I'll continue following through with the comments I submitted in protest/response to the dismissal of the Arctic Cat ethics complaint.

--As other requests are answered, I will continue to take appropriate action if the information warrants it.

Don't get me wrong, I've had this blog since 2005 and I am QUITE ready to write again about the large variety of political and other issues that I used to cover that were NOT related to Sarah Palin.  I expected to be able to ease up a bit after the Democratic Convention ended August 28, 2008.  However, then came August 29th and Sarah Palin's rise to the McCain/Palin ticket.  I expected to be able to ease up after the election in November but Palin's antics increased.  

Alaska bloggers have been in overdrive for over a year minus those right-wing-fantasy checks from George Soros or David Axelrod.  

So it's much to my surprise that, after the initial relief of her resignation wore off, I discovered that I feel much the same way as the other long-term or lifetime Alaskans I spoke to yesterday.  It's like being part of a big group of kids playing together in a playground.  Suddenly the spoiled-rotten kid shows up.  You know which one I'm talking about...the teacher's daughter who can do no wrong, acting like she owns the place.  She has big bully friends and family who push kids off of whatever piece of equipment SHE wants to play on.  She cries huge crocodile tears to the authorities if she doesn't get her way. She throws all of her lunch wrappers and garbage around. She breaks a lot of the playground equipment.

And then she leaves the mess for everyone else to clean up.

Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell is stepping into that impending disaster.  While his relationship with Palin is all hearts and flowers right now, he should "gird his loins" and don the rest of his armor in preparation for his future, frequent trips under the Palin bus.    If/when anyone in the future tries to hold Palin accountable for the problems in Alaska, Sarah will declare that everything was "fine" when she left.  

Yeah, right.

There is much speculation as to "why." Why is she leaving office?  Is there something on the horizon?  I don't know the answer to that.  However, I DO know what the answer is NOT.  This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with intentionally caring about the good of the State of Alaska. Palin has repeatedly proven her apathy about her own state by years of ignoring/sidestepping the desperate needs of Rural Alaska, through rejecting real solutions to Alaska's epidemic Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault problem, by stacking the deck so that the Executive Branch Ethics Act is only a bunch of words on paper as it applies to her...the list goes on and on.   The fact that Palin's departure REALLY IS good for Alaska is just a happy coincidence that suits her purpose.

I've seen much of the speculation out there regarding the REAL reasons...including from many of my smart, witty Alaskan media and blogger friends.  All of that speculation has merit and as I know nothing that can contradict it, I won't.  However, I will add that while the possibility exists that there really is something HUGE (whether positive or negative) on a collision course with Sarah's ambitions, it's also just as likely:

--She learned some new piece of information (or finally read Andrew Halcro's blog) pointing out that AGIA is destined to be a failure.  Since that is the ONLY ACCOMPLISHMENT of her Governorship, that would be disasterous.

--She received some advance information that the next poll of Alaskans will show that her popularity has dipped below 50%.  If the indicators were there that she might not be able to win re-election that could kill her career.

--She knew the complaints and investigations would continue over the next 18 months and, contrary to worrying about "the money Alaskans will spend," she knows that some of this stuff is definitely going to stick.  (Palin doesn't seem to think that Executive Branch and APOC financial and gift reporting rules apply to her.)

--Perhaps something happening within her family that will demand she's out of the spotlight for awhile.

--However, there is one delicious possibility that my husband asked me about...one that has me MOST curious.  While Palin and crew are trying desperately to claim that all ethics complaints are over, I know that there was still one pending...the complaint against the Governor regarding using her office for financial benefit through the Legal Defense Fund.  

Hypothetically, what if all of the ethics complaints really ARE over...and several days ago, PALIN WAS TOLD THAT AS GOVERNOR, RECEIVING MONEY FROM THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND WAS DECLARED UNETHICAL?  One of the options to resolve a potential violation in the Executive Branch Ethics Act is to achieve resolution between the investigator and the complainee.  What if, the only way to a) keep the money or NOT HAVE TO PAY IT BACK and b) to keep her "perfect record" of "no wrongdoing" was to leave the Governor's office?  

Palin has put the very-expensive Mr. Van Flein as a layer between her and everyone else.  He's appeared weekly, sometimes multiple times per week on the Eddie Burke Show.   He's the one who had all the contact with Arctic Cat complaint investigator Tom Daniel so I can only assume that's true for all the other complaints.  He is part of every media interview these days...almost as much as Stapleton.  Isn't it interesting that we haven't heard a peep out of him in the last two days?

Losing access to that money would be disasterous!!!  Paying the money back would mean financial ruin!!

You may ask: we know the disposition of all the other complaints, why wouldn't we know this?

The answer is two-fold:  1)We don't know whether or not the dispositions of all other complaints were made public because THE GOVERNOR HAS TO WAIVE CONFIDENTIALITY for the information to be revealed, especially if the filer did not make their complaint public in the beginning, and  2) There are also other resolutions under the Ethics Act to potential violations where NOT EVEN THE FILER IS NOTIFIED.  

If this hypothetical scenario is real, THERE IS NO WAY SHE WOULD WAIVE CONFIDENTIALITY and she would choose the MOST CONFIDENTIAL resolution possible to keep the information secret...just the way she likes it...hypothetically.  

What would that mean for the complaint-filer?  He/she either would never know what the resolution was or wouldn't be able to tell ANYONE if he/she did know!!!!  As one who filed a complaint myself, I can IMAGINE how crazy-making that would be!  The Governor could go out and lie about a "complaint being dismissed" and the filer would be powerless to do or say ANYTHING...hypothetically, of course!

Frankly, while the last scenario would explain a lot about this sudden announcement, I don't know if it or any of the other possibilities is true.  However, it's nice to think that she finally had to pay a price for her lack of ethical backbone.

It's an especially nice thought for a chihuahua warrior!  

Alaskans for Truth "Deliver the Truth for Lunch!"***UPDATED***

by: Celtic Diva

Mon Sep 29, 2008 at 18:43:33 PM AKDT

PLEASE JOIN US AS WE "DELIVER THE TRUTH FOR LUNCH" TO THE GOVERNOR'S/ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE!!!

We will be bringing the petition demanding Attorney General Talis Colberg's resignation to the Department of Law with what we estimate to be over 1,500 signatures:

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 11:30 AM

ON THE SIDEWALK OUTSIDE OF THE ATWOOD BUILDING, 550 W 7th AVE, ANCHORAGE
(On 7th between E St. and F St.)

Thank you!!!!


PLEASE post this information and send out this email ASAP!!!!!  We'd like to have a nice crowd on Wednesday!!!

Here is the link to the online petition.

Contact Alaskans for Truth at:  AlaskansforTruth@gmail.com