New Ethics Complaint Filed Against Sarah Palin
Yup, it’s another one. I can hear the right wing side of the “chattering class” now. “What’s the matter with these people? She’s gone now! Haven’t they done enough damage? What more do they want? She’s stepped down from the governorship! Give it a rest!”
Which leads me to respond to these accusations that perhaps it wasn’t about Sarah Palin after all. Maybe…just maybe…it was about the principle of the thing. (Holding my breath and waiting to hear a little ‘pling!’ as a lightbulb goes off over the collective heads of Palin supporters everywhere)
(still waiting)
Didn’t think so.
Well, here is the latest from citizen ethics watchdog Andree McLeod.
Another ethics complaint aimed at holding Sarah Palin accountable has been filed with the Attorney General’s office by Anchorage resident and registered Republican Andrée McLeod. The document charges that Governor Palin has violated the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act for failure to submit completed and signed gift disclosure forms claiming gifts received by her and her family as specified by law.
“Governor Palin intentionally and willfully broke the Ethics Act by not claiming gifts timely, if at all,” McLeod said.
The Ethics Act is exceedingly and simply clear in that officials MUST claim gifts within 30 days of receipt. Yet, Sarah Palin states in a June 15th letter, “There are boxes of unopened mail at this point, even mail that was delivered in 2008. Thus, as initially disclosed, ‘we continue to open boxes’ and we consider any parcel “received” at the time it is opened.”
“The governor’s statement sets off alarms. Alaskans expect their public officials to follow the rules of law; especially the ones that are intended to keep them honest,” McLeod said. “Instead this woman admits to having no intention of complying with our laws.”
McLeod continues, “What possible reason is there for Palin to keep all these gifts a secret for so long? Why has she not disclosed them by the book now before quitting? ”
Read the full text of the ethics complaint below:
july-20-gifts-ethics-complaint
As it turns out, this AKM post is very predictive… who woulda known that the Daniels Report would suddenly appear – a week after Sarah Palin was given a copy of it!!!
Keep on her, Andree. You may not hear us, but we cheer you on nonetheless.
I haven’t read all the comments yet, so this may have been covered, but it’s not exactly true that the complaints cost the filer nothing.
While it is true that to file the actual complaint costs nothing, there are exorbitant costs to get the records requests filled to get the actual information which you have to provide to support your claim of a violation.
Based on how much Linda’s records request cost, I’d guess Andree has probably laid out a fairly significant amount of cash.
$150.00? That’s the limit?
How much you want to bet no gift is valued at over $150.00? Not one.
Now, I’d like to see them all tallied up for the IRS.
I saw this on Huff Post, another post re: her 19th –
here comes your 19th nervous breakdown.
Oh, whos to blame, that girls just insane.
Well nothing I do dont seem to work,
It only seems to make matters worse. oh please.
ala rolling stones
Didn’t meaTharaS also solicit donations/gifts before SarahPAC and the Trust Fund were set up?
IMO, I believe it will turn on what the defintion of “received” is…the white vest for example, if she leaves it at the Mansion on display or what not…not a gift. Gift have to be over $150 in value. My age old obvious retort for these is: why is there not a staff person assigned to the reporting of gifts through the Gov’s office. The form should automatically “spit out” once she is handed a “gift” in excess of 150 in her role as the gov. In my office any gift over $10 has to be shared with co-workers or doanrted to charity.
Chuck Heath is awesome! Keep talkin’ Chuck. Tell us again about the gifts and Trigs birth too!
Yes Sauerkraut! We should definitely do lunch in Freeport the next time you’re in the area. You can email me through my blog. In fact, last summer I met some bloggers from Ohio who were up here vacationing. A great time! We’ll do lunch on Gritty McDuff’s deck. How’s that? 🙂
Grandpa Heath talks to People magazine about… gifts to Sarah:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/15/sarah-palin-will-be-a-gre_n_151195.html
“Bristol Palin is expecting her first child, a son, on Dec. 20 — and her grandfather says their family has been receiving support and gifts from all over the world.
“In Sarah’s mailroom, there’s 87 boxes — big boxes of mail that haven’t even been opened,” Sarah Palin’s father, Chuck Heath, 70, tells the Web site Grandparents.com. “I’ve been answering letters all day, all week. We figure there’s over a hundred thousand pieces here.”
296 samper Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 7:56 PM
@288 (note from palin):
What is this guy? A horny 14 year old? The way he GUSHES over the stupid note is ridiculous!
And why, oh WHY has adult penmanship escaped this Gov with a Journalism degree? It looks like Piper wrote it!
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I’m sorry I’m too lazy to find the link, but someone on one of the other linked blogs posted a link to the actual documenta SP released at the last reporting period.
In addition to having the donors actual checks become publically viewed including their address and in some cases phones numbers, there was a section about loans and obligations, and there was a statement about the ‘fact’ that the Palin’s had a legal debt from ‘frivilous’ charges.
Aside from the misspelling, that was written in a different printing/handwriting than the rest of the document.
That writing seems to match the text of the Thank You note. Chances are, SP did not write those notes, some staffer did.
I have other questions about those disclosure documents but it’s very late here; tough to stay up, it’s been a long, long day, and I’ve got the sandman at my door … everybody sing along!
Her traveling around the state smells of campaigning for… Senator? or what?
She claims to have revamped the ethics rules, but they don’t apply to her. She is above them. If she were a responsible person who cared about her supporters, she would have had an assistant open all those boxes of mail in a timely manner. She would have claimed the gifts and answered the correspondences in a timely manner. Her ignorance of the basic rules of etiquette is appalling. She holds herself up as the elite of the elitists! She thinks she is superior to everyone else. None of the rules apply to $arah, not even the ones she made up.
There was a little girl at a recent Presidential Town Hall who missed her last day of school to see the President.
He wrote, on the spot, a note to the teacher asking him/her to excuse the little girl’s absence from class… that she was “with him” that day.
She was VERY modest when the networks asked her to appear. She probably only did so because it was so publicly televised (he wrote the note right there at the TH meeting and gave it to her… cameras everywhere!).
I’m sure if it had been a more “private” matter, she would have done nothing. (And her PARENTS would have done nothing.)
This gushing adolescent is just looking for his own 15 seconds. Probably has nothing else going for him than a scrawled and haphazard note from a wannabe POTUS because he was dumb enough to send her a gift.
Received = taking possession of.
In her house? RECEIVED!
Opened? Who cares? STILL RECEIVED!!!!!
@288 (note from palin):
What is this guy? A horny 14 year old? The way he GUSHES over the stupid note is ridiculous!
And why, oh WHY has adult penmanship escaped this Gov with a Journalism degree? It looks like Piper wrote it!
He gave her a promise to publicly acknowledge her thank-you note and sing her praises.
Okay. So I want to know what that guy gave her that warranted a hand written thank you note.
There are postmarks on all of them, opened or not, they’re “received”.
IRS IRS IRS!
visiting all over Alaska so she can say..WHEN I WAS GUV, I VISITED “insert name of city/town here.”
SNAKE!
So did she declare those free baseball seats? Two, or three?
This ethics complaint seems valid & AKM you are right, it’s really about the principal at times. Willful & blatant disregard of the law, how can that be justified? Maybe she thought the mail could be swept under her resignation rug, or kept in the wall safe with her crown. Governors must have employees, or maybe the secretary is one more friend from Wasilla. It just amazes me, all these scandals we hear about. Alaska, you deserve better.
oohhh, cant wait to see what letterman has to say tonight..haha
At least one gift has been acknowledged/opened by SP.
http://tiny.cc/s7aX0
No more articulate in her thankyou than when tweeting.
Wasn’t there a post sometime ago about one of the bots gushing over a hand writtten thank you note from Bristol, that was written on SP’s behalf? Unopened gifts, my foot!
I’m not sure I understand everything that’s going on here, so I hope these comments make sense.
First, from what I remember reading, John Coale did more than chit-chat with SP at a cocktail party. Didn’t he help her set up her money-raising PACs? Perhaps he just hasn’t gotten around to billing her yet. Maybe. Just sayin.
