Officials reject Palin complaints

[Chris]

The Alaska Public Offices Commission rejected a claim that the governor violated election law last summer by taking a public position on a controversial ballot initiative on mining pollution.

At almost the same time, an attorney hired by the state personnel board dismissed an ethics complaint claiming Palin's role in the political action committee SarahPAC poses a conflict with her official duties as governor.

Palin said the decisions affirmed her constitutional right to free speech.

A Bristol Bay lodge owner, Brian Kraft, filed the election law complaint against Palin over the so-called "Clean Water" initiative, which Alaska voters rejected Aug. 26. Aimed at the proposed Pebble project, it tried to create tougher pollution discharge requirements for large mines.

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Ha!  Suck it, DUmmies.

[Chris_]

I can just hear the DUmmies in my office now, " I'll get you, my pretty."   

[seabelle]

That's good news!  I donated to her legal fund to help fight off those loonies 

[jinxmchue]

Boy, the liberal haters are getting their footballs yanked away from them a lot today.

[Randy]

Well it is in the Grand plan of Fitzmas.....

[Chris]

An update...

Ethics Complaint on Apparel Dismissed
14th Ethics Complaints filed with no Violations

June 3, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin today welcomed news that another ethics complaint has been dismissed. This is the 14th ethics complaint filed against the governor or her staff that has been resolved with no finding of a violation of the Executive Branch Ethics Act. Those complaints contain 22 separate allegations, all of which have been found to be without merit.

The complaint, filed by Linda Kellen Biegel, a blogger designated by the 2008 Democratic National Convention to represent Alaska bloggers, alleged that the governor violated the ethics act when she acted as the official starter of the Iron Dog snow machine race in February while wearing a jacket with the name Team Arctic, a logo of the Arctic Cat Company. The complaint accused the governor of using her position and state resources to serve her personal financial interests. The complaint also alleged that the governor used state resources to promote a personal interest.

Thomas Daniel, the independent investigator for the State Personnel Board, concluded there is no evidence establishing probable cause to believe that Governor Palin used her position for personal gain by wearing a Team Arctic jacket at the start and finish of the 2009 Iron Dog race.

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Suck it, you liberal busybody assholes.  Suck it long, and suck it hard.

[djones520]

These people sicken me.  You've got real people like John Murtha pissing all over the ethics shit, and they try to pull crap like this.  Unbelievable.

[thundley4]

The complaint, filed by Linda Kellen Biegel, a blogger designated by the 2008 Democratic National Convention to represent Alaska bloggers, alleged that the governor violated the ethics act when she acted as the official starter of the Iron Dog snow machine race in February while wearing a jacket with the name Team Arctic, a logo of the Arctic Cat Company.

How is this different than when any politician shows up at any ribbon cutting ceremony and wears clothing by the sponsoring company?  What about when polticians throw out the first pitch of a baseball game and wear the teams shirt?

[Chris]

I wonder if I can sue Linda Kellen Biegel for being an annoying pain in the ass and for being smug enough to use up three names when normal people are capable of getting by with two.