Ethics Complaint #18 Filed Against Sarah Palin
14 07 2009Anchorage resident and registered Republican Andrée McLeod has filed an ethics complaint today with the Attorney General’s Office charging that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act and knowingly, intentionally and willfully abused her official position and state resources for partisan political purposes and withheld official action for personal and political interests.
“We’ve been had,” says Andrée McLeod. “Sarah Palin failed to preserve, protect and safeguard the office of the governor for selfish reasons and the State of Alaska and Alaskans were left vulnerable and exposed.”
Signed and completed official travel documents show that upon being summoned by the McCain campaign on August 27th Sarah Palin wrote “Conclusion of state business” for that day and flew off to places unknown. After her failed bid, similar documents state “Return to duty status”. However, payroll documents show Palin continued to receive her $125,000 governor’s salary and benefited by using state funded staff on the campaign for ‘state business’ while knowing she was off duty.
“By signing these documents Sarah Palin knew she temporarily quit as governor to campaign for VP full-time; but by pocketing her salary Palin deceivingly used her official position and state staff for partisan political purposes to garner votes.”
The complaint also touches on the Alaska Constitution’s Article 3, Section 9: Acting Governor ~ In case of the temporary absence of the governor from office, the lieutenant governor shall serve as acting governor.
McLeod asks, “What was Sarah Palin thinking when she went off to the Lower 48 for God knows how long without transferring duties to the lieutenant governor? Alaskans were left fending for themselves while Outside political campaign operatives hijacked our system of governance and rendered it paralyzed. Who was looking out for Alaskans and where was the lieutenant governor? How could Sarah Palin be so thoughtless?”
A copy of the ethics complaint is here: sarah-palin-jul-14-ethics-complaint1
AKGovSarahPalinAre these constant, wasteful thumped-up ethics charges result of not caving when the filer begged for job? More frivolous chrgs filed today:
MudflatsSarah Palin just tweeted about a “thumped-up” ethics charge. WTH is that? Trumped up? I keep banging my head but she doesn’t leave!
July 15th, 2009 at 10:59 AM
Does Sarah get a pension as ex-gov that aborted her term? Wouldn’t she have to complete one term to get State pension and insurance?
Her “tweet” was chock full of stupid and another illegal outing of State information on the job seeker. What the hell is wrong with this woman? Thumped up charges?
That’s almost as funny as the ad in a NY pennysaver for the sale of a “common gear” Volkswagon. That’s the way Carmen Ghia sounds in Brooklynese.
July 15th, 2009 at 11:10 AM
Celtic Diva has a great post up on this on her site
http://www.divasblueoasis.com/diary/724/newest-ethics-complaint-van-flein-claims-documents-palin-signed-dont-really-mean-what-they-say
Newest Ethics Complaint: Van Flein claims documents Palin signed don’t really mean what they say
–It is VERY clear that the documents tell one story (Palin did NOT consider herself to be on state duty while she was campaigning. The perdiem and travel charges to the State of Alaska stopped and were picked up by the McCain Campaign for that period.) Yet she collected her paycheck throughout, claimed she was on-the-job 24/7 and BROUGHT STATE EMPLOYEES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH HER (Kris Perry, Bill McAllister) claiming they were doing the state business
July 15th, 2009 at 1:04 PM
greatgrammy1 Says:
July 15th, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Why in the world hasn’t anyone filed an appeal to the Alaska Supreme Court? Some of these complaint seem valid in spite of being thrown out by Palin’s friends.
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Under the ethics law, ONLY the subject of the complaint has a right to appeal.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:11 PM
Canadian Neighbour Says:
Misfit in Texas,
Didn’t I read somewhere that the Ethics Code applies During AND After service? That would imply ending her service does not end her Ethical Duties.
Not that she has or will ever concern herself with Rules, Codes or Laws that do not fit her ideals.
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I’ve been searching for either an article or a video as I recall someone, whether it was Parnell I can’t remember, saying that they were going to continue to work through the ethics complaints beyond Palin’s leaving.
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I just saw on MSNBC where they said Alaskans have up to two years to file ethics complaints against $P,so she can not run from them by Quitting.
July 15th, 2009 at 1:18 PM
C. Rock,
Thank you for that. It was one of those things that drives you nuts knowing you’ve read or heard on an interview — but who and where. This is when the computer is not necessarily the friendliest in searching. Don’t gotta now!!!!!
July 15th, 2009 at 1:30 PM
Someone ought to hold Pat B’s head underwater……
Hmmm, I’ll bet the dud’s thought about doing this, but not to Levi….
July 15th, 2009 at 1:32 PM
oh wow, so this is what they were talking about, I forgot the mans name the one that does all the investigative stuff on governors and said she is the most secretive. Then they went on to say that some document would be misconstrued if the public was able to view it, wow, very good, I still think you are right Ms. Mc.
July 15th, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Seen this ?
Sarah Palin’s Most Cringe-Worthy Moments: You Choose The Worst (SLIDESHOW) (POLL)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/13/sarah-palins-most-cringe_n_230502.html?slidenumber=0
July 15th, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Ethics complaint against Palin dismissed
2 hours ago
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Another ethics complaint against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has been dismissed.
Palin’s office says the state personnel board rejected the complaint — alleging Palin has been paid for media interviews — in part because it was not properly notarized.
The governor’s office says a board official also noted the panel already has determined that media interviews did not violate ethics law.
Palin representatives say the governor has not been paid for media interviews and the complainant, Raymond Alvin Ward, lacked evidence to back his contention.
The complaint is among 18 ethics grievances filed against Palin, most of which have been dismissed.
Copyright © 2009 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
July 15th, 2009 at 8:00 PM
That would be #18 (Ray Ward) of 21
July 15th, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Some has captured a screen-shot from Ivy Frye, one of GINO’s rebel-rousers…. who is trying to invoke sea of pee to rise up against A McLeod, as if she had stalked an allegedly pregnant palin:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/32527116@N06/3724108658/sizes/o/
They will stop at nothing to perpetrate a fraud!
July 16th, 2009 at 12:20 AM
From Alaska Dispatch article, Donald Craig Mitchell:
Palin served as ethics officer – she knows the ethics rules.
“Oil and Gas Conservation Commissioner Palin, who also served as the Commission’s ethics officer, had no ethical problem with Randy Ruedrich serving as a Commissioner. But then she suddenly had a huge, and very public, problem when the news leaked that during his workday Ruedrich had been using his office computer to conduct Alaska Republican Party business.”
“And then in a public fit of professed pique, in January 2004 she quit the Commission because, since the Attorney General’s investigation of Ruedrich’s violation of the Alaska Ethics Act was ongoing, she was precluded from publicly discussing what she knew about it. As Sarah went out of her way to tell the Anchorage Daily News, the state’s largest newspaper: “I’m forced to withhold information from Alaskans, and that goes against what I believe in as a public servant.”“
July 16th, 2009 at 9:12 AM
I sure hope those in Alaska are and will call for a complete state audit of the books, including all personel under Palins friends umbrella. Did Todd collect a paycheck while being her official, unofficial shadow government while doing her bidding for her on state time and dime?
Complete audit needs to be done.