Isn’t there something fundamentally wrong with just changing your tweets? 😉
Hey Kay… next time I’m up near Maine, we should do lunch… nice place down in Freeport I know. …
The Thank you tour was definately the grifter getting some free campaining on the state of Alaska.
Excellent point, Ginger. Palin is a poor practitioner in the art of time management. Perhaps things would be rosier for her if she’d pay attention the State’s business instead of those complaints. A prime example of how she’s responsible for her current situation and soon-to-be out-of-office status.
@CG
Sarah Palin hit every community she could reach and justify, in a hurry, in a whirlwind meet-and-greet to stump for herself, just like politicians do on campaign. Using state funds to benefit herself. She barely disguised it. It was to “thank Alaskans.”
I also think there was more to this than meets the eye. She was covering all for a multitude of things. “Thanking” people for keeping secrets perhaps?
sauerkraut: Thanks for clarifying. Sorry I made sense back there. I know… it’s almost blasphemy to admit it might be “nothing” that Coale gave “free” advice. But still… I’m not so high & mighty that I can’t see right and wrong when all I WANT to see is wrong wrong wrong!
Thank You Tour and Special Session of Leg: MORE than what all the complaints combined (even her own and priciest one!) cost.
Costing the “taxpayers” money? Is she KIDDING? Aren’t the only real taxpayers in AK the ones who own great big oil companies? My understanding, from her own words during Hannity interview, is that AKn’s enjoy “negative” tax… they get back MORE than they put in!
Blecccchhh!
Sarah complained to her brother that she and her staff spend 80% of her time fighting the ethics complaints..she is obsessed with these complaints and spends way too much time talking about the people that complain about her ethics rather than talking specifically about each complaint and maybe try to defend herself with some facts…she brought her whole staff into her BS. I bet there will be some revelations about the Sarah Administration after she is gone from people close to the office of Gov.
as you type your tweet, a little counter goes down to zero and if you keep typing it shows you the number of excess characters in red. You can fix your tweet taking out words and blanks to get under the 140
@We… think you are cut off… hence (what a great word) the series of tweets.
Duct: I feel your pain. Sandpaper Tongue is all over me tonite! So many kisses. So many ANNOYING kisses! Sitting on the arm of the chair such that I am cramped up.
Gotta love the Left Wing Kitties interested in a good laugh, though!
This is going to sound like a really dumb question but, what happens when you go over the alloted 140 characters? Do they not get published, do you get charged for using extra or is it just bad manners to go over?
Just askin’ too also
I do think it’s time to hold the Personnel Board accountable, in one fashion or another.
The Palin Unleashed Victory Lap – misuse of state funds allocated to necessary travel. I don’t have time to figure out where she went, who the entourage was, so I’m rounding off reasonably.
Eight trips in two weeks. At a minimum and probably more – Sarah, Todd, Ivy Frye, press person and one Senator for each trip. Let’s average $1,000 per person. Less for some – more for others. That would be airfare and subsistence.
8 x 5 x $1,000 = $40,000. Minimum. That’s not counting chartered aircraft, catered lunches, miscellaneous expenses. Or salaries drawn for two weeks of being out of the office.
So. $40,000 for state business? No. Not one of those trips was necessary to anything. For example, there was no justifiable reason for the PCE bill to be signed in Unalakleet; it wasn’t specific to that community. There was no purpose served in a tour of grizzlies in Katmai Park.
Sarah Palin hit every community she could reach and justify, in a hurry, in a whirlwind meet-and-greet to stump for herself, just like politicians do on campaign. Using state funds to benefit herself. She barely disguised it. It was to “thank Alaskans.”
I was really hoping that that would be #21.
But enough fooling around. Parnell’s going to do the same thing. He’s already declared himself for a gubernatorial campaign, Sarah set precedent for use of state funds and property for personal benefit. He’s untouchable at this point. Whatever he does, he can point to precedence in the previous administration and that’s all he needs. Not only was there NO message sent, no lessons learned, but she gifted him carte blanche.
Parnell will be the same blurring of church and government, the same keeping of secrets because us ordinary folk would misunderstand things, the same rationale and justifications. The same Seven Mountain Strategies agenda for state business.
The entire personnel board has to go and there should be some dishonor to it, not to correct anything, but to establish a firm standard of accountablity and a little fear.
samper – SOSDD = same old poop different day.
samper – SOSDD = same old shit different day.
dang… samper actually makes sense @266. I need another drink!
We can’t compare the Coale stuff to ordinary people– we’re talking about violations of the Ethics Act, which doesn’t apply to us. It’s for politicians.
Too bad there aren’t a few unopened gifts of unsmoked salmon.
new thread
sauerkraut: What’s SOSDD?
ack interesTed– hard to type with a cat spread across my lap and keyboard!
#28 @ July 20th, 2009 at 3:05 PM, Lori in Los Angeles Says: “”I am wondering WHY, if laws are being broken, the State Attorney General’s office cannot handle some of these cases…””
We don’t understand either. The Attorney General is appointed by the Governor even as statute requires the office to be the …ethical supervisor… of the Governor.
For some reason I cannot fathom
the AG and all of the Alaska Administration and the Legislature
never call her into accountability.
As we have learned up close and personal the last few months.
Good.Job.Andrea.
I don’t know if the Coale stuff has legs.
I can see MANY cocktail and dinner parties where an attorney (while balancing a plate of appetizers in one hand and a stiff drink in the other) says something like “You ought to start a PAC. But be sure you do X, Y and Z in the set up to make sure it’s legit”.
Or, for us more “common” folk: “I don’t think you should name your parents as executors of your will. Chances are you will outlive them and a secondary would have to be named.”
Free advice and not NECESSARILY scandalous. HOWEVER, if this conversation were to take place in an office, with a lot of formality (an appointment, coffee served, an assistant taking notes), it might stand a better chance of being worthy.
I dunno… I can see casual conversation as not necessarily a breach. But the other stuff? OH YEAH!
ALSO, TOO: Let’s not forget the payroll issue Andree filed last week!!!!!!! Accepting payroll while campaigning and “supposedly” running the state via BB. If she could run the state via BB, why hasn’t she been on a beach in the Caribbean for the past 2 years, running AK from THERE? Also, too…. if running the state via BB, why the need for an ASSISTANT to travel the country with her? Can’t SP do it ALL?
Crystalwolf, don’t know but the arguement could be that the kids would have never gotten those gifts if Sarah wasn’t Governor.
“Lots of attorneys provide “free” legal advice. Some even provide that advice to politicians. Does that make it unethical? I dunno… seems to me that attorneys have free speech rights.”
It’s not unethical for attorneys or anyone to provide a free service. It’s unethical of SP, as a politician, not to declare that she received it as a gift.
I do agree that the IRS will be interesyed in ALL the gifts.
how is it that she doesn’t have time to open gifts yet those crazies on c4p have letters that Sarah wrote to them???
it’s just like all the other ones that takes the personnel board 10 minutes to dismiss and apparently “cost” another huge tab that she can complain about.
#23 texdude Says: July 20th, 2009 at 3:01 PM
So if St. Sarah doesn’t open anything till July 27, she gets to keep it all?
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Seems to me that she’s grandfathered in under the rules as governor regardless. If they arrived during her tenure, she’s obligated to follow the rules in place at that point in time. Frankly, I do not believe the claim that none of those boxes were or are opened. Maybe the kids opened them, but they’ve been opened. If she states otherwise, then my opinion is that (as usual) she is lying. Like a rug.
Oh, irony. She’ll be done in by her own adoring fans.
I don’t see how this is a big deal, imho. SP will just say it is trivial and how would they prove that she was given gifts when she can say she doesn’t have them?
To people thinking that all the baby gifts would count– the statute requires that gifts be reported
(1) if the public officer may take or withhold official action that affects the giver; or
(2) if the gift is connected to the public officer’s governmental status.
I imagine the baby stuff wouldn’t qualify.
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But the gifts to Trip WOULD apply! One of the Palinbots had on her blog “Send gov palin a gift for her coming new grandchild” Chuckie commented on all the gifts that were coming in. Oh no…THEY COUNT!!!!!!
