“She’s Got Mail!” and We Can’t Have It.
31 01 2009Finally we have an update in the email saga. Seems like the Governor’s office isn’t ready, after four months, to turn them over. Here’s a press release from the Alaska Democratic Party:
The Alaska Democratic Party (ADP) has objected to a request from Governor Sarah Palin’s Office for another two months or more of additional time to release official emails sent and received by Governor Palin in 2007 and 2008.
The Alaska Democratic Party’s request for the Governor’s emails about specified topics already has been pending more than four months, since Sept. 22, 2008. The latest request from Linda Perez, Palin’s Administrative Director, to Attorney General Talis Colberg asks for an additional extension until March 31. Perez’s letter of Jan. 28 says that she will ask for yet another further extension “once I have an estimate of the additional time necessary to provide the records.” Under the Public Records Act, public records are supposed to be provided within 10 working days of being requested, or as soon as practicable.
“Governor Palin’s campaign promises to conduct the State’s business in a transparent and open manner appear meaningless,” said Alaska Democratic Party Chair Patti Higgins. “These repeated delays are excessive and unwarranted. There is obvious obfuscation going on here. Sarah Palin is proving herself to be anti-transparent about her own communications and activities.”
An email from David Jones, Senior Assistant Attorney General, to Perez dated Jan. 28 states that “we have made little progress” in preparing public records for release. His email indicated that new software was obtained that was supposed to enable the Department of Law to number, review and redact the records electronically, but the department has not been able to use the new software. “The records are not yet available to us in a form that will permit us to number, review and as necessary, redact them,” Jones wrote.
It appears that the Office of the Governor and the Attorney General have lumped in the ADP’s straightforward request with more complex requests from other entities involving private mailboxes, and thus the State has not dealt with the ADP’s request in compliance with the statute and regulations. Just because the State is not able to fulfill other requests without an extensive search does not mean that the State is relieved of the obligation to provide accessible records in a timely manner to the ADP.
The state informed the ADP in earlier correspondence that its request would require a search of the state mailboxes of 51 separate individuals. Complying with the ADP’s records request requires searching only the email of Governor Sarah Palin, Higgins said.
The emails sought could have been identified with simple search commands, and the records sought should have been produced by now, Higgins said.
“We trust that the Attorney General will not make another biased decision for the benefit of the Governor, but rather will act to protect the interests of Alaskans who have a legal right to obtain public records,” Higgins said.
Which emails are they looking for? Here’s the intriguing list:
• All those between Palin and state Rep. John Coghill, R-North Pole, or between Palin and state Sen. Fred Dyson, R-Eagle River, with the words “abortion” or “AGIA,” which is short for the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act;
• All e-mails from Palin containing the following words: babysitter, childcare, McCain, Obama, Democrat, Huckabee, Wal-Mart, Eskimo, Natives, Kuwait, passport, Ruedrich, or Kopp;
• All e-mails between Palin and her husband, Todd, with any of the following words: vote, veto, budget, oil, Monegan, or Wooten; and
• All e-mails between Palin and her sister, Molly McCann, with the words Wooten or Monegan.
For more details check out the article in today’s Anchorage Daily News.
February 1st, 2009 at 2:07 AM
I forgot to add, at people lookup Trig does not pop up either. All the rest of the kids but not him.
February 1st, 2009 at 2:16 AM
Hey Morgan! (..if you are reading…)
Thanks a lot for your work…
Sooner or later truth will prevail…
February 1st, 2009 at 3:23 AM
Redact ?!?!?! R U kiddin me ?!?!?!?! These aren’t documents pertaining to Area 51, nor do they have National Security implications. They should not be redacting anything.
Maybe it’s ALL the references to “coffee” that they want to redact !
February 1st, 2009 at 4:38 AM
WTF? PP4T is gone? Morgan, PLEASE take a CCW class.
February 1st, 2009 at 5:42 AM
Everyone, I just want to thank you for your support. I am hopeful that one day I will be able to blog again. Please don’t worry about me, just keep being beacons for truth!
February 1st, 2009 at 5:58 AM
The power of the pixel. foh shizzle!
Am I mad? YOU BETCHA!
February 1st, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Morgan???
Why did your site shut down?
Was it your decision due to time or was it due to some other reason???
February 1st, 2009 at 8:42 AM
Morgan, I hope you take all your info and and start writing a “who done it” true crime mystery type book. You could easily get 11k for such a book.
I will be the first to buy it!
Seriously, you must of been getting very,very close to the truth. And please call the FBI. None of the police in Alaska will do anything. they are controlled by Barbie. Even the Leg. is, with the exception of a few brave ones. Go to the Feds or Alaska’s DOJ Attorney General.
February 1st, 2009 at 9:23 AM
Morgan, download everything you’ve compiled and store it in a safe place. Research “safe places” and make sure you put your information in a place no one would think of, and tell only a person you’d trust with your life.
Whoever threatened you may not be done with you.
God bless your efforts, and I’m very sad to see you’ve been chased offline by Sarah’s evil minions.
KJ
February 1st, 2009 at 9:34 AM
I don’t understand this redaction, where it concerns the Dems’ in the legislature.
Since the Dems ARE the Government, are not they privy to all contents of the e-mails?
Then there are the e-mails sent to Todd, if he , as an ordinary citizen can receive them, shouldn’t the rest of the populace have the same privilege? How can you redact anything sent to him?
Should not the legislature have all the e-mails they requested immediatley and the-mails sent to Todd simply be made public knowledge?
February 1st, 2009 at 9:43 AM
OT…but interesting;
The Note: Palin stiffs the House Republicans
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/palin-stiffs-th.html
Excerpt;
Asked why Palin told the Republicans she could not leave Alaska this weekend, Palin spokesman Bill McAllister offered this non-responsive answer:
“My understanding is that the governor has not scheduled any partisan events on her current trip to D.C.,” McAllister told ABC News.
February 1st, 2009 at 11:46 AM
A little OT…but interesting, Palin did like McCain did to Letterman;
The Note: Palin stiffs the House Republicans
http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/01/palin-stiffs-th.html
Excerpt;
Asked why Palin told the Republicans she could not leave Alaska this weekend, Palin spokesman Bill McAllister offered this non-responsive answer:
“My understanding is that the governor has not scheduled any partisan events on her current trip to D.C.,” McAllister told ABC News.
February 1st, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Hi Morgan, good to hear from you.
February 1st, 2009 at 3:26 PM
They forgot one key word: trooper. Using the names Wooten & Monegan will limit the results.
Somehow, I don’t think that Flailin’ & Todd would be using the proper names of those who they think are the enemy, nor that they would even be able to spell them properly…
February 1st, 2009 at 6:14 PM
Palin as mayor stated that she would do whatever she wanted to do until a court told her not to.
The Democratic needs to take it to the next level, i.e. judicial.
The voters need to take it to the next level i.e. over the heads of the legislators who obviously are not going to do anything either.
Time to stop going for help to those that have no interest in helping.
FBI? Department of Justice?
We need some knowledgeable in the legalities of these issues to help figure out what can be done now.
Whatever, it is time to stop “looking for love in all the wrong places !”