Comments on: The Palin Administration’s $64,000 Question.

By: ValleyIndependent

ValleyIndependent — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:11:16 +0000

The City of Wasilla processed a huge number of records requests after the announcement of the VP nomination. As far as I know, they were all handled fairly quickly, and I’d be surprised if the whole lot of them brought in $64 K to the city’s coffers to offset costs. Essentially, the city’s IT department is two out-sourced technicians.

There was also a fairly massive records request related to former Mayor Keller’s administration’s efforts to assist Meritage Development and the resulting ethics investigation.

I’d sure like to know more about how the city’s volume of records requests and associated charges compare to those of the state.

By: loreenwl

loreenwl — Sat, 23 May 2009 23:05:00 +0000

@ Dr. Patois
Thanks for pointing me to Sheila Toomey’s photo. Not the same person I knew. Thank goodness. I would hate to think my old friend turned into someone I did not recognize.

By: Dr. Patois

Dr. Patois — Sat, 23 May 2009 22:11:47 +0000

NMJ says:
You can make a “TinyURL” out of a long link here:

http://tinyurl.com/create.php?url=about%3Ablank

Thanks NMJ!

By: Say NO to Palin in Politics

Say NO to Palin in Politics — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:05:44 +0000

from the same article I just posted……..

“Croft and Palin argue that the governor should have referred the Renkes matter to the personnel board in October, immediately after a newspaper story reported Renkes’ stock holdings, rather than waiting until December, when he received a formal complaint from Palin and Croft. The two said Murkowski should not have hired Anchorage attorney Robert Bundy to investigate, as he did in October.”

By: Say NO to Palin in Politics

Say NO to Palin in Politics — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:02:33 +0000

Also too, revisit articles when Palin did this to Murkoski……..

http://www.adn.com/news/government/renkes/story/42200.html

“Palin on Friday again criticized the governor’s initial response to the Renkes revelations and said she suspected that someone in the governor’s office pressured the board to say explicitly that Murkowski had not violated ethics act procedures.”

By: Say NO to Palin in Politics

Say NO to Palin in Politics — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:59:20 +0000

Diva…….you should contact those in the pre election media to see if they ever got their emails they asked for, and to see how much they were charged, and to see if any explanation on how the cost of charges were determined. See if it anything consistent, to see if it’s even close to the “explanation for your charges”. We know they make these things up as they love winging it. I’d also check into how other states are charging, compare prices and compare methods used.

Did the national Dem party ever request any records? I can’t remember.

By: Irishgirl

Irishgirl — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:43:27 +0000

Best of luck to you, Celtic Diva!!

By: sjk from the belly of the plane

sjk from the belly of the plane — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:40:53 +0000

Palins “NSF-FOIA—-Not So Free Freedom of Information Act”.

By: NY Dem

NY Dem — Sat, 23 May 2009 19:05:57 +0000

Unbelievable ! This sounds like a typical Republican ploy to circumvent a written law. Something like George Bush used to pull.

Obviously, sarah has something (many things) to hide, that is the reason for the huge money request, that not even Warren Buffett would pay, and HE can afford it !

By: honestyinGov

honestyinGov — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:53:04 +0000

I know that this is not Rex Butler’s expertise/field…. but I’ll bet he could come up with some names of Attorneys who might look into this…?
An Attorney who has to live in Alaska and has to live under the Rule of this ‘village idiot’…?
Gryphen, Celtic Diva, and AKM…. put some feelers out there…. you never know who might be listening and watching. And their name would get a LOT of Press, Statewide and Nationally. Good for their business. Can you say ‘pro-bono’.