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No, gifts to the family must be reported “if the gift would have to be reported under this section if it had been received by the public officer…”
If they weren’t reportable by SP then they weren’t reportable by the family, either. I’m not saying she DIDN’T have to report them–I don’t know. For all I know, the sea of pee-ers were telling each other to send gifts to “the best governor ever.”
#253 samper Says: July 20th, 2009 at 5:40 PM
BTW: Anyone brave enough to see what the pee’ers are saying? I can’t stand going over there and don’t think we should.
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I looked a few hours ago. SOSDD that’s still spinning in the terlet.
IRS, IRS, IRS!
Go, fight, win!
The lengthy post at #114 was someone doing a riff on Nixon’s Checkers Speech. (I was a politically involved toddler at the time.)
#9 Seagull Junker Palin Says: July 20th, 2009 at 2:39 PM
John Coale is listed as provided free legal advice, not reported by $arah, and Greta’s own words are used in the complaint to verify this.
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I don’t get this.
Lots of attorneys provide “free” legal advice. Some even provide that advice to politicians. Does that make it unethical? I dunno… seems to me that attorneys have free speech rights.
Or don’t they?
Are conversations that GVS and Coale had with Palin “gifts”? A bit of a stretch, imho.
*This* it the one.
Everyone chant: IRS, IRS, IRS…..
mainiac: I’m good now. Caught up and have a refreshing beverage at hand.
Got to hand it to you guys! I almost pee’d a little at some of the comments!
What a great group we have here!!!!
BTW: Anyone brave enough to see what the pee’ers are saying? I can’t stand going over there and don’t think we should. But it would be FUNNY AS HECK to see the spin!
samper Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 5:36 PM
OK! All caught up!
But doesn’t the Act say that gifts to family (who are, presumably NOT public officers or engaged in public business) have to be counted?
IF SP were to get all mavricky and such, she would just sit on the living room floor and have Piper hand her box after box, envelope after envelope and have the whole thing recorded AND published for all to see.
Just like on Xmas morning when we were kids! Get a gift, rip it open, and hold it up for the camera.
Soooooooo EASY!
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It would but she is a grifter, wanting something for nothing. She only wants to report what she absolutely has too! None at all if she had her way!
Sue ME!!!!
SP’s reasoning chip doesn’t seem to be working. Imagine trying to involve a military veteran, (or maybe she meant veterinarian) into her complaint. What does that have to do with someone questioning her conduct? She seems to manipulate, twist and include any honourable person(s), like her children, to gain sympathy. She would use the image of a noble Veteran as a “tool” to make her accusers feel guilty. She tries to turn her guilt back on to her accusers.
Despicable.
I’m not willing to swear that this is all there is, but this is the only definition I found in the statutes.
AS 45.02.103 (Trade and Commerce–Sales)
(a) In this chapter…
(3) “receipt” of goods means taking physical possession of them
Tomorrow I’ll try searching the Alaska Administrative Code.
From the other thread:
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HistoryGoddess Says: July 20th, 2009 at 4:00 PM
# BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations. …
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What’s false about the allegations? Did she indeed file the forms which Andree alleges are required to be filed? If so, then Palin has a point. If not, then it’s a valid complaint.
Does Sarah Palin know there is a difference between an allegation based on a falsehood and an ethics complaint being dismissed because the relevant state agency is too lazy to actually investigate the allegation(s) contained therein? Or is she just engaging in political grandstanding?
duct idaho palin Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 5:25 PM
To people thinking that all the baby gifts would count– the statute requires that gifts be reported
(1) if the public officer may take or withhold official action that affects the giver; or
(2) if the gift is connected to the public officer’s governmental status.
I imagine the baby stuff wouldn’t qualify.
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But the gifts to Trip WOULD apply! One of the Palinbots had on her blog “Send gov palin a gift for her coming new grandchild” Chuckie commented on all the gifts that were coming in. Oh no…THEY COUNT!!!!!!
OK! All caught up!
But doesn’t the Act say that gifts to family (who are, presumably NOT public officers or engaged in public business) have to be counted?
IF SP were to get all mavricky and such, she would just sit on the living room floor and have Piper hand her box after box, envelope after envelope and have the whole thing recorded AND published for all to see.
Just like on Xmas morning when we were kids! Get a gift, rip it open, and hold it up for the camera.
Soooooooo EASY!
Now Now, Samper, Take it EASYYYYYY!!
KayinMaine
It has been a long day, hasn’t it?
Not a problem, we’re cool. 🙂
Nan
And Nan above! No need to apologize. I didn’t take your comments as snarky at all or trying to cause a fight. I was the one who was wrong and have apologized. I need to go bed obviously! It’s getting late here. 😉
You know what….you guys are right! Her earlier Tweets are there. Sorry about that! I apologize for any confusion I caused. I had two tabs open and was confusing the two pages for a second there.
I said STOP IT!
I’m heading into page 5 now and if there is a page 6, I will shoot myself.
Really. I will. Really.
A person _CAN_ delete their own tweets. But these are from the 7-tweet spurt are well recorded I am sure.
To people thinking that all the baby gifts would count– the statute requires that gifts be reported
(1) if the public officer may take or withhold official action that affects the giver; or
(2) if the gift is connected to the public officer’s governmental status.
I imagine the baby stuff wouldn’t qualify.
You can’t delete the tweet!
re #114: falls flat, but it seems to be a parody of Nixon’s “Checkers Speech”. He resigned as Eisenhower’s VP and then returned to politics with horrifying results. “Checkers” was a cocker spaniel puppy that did arrive as a gift for his little girls, Tricia and Julie, which of course they kept. The famous line not included in the above points out that his wife, Pat, wore a “good Republican cloth coat”, but of course that would NEVER suit Sarah, being a red leather kind of gal.
Just jogged my memory- I swear that wasn’t me posting!
@ Kayinmaine: SP spit out 7 tweets in a row earlier. I don’t think she’s deleted any of ’em. They’re still there.
SecretShopper – I don’t think a therapist would do any good. Even mental health professionals with advanced degrees can seldom help people with severe narcissism (because those people are delusional and think they are fine, and the rest of the world is wrong). It is her poor kids who will need the therapists IMO.
SecretShopper – I don’t think a therapist would do any good. Even mental health professionals with advanced degrees can seldom help people with severe narcissism (because those people are delusional and think they are fine, and the rest of the world is wrong). It is her poor kids who will need the therapists IMO.
KayinMaine
As one of the two so-called trolls on your blog, I was polite in pointing out what I saw on the two pictures posted.
I hereby apologize for coming across as a snarky, fight-starting troll and won’t do it again.
AKM, feel free to delete this post. Please.
Though I’d love at times to slap the inventors of Twitter with a wet noodle, let’s not forget that Palin’s Twitter posts may just do her in in the long run.
The more she talks….or twits….the worse she sounds. She needs a therapist badly.
I hope she types tonight: *pulling my hair out*. LOL
Maybe I’m not getting it but what do the vets have to do with filing ethics complaints???? Maybe she’s talking about veterinarians. I don’t know, she drives me nuts!!!
This post by AKM should be sub-titled “Live-blogging tweets from the Twitter Quitter.” I hope Andrew Sullivan gets back (from vacation) soon and sees all this. $arah is completely unhinged, and as someone pointed out – if she did nothing wrong, she would ignore it and let the Personnel Board handle it.
I have never seen anyone act so guilty.
I took snapshots of her Tweets changing here:
http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/07/20/one-more-ethics-complaint-before-sarah-palin-quits-as-the-governor-of-alaska/#comment-58947
Two trolls on my blog are telling me that she’s twittering so fast that that is why they’re changing! Oh please. Since yesterday, July 19th, she hasn’t tweeted much at all. What she has done has either been removed or rewritten.
@ 223 zyggy : 🙂
STOP IT! ALL OF YOU!!!!
I am just ready to get to page 4 and I know when I click “submit” there will be MORE pages before I can join in the laugh riot!
STOP IT! Just sit there and let me catch up!
BTW: First thought: Vets aren’t protecting our freedom of speech… the Constitution of the United States is doing a fine job of that all by itself. The vets have protected and the active duty continue to protect our national safety. Physically. Not our freedom of speech.
What a twit.
NOW… Everyone! Just step back from your keyboards. Just for a minute… Nice and easy now…
Go potty. Get a refreshing beverage… we might need LOTS of Rum to get through this tonite. I’ts 9:25 EDT, but still early enough AK time for Ms. Twit to go on and on.
Prepare yourselves for the long haul. While I catch up.
UK LADY and IRISH GIRL: Maybe you guys should switch from the rum to the coffee.
I took snapshots of her Twitters in the last hour and they did indeed change. She’s having a meltdown! No change to her account in the last 45 minutes or so (she deleted one and rewrote that last one).
I went to see what the EXGov was twittering about the 21st complaint and it is GONE! Due to strange activity.
Maybe you already know this.
chat anyone?
JHop Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:51 PM
the personnel board can be sued, and so can Palin herself, in state or federal court
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Time to consider suing the Personnel Board. I’ll donate.
…note to self, do not change your name to booboozyggy, if you do the moderator deletes your post.
Riley from Ct, “*tap tap tap tap* Is this thing on? *whispering* This is one of the charges that took down the CT governor several years ago…..he went to J.A.I.L.”
great post Riley, absolutely wonderful.
oops sorry…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uvukT3R4Y
here’s a blast from the past when she needed to know who in the press was talking about her…the old “who wrote that?” freakout…http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3uvukT3R4Y
If Todd takes her to a mental health facility tonight, and she is still locked away “for observation” come this weekend, can the torch still be passed to Parnell?
Chat, anyone?
…In violation of not having any Ethics @ all, XXGuvPalin moaned about allegations filed today in another serious complaint; the filer, using one of XXGuvPalin game plays; (like when she announce that she was a QUITTER); gave it to press at last min, b4 XXGuvPalin could have X to make her usual ridiculous, whiny, wasteful response; more than 16 seconds ago from the TwitterBerry herself…
LOL NN!
Rut roh… many visitors again on the Flats… things are really s l o w i n g down.
Sue, here is a link to one story about changing the ethics laws.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061708/sta_291873188.shtml
I find it interesting that even though Sarah and the Republican leadership backed it, it took Democratic support to get through. For those of you who like irony, read the last line of the story as to who the main Democratic co-sponsor was.
*sigh* Mudflats.
Oh Dr P, I’ll bet she broke a nail… furious tapping you know, gotta get the glue and fix the nail and then the fingernail glue isn’t dry and it catches one of the hair extensions and it’s just one thing after another.
OR, she read Mudlflats and is seeing the error of her twitter ways. Yeah. Like that’s gonna happen.
Dr. Patois, don’t forget, she may still be packing. 😉
duct idaho palin Says: Re: IRS receipt date….
My guess is this: IRS views $P as a cash basis tax payer: therefore, receipt is determined on a calendar year. If it came in the door (doors) by 12/31, she owns it.
Even if it came in during the first few days of Jan, she owns it…that’s why folks “float” payments at year end.
Is anyone capturing her tweets in case they … disappear?
Is there a twelve step program for Twitterolics? If so, I know who needs to join.
this is way too much fun!
Oy! Oy! Oy! I am not going to address the many problems with the “content” of her tweets. I wonder though, did it take her half an hour to complete her “thought”?
This is not the first time she has said that our soldiers (aka “warriors”) are fighting for our right to free speech. Twit: Our right to free speech is in the Constitution. If you ask ANY soldier what he/she is fighting for, NONE of them will answer “free speech.”
We may be witnessing the first nervous breakdown LIVE ON TWITTER!
Who’da thunk we would have a world wide live blog on a governor’s twitter messages? This is just crazy. Seriously. That woman is spinning way out of control. I will never forgive McCain for giving voice to her idiocy.
Good tweeting AKM, but watch out she might take you up on it and you might have to sit next to her at all those ‘blogger conferences’!
I seem to remember reading something about that 2 yrs thing, too. Just can’t remember where.
Sue, I know that they changed the campaign finance laws last year, extending the statute of limitations because some members of the legislature couldn’t be dealt with because two much time had gone by. It was signed last summer. Not sure if any other ethics laws were strengthened as well.
In my lifetime, I never would have imagined being a reading participant in a world-wide web verbal argument by a governor of an American state, against an ethics charge, as it is happening. Reading people’s typed thoughts in perpetuity…..what a world we live in.
The tweets show defensiveness, without tact. SP has 1 week to go, can’t she let her Personnel Board deal with it. If she is innocent, then she has nothing to worry or post about. Sounds like the defense mode kicks in especially now for the benefit of her followers, who have to believe in her as a victim. More drama. Sounds a bit like a meltdown.
Go AKM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The twitter-snit fit is beyond immature. Wow. Shaking my head, YCMTSU!
Thank you, everyone, for your answers. I want her to pay!!!!
Sue Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:42 PM
Does anyone know the LEGAL answer to this question: Once SP leaves office, can she still be held accountable for any ethics violations she committed while in office? Thank you!
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Yes, I believe that she can in the sense that the ethics board can investigate & rule on complaints filed up to 2 years after she leaves office and fines can be imposed.
Great tweet, AKM! ROFL!
“Sarah Palin – Enough w/ the 7-part Tweets already! If you can’t follow the 140 character rule, start a blog!”
the personnel board can be sued, and so can Palin herself, in state or federal court
BigPete, you’re in excellent form today! 😀
sue: the law is ambiguous, but it appears that she can be held accountable.
Article 04. COMPLAINTS; HEARING PROCEDURES
Sec. 39.52.310. Complaints.
(b) A person may file a complaint with the attorney general regarding the conduct of a current or FORMER public officer. A complaint must be in writing, be signed under oath, and contain a clear statement of the details of the alleged violation.
Sec. 39.52.440. Civil penalties.
The personnel board may impose on a current or FORMER public officer civil penalties not to exceed $5,000 for a violation of this chapter. A penalty imposed under this section is in addition to and not instead of any other penalty that may be imposed according to law.
Sec. 39.52.910. Applicability.
(a) Except as specifically provided, this chapter applies to all public officers within executive-branch agencies, including members of boards or commissions. This chapter does not apply to
(1) a former public officer of an executive-branch agency UNLESS a provision specifically states that it so applies;
#184 Sue:
YES!
knowing GiNO, she may have lied about the amount of gifts received, overstating herself as usual…after all she needs others to think that she is the MOST POPULAR PERSON ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
I would say ‘yes’ because none of us are above the law, though, it could be determined differently if they’re ethics complaints or criminal ones. If you steal money from a company, quit, and then work for another company, the first company can sue you even though you no longer work for said company.
USSSarahPalin
wrote on 07/20/2009 05:37:16 PM:
Well, well this is a sickening, cowardly act of aggression. I, for one, would like to file an ethics complaint against the ethics complainers.
For two, I want us Palinstas to go after the creeps going after America’s Governor. I am MAD, MAD & MAD!
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Commenter at the link antiAnti provided……….oh boy…….
USSSarahPalin
wrote on 07/20/2009 05:37:16 PM:
Well, well this is a sickening, cowardly act of aggression. I, for one, would like to file an ethics complaint against the ethics complainers.
For two, I want us Palinstas to go after the creeps going after America’s Governor. I am MAD, MAD & MAD!
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Commenter at the link antiAnti provided……….oh boy…….
…can the Personnel Board be sued – not followiing/applying the law?
…can the Personnel Board be sued – not followiing/applying the law?
JHop, I don’t know on what grounds she thinks, but then she isn’t very law savy either, she mentioned it in her tweets, but she said sue to stop frivolous complaints, and someone like a vet should do it.
So not her, but someone on her behalf, which still leaves her open to deposition. As I stated earlier, it’s the last thing in the world if she had any sense she would want to happen.
JHop, I don’t know on what grounds she thinks, but then she isn’t very law savy either, she mentioned it in her tweets, but she said sue to stop frivolous complaints, and someone like a vet should do it.
So not her, but someone on her behalf, which still leaves her open to deposition. As I stated earlier, it’s the last thing in the world if she had any sense she would want to happen.
strangelet Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I even betcha that the State of Alaska has one or more statutory or case law definitions of “received” as applied to, say, tax bills, or orders to abate, or assessments….
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I’m sure you are correct. Statutory interpretation works this way: You look for a definition in the statute itself. Failing that, you look for a definition in a related or analagous statute (local preferred, like the Legislative Ethics Act, for instance). Failing that, you look at general, unrelated statutes and case law. Failing that, you see how other states and agencies treat it. Failing that, you use common sense.
Probably this case would stop somewhere at step 2 or 3.
strangelet Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:33 PM
I even betcha that the State of Alaska has one or more statutory or case law definitions of “received” as applied to, say, tax bills, or orders to abate, or assessments….
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I’m sure you are correct. Statutory interpretation works this way: You look for a definition in the statute itself. Failing that, you look for a definition in a related or analagous statute (local preferred, like the Legislative Ethics Act, for instance). Failing that, you look at general, unrelated statutes and case law. Failing that, you see how other states and agencies treat it. Failing that, you use common sense.
Probably this case would stop somewhere at step 2 or 3.
Makes you wonder how many baby gifts Bristol Palin received? I bet there was thousands of gifts….thousands! Not one of them reported either.
Makes you wonder how many baby gifts Bristol Palin received? I bet there was thousands of gifts….thousands! Not one of them reported either.
Does anyone know the LEGAL answer to this question: Once SP leaves office, can she still be held accountable for any ethics violations she committed while in office? Thank you!
Does anyone know the LEGAL answer to this question: Once SP leaves office, can she still be held accountable for any ethics violations she committed while in office? Thank you!
Good grief. Of course we all appreciate our freedom of speech, protected by our vets, or whatever. In fact, I appreciate our vets. In fact, I are one.
What a twit.
normally the mailbox rule applies in legal situations. meaning something is deemed “received” on the day it was mailed out – not the actual day it arrives. even if the mailbox rule didn’t apply, then it would be received based on the postmark of delivery.
so in terms of her gifts, they were received long before she decided to open them.
Geeze! Will someone with a twitter tell her to suck it up buttercup and ask her what about the 200+ killed on her watch!!!!!
I’m sick of her whining!
Booboodog – Still here, this was so funny, but have to follow Irishgirl to bed now, UKman will disown me soon.
Will read tomorrow, remember to make a note of any tweets the twit might delete.
Night all.
Okay, we know SarahPac has taken in money. We know they are taking money in the “Alaska Fund Trust” (Hey, I live in an Alaska and am trustworthy, can I get some of that) and her followers at her worshipful web site. So what exactly is she paying for? Somebody else reimbursed the state for her kids travel, so she actually came out financially ahead there. And I am watching the Quizno’s commercial with the guy in the psychiatrists office with the talking toaster oven. I can imagine Sarah in the same position only with a talking Blackberry. “Come on Sarah, you know you want to Twitter” And folks, as a retired vet, I got sick and tired of Shrub always using the military for photo ops. She is using them for Twitter ops.
Oh my….I see $arah is having a twitter tantrum tonight! Popcorn time!!!
She continues to state that these ethics complaints cost so much (extremely exagerated in her “tweets”) when it has be proven that it is not true. More proof that she doesn’t read the news.
I just knew the day couldn’t go by without at least one Palin Tidbit.
I just read “filing this stuff”. 🙂
My question is, since she’s counting the date of “receipt” as the date she opened the envelope (and that’s just plain crazy–I can think of several envelopes from the IRS that I would NEVER have opened if that was a legal option) will she then claim that she need not declare those gifts, since she didn’t “receive” them until after she stopped being governor?
My question is, since she’s counting the date of “receipt” as the date she opened the envelope (and that’s just plain crazy–I can think of several envelopes from the IRS that I would NEVER have opened if that was a legal option) will she then claim that she need not declare those gifts, since she didn’t “receive” them until after she stopped being governor?
On my trip last week, I had an incident which was a bit distressing, and it was the only time during the whole trip that I was sending messages from my cell phone non stop. The rest of time, it was just off and on messages. This is definitely a sign of stress on her part.
In fact, I agree with the commenter who said She’s losing her bloody mind.
On my trip last week, I had an incident which was a bit distressing, and it was the only time during the whole trip that I was sending messages from my cell phone non stop. The rest of time, it was just off and on messages. This is definitely a sign of stress on her part.
In fact, I agree with the commenter who said She’s losing her bloody mind.
she is so damn funny, I can’t read any more tweets from that Twit, she’s make ing me laugh too much.
pacos_gal Says: From a legal standpoint, she was saying someone should file a lawsuit to stop the complaint filers, wouldn’t that take it out of the Personnel Boards hands and put it into the court system, where she would have no control via cronyism?
yes, if she sued in state court, it would allow the ethics complainant to offer a defense; request information/discovery; request her deposition; etc. the media would be invited, there could be a jury. but also, under what grounds would she sue? as far as i can tell, there is no provision for frivolous complaints in the Act. are there? if there aren’t, what could someone sue over? harassment? or disorderly conduct? weak. it would open up a can of worms. and we all know, as Sanford’s mistress would say, Palin would never be able to put the genius back in the bottle.
bye irishgirl, i think we lost uklady..
Sarah seems to be removing & changing her Tweets tonight:
http://whitenoiseinsanity.com/2009/07/20/one-more-ethics-complaint-before-sarah-palin-quits-as-the-governor-of-alaska/
stmt from attorney
http://community.adn.com/adn/blog/24417
sarah paused to read the ‘flats , now she’s revved up again……….
Wish I could stay and enjoy the twits tweets….see you all tomorrow.
I thought twitter was for quick little comments, like their web site says: Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers…” I feel like we’re reading a long diary entry one sentence at a time…it’s fun though, so who cares I guess.
Re: @113 Good points from some of you; It doesn’t sound like any of us. No good snark. None of us would even think about doing a parody of her showing any type of remorse or guilt. A good parody is somewhat believable. I knew immediately it wasn’t her, however. The first complete sentence was a dead give a way.
I’ve just put up a post at Progressive Alaska about this. Her tweets are so weird this time – weirder than usual:
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/07/this-is-getting-beyond-pathetic-it-is.html
Somebody needs to collect all the anti-freedom of the press statements Palin has made over the years into one big, scary list.
I’m sure JHop can be more specific, but I am almost certain that “received” means “received”, not “when I get around to opening it”, even if it isn’t defined in the ethics statute.
I even betcha that the State of Alaska has one or more statutory or case law definitions of “received” as applied to, say, tax bills, or orders to abate, or assessments….
she thinks twitter is her friend. like she is venting to a little bot that lives in her phone and will not dare disagree with her. 140 characters may be a limit, but it does not limit her ability to sound like a moron. she doesnt realize how immature it is. or lame. it really is just. so. lame.
and lol HI Cassie!
No word from Sarah on how the money the state will have to spend for the special session could have been used for “needed causes”???
I’m pretty sure the IRS has several definitions for “receipt” depending on which part of the code you’re in. I don’t know of any definitions that would use the date of mailing as receipt, though. Sometimes when the date at issue is the date at which a document, like a tax appeal, was FILED, the IRS will look at things like date of postmark, date of being stamped as received by the IRS office, etc.
California has a Fair Political Practices Commission and they define “receipt” as when you have actual possession or control of it. Also, gifts are counted unless they are returned unopened, or donated to a charitable organization, within 30 days of receipt.
One thing I was thinking was that Sarah’s (and other family members’) comments to the media about the gifts that have arrived might be called an admission of constructive “receipt” no matter what she says about the definition of “receipt” itself (a “constructive” act is something that doesn’t quite meet a legal definition but meets a kind of a common-sense defintion– like when an employer makes a workplace so hard to work in that an employee has no choice but to quit, that can be a “constructive” termination even if the person was never actually terminated by the employer).
LOL bucfan, “sneaky little bloggers”
And the ‘Sarah Palin’ commenter above is definitely not one of us. Trying to stir something up, and not nearly word-salady enough to be the real thing.
Does she think the army is hers?
Hi JHop, I was hoping you’d be around tonight. From a legal standpoint, she was saying someone should file a lawsuit to stop the complaint filers, wouldn’t that take it out of the Personnel Boards hands and put it into the court system, where she would have no control via cronyism?
Reply to the tweets! Real Akn’s know the real money was all in the suit you filed yourself.
ds55—maybe service personnel are sending her the medication she needs?
Woolfe Tone,
shhhh… I think it is Austin…
She’s starting to remind me of McCain, everytime someone criticized him he’d say “I was a prisoner of war.”
There must be at least a few armed forces people and veterans that fought to hold public servants accountable, also, too.
…Hopefully these political critics filing this stuff (& some in press perpetuating it) appreciate the freedom to do so, protected by our vets
Queen Sarah 3 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
Why is it that this is always the final attempt at an argument of a conservative who has no leg to stand on?
Why not just admit she’s trying to get out of paying taxes and has no intention of claiming said gifts. She’s so transparent and by that I mean simple and predictable.
Celtic Diva is taking a bit of exception to $’s twit that these complaints cost the complainer nothing (Tweet from CD). ‘course maybe now to $arah, $5500 is chump change.
Why is she so OBVIOUSLY trying to tie-in veterans with this ethics complaint?
Empish–is she auditioning to lead the combined forces of the USA?
I’m sure MOST of us have loved ones serving today–if not previously–she is not the only person who values our military men and women.
She is losing her ever-lovin’ mind. What a crybaby.
I’m beginning to worry about her now
Hopefully these political critics filing this stuff (& some in press perpetuating it) appreciate the freedom to do so, protected by our vets
4 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
7 tph (tweets per hour)
oh she’s talking about how the press is out to get her again!!!
Uk Lady…make her stop, it is very late here!
@ booboodog:
Thanks.
Now I have that damned Joan Osborne song in my head…
“What if Todd was one of us?
Just a slob like one of us?
Just a stranger on the bus?
Trying to make his way home…”
by golly she’s quick, got off 2 while I was feeding horses
“needed causes” like what!? Research on the brain-dead? Grants to colleges to study her tweets? A home for morally destitute ex-governors? What?
Man, will someone please take the Blackberry away from her. She is like a little kid with a new toy. No, she’s worse than that. If she gets her Blackberry taken away and can’t twitter, I can just imagine her roaming the streets of Wasilla in rags “We wants it. We needs it. Must have the precious. They stole it from us. Sneaky little bloggers.”
Hey, JHOP!
more tweets
Hopefully these political critics filing this stuff (& some in press perpetuating it) appreciate the freedom to do so, protected by our vets
knows it’s shameful 4 valuable time& public resources to be diverted frm needed causes to deal w/this abuse of govt accountability system…
History Goddes – Don’t think that was one of us. Mole maybe. It’s not any of our style.
HistoryGoddess–I’m with you. No need for the kids, GINO gives us quite enough material!
legal advice can be written off in many ways, especially if the advice isn’t generating personal profits of any sort. nevertheless, the gift question is a solid issue; legal services should not be the sole reason for dismissing a complaint such as this one. if so, the complaint should be refiled immediately.
Now I have to agree with that last comment, it certainly is a shame that time has to be spent on abuses by the governor. *sigh*
knows it’s shameful 4 valuable time& public resources to be diverted frm needed causes to deal w/this abuse of govt accountability system…
less than 20 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
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…as she CONTINUES to Tweet?
I know we all have fun at XGINO’s expense. OK. Damn lot of fun, but IMHO, can we please leave Trig and the kids out of this, ie @114. It just feeds into the making fun of a special needs baby bit and $ already gives us so much fun just on her own.
$arah the quitter is just making up her own frivolous rules as she goes along, and seems to be getting away with it. =(
Imaginary phone call at the Palin household at about 4:25 p.m. Alaska time…
One ringy dingy – two ringy dingy –
Hello..
Todd?
Yup!
I know that you thought you left Sarah on the tanning bed, but she escaped and is sending out multiple bizarre messages. You need to remove her from her Blackberry immediately. She is acting a bit bizarre. You know the routine. Find her fast or your meal ticket might be gone….
(sorry, but since we can’t see her in ‘real life’ this is how I imagine this going down. If she doesn’t finish the thought than we know somebody stopped her.)
Wouldn’t it really be funny to twitter back to her to take a page from Hillary Clintons book and act like a lady when facing accusations.
If I remember correctly they are Not friends.
No, still going
knows it’s shameful 4 valuable time& public resources to be diverted frm needed causes to deal w/this abuse of govt accountability system…
less than 20 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
have the contractions stopped?
Sorry–that was to Nan
History Goddess– maybe the legal advice is pertinent. It would be considered and “in kind” contribution from the IRS’ standpoint and is not an insignificant amout. But you could be right–separate complaints might have been better.
I went away for a minute and $sarah herself writes in ????
Dang!!!
Is it possible to cancel someone’s Twitter account? If so, please proceed.
There are issues that need addressing other than the stroking of soon-to be-ex-gov’s ego!
Email your senators and congressmen before you go to bed tonight re: healthcare!
@114 That’s some funny s^it!
Todd is very much one of us in that he suffers with this harridan every day. Probably in silence, though.
I didn’t think that Rep. Lynn has the support for that bill from the legislature, who are most definitely not Palin fans over all.
Ask and ye shall recieve, the twitter log
someone who’s put their life on the line protecting even opponents’ right to speak & protest, was willing to die for freedom of press but…10 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…
It costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse…
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….
In violation of Ethics Act more allegations were filed today by serial complainer;gave to press be4 we could respond;ridiculous, wasteful…
i think that this is a good complaint. services are harder to document, but the physical gifts raise a very good question. especially when she put herself on record and made up policy that “gifts are received when opened.” um, no they aren’t, based on the law. but god her tweets amuse me.
someone should follow this complaint and file an amicus curiae statement as a concerned resident, documenting other governors (or other AK officials) who have done this and were accordingly prosecuted for similar actions…
When will Palin shut her pie hole? Einstein never realized that by responding to every single ethics complaint, on ‘twtr’ no less, she is damaging her reputation far more than by just letting the ethics complaints take their due course.
Maybe C4P needs to take away her Blackberry and hire a Palin Whisperer to speak for her.
UK lady, stay up, it’s bound to get better. 🙂
duct idaho palin, someone commented that the IRS defines receipt as from the date of mailing. Would that pertain to this instance?
InJuneau Says:
EyeOnYou–Rep. Lynn is retired from the USAF and is a Vet…
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Yep, and he is the one who wanted to enact legislation to keep the complaints quiet, so perhaps this is who she is talking about.
I have a couple of thoughts about this complaint; I think Andree would be more likely to be heard if she kept the complaint to (well, this complaint) to physical things whose value can be set.
Coale’s so-called friendly suggestions do not fall under that umbrella. First of all, no one has claimed he has officially worked as a consultant or advisor; it’s been quite the opposite. So GVS & hubby both, would have to be “proven” as liars, as well as SP, to make that “paid advisor” label stick. Good luck with that one.
However, the gifts that have been sitting in SP’s home are physical objects, that have or have had a price tag. GINO thinks that it’s okay to wait until each one is opened to declare it, but the USPS sees those items as received by the addressee ON the day they deliver ’em.
More to the point, Alaska state law states that any gift must be declared within 30 days of receipt of said gift. GINO has stated herself that they have yet to be declared because they haven’t even been opened!
quick version:
1. Gift items not declared
2. a. AK law states gifts must be declared within 30 days of receipt
2. b. USPS sees those items as recieved at the time of delivery
3. Palin has stated that many gifts have yet to be declared.
There ya go, a no-brainer.
But with Coale’s advisor status thrown in, it detracts from the bleedin’ obvious and gives [whoever] the opportunity to focus on that instead of the bleedin’ obvious.
just my 2 cents
You don’t have to have an account to read them. Here’s her page
http://twitter.com/AKGOVSarahPalin
What if Todd is here…one of ..us…
Seems as if her tweets (twittering) is designed to throw absolutely anything in front of the fan in order to obscure…hmmmmm.
I would hope that the IRS is interested in the Palins. The gifts, disclosed or not, are taxable to her ( and her family) unless they are left in the Gov’s office. Do you think that will happen?
And I really don’t believe boxes weren’t opened..do you think the kids haven’t opened every box they found in anticipation of Christmas?
Further, any gift of value probably was dilivered with a proof of delivery (return receipt, signature, etc.) and that would prove the date of receip regardless of whether or not she opened it yet.
Tears were seriously running down my face as I read this page. Comments like “coming 4 minutes apart…” Priceless.
IF she knows of a complaint, is SHE violating anything by bringing it up before the person actually files?
Aw! nothing for 10 minutes, maybe Tahd’s grown a pair and taken it off her – Nah!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg
LOL
on second thought Todd, just leave her be…we’re having a good happy hour with it 🙂
EyeOnYou–Rep. Lynn is retired from the USAF and is a Vet…
austintx Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 4:04 PM
Can you picture her furiously pecking away……….I’m laughing my ass off just thinking about it !! Cussing a blue streak………too funny………..
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TOO FUNNY
Keep live blogging the quitter’s twitters, please.
Todd, oh, Todd… if you happen to be reading Mudflats, can you race over and stop Buttercup from imploding?
Unfortunately the statute doesn’t define “receipt” in its “Definitions” section. Neither do the Alaska Administrative Code regulations on gifts. In most cases where the definition is not supplied in the specific statute or reg, the court would look at other statutes and regs and at the legislative history of the specific statute being applied. But I think that Sarah will claim that she can define “receipt” however she wants. I’m sure the Internal Revenue Service will have ITS own ideas, but they won’t affect the ethics charge, I don’t think.
Well – this is a new level here. We are live blogging twitter. Too friggin’ funny !!
I just sent this:
“@AKGovSarahPalin You said… AVOID TIME SPENT TEARING DOWN, WHINING, COMPLAINING. Take your own advice.”
She’s hilarious! I had a terrible day today, but at least I’m not broadcasting all the sound bitey things I can think of…she just has no impulse control, does she? I thought god was supposed to be in charge of her life? I think he must be on vacay.
Shouldn’t she be working for Alaskans, right now? Why is she doing this on company time? I really feel for her family at dinner tonight. She will be mumbling under her breath and smoke might be coming out of her ears….not a pretty picture…
Uh, would that be the same sort of vet who filed against Obama on the birth certificate thing and lost his day job?
Perhaps a capture of that tweet would be nice to have as a rebuttal for any future case of law. Her directly asking a vet to file a suit? Just stating for the record ma’am, anything you say in the public arena is admissible in court of law. 🙂
Damn – I should go to bed but this is so effing funny.
Buttercup is about to blow, she is so steamed.
It’s time for a twitter-vention.
Time again to tweet back to Sarah “Suck it up, Buttercup!”
Can you picture her furiously pecking away……….I’m laughing my ass off just thinking about it !! Cussing a blue streak………too funny………..
I love how she continues her tweets on and on into the next ones.
My she is a dumb one.
She better hope and pray that no one files anything in a court action regarding these complaints which would take them out of the Personnel Boards hand and right into the court of law, where she would have no protection of cronyism.
In fact, moving to appeals, which either could file, would then put her into California where the appeals circuit court is located if I remember what JHop was saying at one point.
She’s lost the plot!
someone who’s put their life on the line protecting even opponents’ right to speak & protest, was willing to die for freedom of press but…
2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
“someone who’s put their life on the line protecting even opponents’ right to speak & protest, was willing to die for freedom of press but…2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry “
More tweets coming now!
Anyone else think poor ol’ Tahd won’t be having a fun night tonight?
It is sad that her supporters so vehemently fight for her without stopping to even make a judgement on her guilt or innocence. The woman that they want to run the country and they don’t bother to check the facts. I think she tweets in rapidfire mode to keep them on defense-give them no time to think beyond the bull she has them believing. That is a telling clue as to the IQ of most of her followers. The others, I think, have an agenda.
Perhaps the “vet” she is talking about is Rep. Bob Lynn? He is the one who wanted all complaints kept private.
She’s so transparent. It’s just funny.
I could see her ending it all with “It’s all good.” followed by a pithy quote of some sort. She would probably not use an apostrophe, though. (grin)
Wooo Hooo! And we’re off again!
Six more days…can we get another six ethics complaints by then?
heh heh heh… I just love it when she gets poked with a stick… so predictable…
65 UK Lady Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:51 PM
LOL, she’s really, really mad
it costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse…
less than a minute ago from TwitterBerry
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Um-m-m-m……….so sarah…….YOU are the one hiding. Quit the crack smack chattering and come forward. Give a sworn statement instead of twittering.
Her last two twits. Another should be coming through. Read bottom to top,
# BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
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it costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse…5 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
Wow, hardly a peep from Sarah all day now this. ::snicker::
InJuneau
You’re right. And I know that. (Hanging head in defeat)
Still, where is the violation in filing a complaint?
oh. Never mind.
Nan
ROFL
Me thinks the lady doth protest too much (apologies to the Bard if I’ve misquoted…)
Well this complaint sure did get under her skin…the tweets are flying from her fingertips…lol
From AKGovSarahPalin on Twitter: (read in reverse order)
# BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
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it costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse…6 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
#
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….13 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
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In violation of Ethics Act more allegations were filed today by serial complainer;gave to press be4 we could respond;ridiculous, wasteful…21 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
61 austintx:
Good catch about the “serial.”
Apparently Palin has confused “serial complainer” with “public servant.” She, who is supposed to be a public servant, is the serial complainer. Andree McLeod is a public servant because of her courage in scrutinizing the actions of elected officials and the very model of an engaged citizen.
Ok, I am mystified. Why, a veteran?
Yikes, she’s not finished…
“BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…less than 10 seconds ago from TwitterBerry”
is this a case of calling for someone “to rid me of this meddlesome priest?”? (Shakespeare, can’t think which play)
Nan–you expecting SENSE from her? Silly, silly mudpup!
Aargh! can’t keep up
BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…
half a minute ago from TwitterBerry
Labor pains are now about 4 minutes apart – I think she is about to birth this baby!
from Sarah
BUT if there was a suit to end public waste of time/funds to constantly address false allegations I could see perhaps a veteran filing it…less than 10 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
“In violation of Ethics Acts more allegations were filed today…”
Uh, where’s the violation in filing another complaint? Doesn’t make sense. Even for GINO.
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….
2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
sarah – show us the real cost , instead of your crackhead blathering. Dang , such a liar.
LOL, she’s really, really mad
it costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse…
less than a minute ago from TwitterBerry
I have always thought all the ethics complaints were about the principle of the complaints and not about Palin Her and her supporters just won’t admit to her lies and deceit.As for those threats about Celtic Diva and Andree McLeod I to hope they are turned over,Topix just lost a case where they had to give bloggers names because of similar threats.Here again we have so called christians telling others to kill,drown ect others LOL if it wasn’t so serious it would be funny that they ask for someone to do their dirty work ,Wouldn’t it be something if those posts went right back to the Heath and Palin family and friends as this isn’t the first threats I have seen about Andree,God Bless Her
Kind of like labor pains, they are arriving about 8 minutes apart now..
from Sarah…
it costs political critics NOTHING to file/play their wasteful game;They should debate policy in political arena,not hide w/process abuse… less than 10 seconds ago
Lots of folks at sea of pee and scarahpac BRAG about their hand-written thank you notes – just sayin’.
52 Liz I. Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:36 PM
“Governor Palin” (substitute air quotes) has responded:
“In violation of Ethics Act more allegations were filed today by serial complainer;gave to press be4 we could respond;ridiculous, wasteful…”
less than 5 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
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Now that’s funny , using the word “serial”. Coming from a serial liar and whiner.
OOOO! – She’s not a happy bunny
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….
2 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
right on schedule she tweets the ethics stuff
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….
I would hope that on the day that $arah opens 80 boxes filled with envelopes and check$$$$, someone from the IRS is standing there, looking over her shoulder! It will be interesting to learn if the money is a personal gift if it was given before there was a PAC in place. (Coale might have told her not to open anything until he had a PAC in place, just thinking out loud).
My other hope is a long shot. Maybe some of those checks dated 2008 have “expired” by now. My bank will not honor a personal check written more than 6 months ago. It would be poetic justice. And now we know why there weren’t any twitters earlier today– too busy opening envelopes and stuffing the dollar bills into her bra. (Sorry folks, that’s what comes to my mind).
Hot off the press from Sarah…
Some ask why not sue abusers of Ethics Act bc state wastes 1000’s hrs/millions of tax dollars to fight (and win!) frivolous charges, tho….less than 20 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
In violation of Ethics Act more allegations were filed today by serial complainer;gave to press be4 we could respond;ridiculous, wasteful…8 minutes ago from TwitterBerry
What better way to ensure an IRS audit than to knowingly under-report political gifts.
GINO is not just toxic and destructive. She is most definitely self-destructive, also, too, as well, and furthermore.
I wonder if Chuck and Sally have any old 8mm films of Lil’ ‘Cuda throwing hissy-fit tantrums?
Millions, I tell ya, they would be worth millions.
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.
LOL Big Pete, exactly!
Seriously, this is just so blatantly NOT a frivolous complaint. You just know that the beaded vest is worth a ton of $ (native Alaskan handicraft) and that at least some of the mailed in gifts met the threshold amount. And the entire family appears to have received gifts of travel for the Auburn junket. Maybe they paid their own way, but I doubt it.
Just in case they are still waiting for that appraisal, I googled one for them: $500 http://www.alaskanativeartists.com/blue_raven_vest.htm
I’m also curious as to whether or not she has reported those Baseball game tickets she got from Rudy G. yet.
“Governor Palin” (substitute air quotes) has responded:
“In violation of Ethics Act more allegations were filed today by serial complainer;gave to press be4 we could respond;ridiculous, wasteful…”
less than 5 seconds ago from TwitterBerry
You know what gets me about Palin is the stupidity of her lies and misdeeds. None of them actually needed for any reason. Even this vest thing that they said they need to have a value set for is stupid beyond belief. Palin herself wouldn’t do it, because that would be a breach of etiquette, but her secretary simply calls the gifter and says “I need to have a value on the gift that you sent the Governor for reporting. We need this because by law we must report it.” Done, they give you a value, or estimated value, and you report it as the value as reported by the gifter. No etiquette breach, it takes what…15 minute phone call. This is just ridiculous. Same with Coale’s time, the secretary or a personal assistant, would ask him for a break down and report it as such. Not a big deal in any way.
Making this stupid on her part.
I’ll bet she opened the checks for the PAC and Trust Fund pretty quickly.
Irishgirl Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I don’t believe for one second that $arah didn’t tear open those gifts the minute she received them.
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Are you suggesting that a grifter so desperate to charge the State for per diems and phone calls (and a mystery GOP donor for her husband’s underpants), wouldn’t be able to go to sleep without knowing what possible treasures were in those mysterious packages?
Thank you, Andree. I’ve been waiting for this most obvious violation to be addressed.
Ms. Quitter has several kids and a stay at home husband, so how is it the gifts are unaccounted for nearly 10 months down the road.
I’m waiting to hear the Personnel Board’s point of view.
Certainly wish I’d sent a check in, then I’d have the Bank Record showing when it was cashed. I’m sure people who sent gifts already took the deduction. I mean, how else would they know when their gifts was ”received” by the Governor? It’s not like people are expecting Sarah to tell them.
Ironically it’s, also, rude for Palin not to acknowledge these people who gave her things. By saying she doesn’t have time to open them she is showing her lack of gratification for people taking the time to buy and give her gifts.
33 Irishgirl Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I don’t believe for one second that $arah didn’t tear open those gifts the minute she received them.
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No S^*t !!
As a matter of fact , Why don’t they show the whole world that the “gifts” are unopened ??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8E_zMLCRNg
There is a difference between not knowing and blatant disregard.
Her own letter, attached by Andrea to the complaint, stating when She considers them to be received, is admission of knowledge of when they should be reported. (there is no reason to make the statement unless prior knowledge of law)
If her position is allowed to stand by the personnel board, then all future governors have the same right.
Irishgirl Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:09 PM
I son’t believe for one second that $arah didn’t tear open those gifts the minute she received them.
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And I’ll bet you she cried when they were all opened…”that’s all?……waaaggghhh!”
Not only a sustainable ethic’s charge, but also an etiquette fax pas. A cheerfully written thank-you note would be needed. The time frame for doing so is short. I don’t know exactly what it is, but certainly Emily Post would know.
Or, perhaps she didn’t open the gifts but sent a thank-you anyway. “Thank you for your generous gift. Hugs and Kisses, Sarah.” If any such card could be located, it would substantiate the ethic’s charge and render her claim that a gift isn’t received until opened a glaring lie.
Of course, I don’t believe for a minute that she didn’t open her gifts. Not possible, no way!
booboodog Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:18 PM
BooBooBear,
Are we related?
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You are both clever and witty…
Thank you for the thoughtful posts.
#39 oops-filled her in on the protocol for gifts.
booboodog
You would think her atty. would have filled her in protocol for gifts.
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Hahahaha..good one! 🙂
Her lawyer has no problem lying about the law or statutes, so why would anyone think he is suddenly going to be honest about absolutely anything?
Isn’t he the one who is saying it is illegal for people to publicly announce the ethics complaints when it clearly is not illegal?
Let’s see if any one of $arah’s defenders address the ethics issue itself (It’s just a jacket, and it was COLD) or their only response is to attack the filer.
The letter I read somewhere written by a fellow evangelical, who had a hard time reconciling $arah’s untruthfulness comes to mind. Now, this is only a complaint – all $arah has to do is report the items. If she does in response, right away, she is clear. But if she fights it, how many of the devout who follow her can reconcile the failure to follow the law?
BooBooBear,
Are we related?
Thank you Eyeonyou, also,too!!
You would think her atty. would have filled her in protocol for gifts.
Any envelopes have been steamed open and cash removed and resealed.
You betcha !!
Thank you pacosgal,
I wish my typing was faster- you guys are answering my questions before I can type them!! argh!
Oh ExGino, you are going to get caught in your own web of deceit… it’s just a matter of time. Andee– go you! One of these times, the truth will out! I can still hear my mom after all these years… ExGino— this one is for you, “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.” Thanks, Mom.
BooBooBear Says:
July 20th, 2009 at 3:05 PM
Andree…God Bless you, Girlfriend! All of your complaints have had “legs” but of course the super intelligent Personnel Board just wipes them all off the board. It is ridiculous that she has not opened boxes *********************
Andree is a champion of the Alaska Constitution and a student of the ethics rules. I sure hope she is vindicated soon!
*don’t*
I son’t believe for one second that $arah didn’t tear open those gifts the minute she received them.
How can this one not go forward? In her own words, she admitted to blatantly violating specific areas of the Executive Ethics Act.
Andree good job.
booboodog~
Good questions that we have asked before and yet still have not been answered.
Last we heard her father, Mr Heath stated there were 80+ boxes of mail & gifts waiting to be opened. Bristol got a ton of gifts too, if the reports are to be believed, for Trip.
You have to wonder if any of this stuff has been reported, but even if some of it has, who is to know what has been reported vs what was actually received? Can we trust Sarah to be honest about it? Not if her history is to be believed.
I believe it has been reported that some was sent to the Governor’s office and some to her home, dating back to the campaign, but how can anyone verify what was sent?
Palin claims that she doesn’t consider it “received” until she opens it, but that certainly contradicts what the ethics laws state/require. She has certainly obtained enough cash to pay someone to sit and open/log all this stuff, and yet she hasn’t, and I do believe that she feels that if she just doesn’t open any of it until after she leaves her position that she will be able to keep it without any problems.
Thanks InJuneau.
But still, who would keep the record for the gifts? If it is Meg or someone
she put in charge, I would bet hanky panky went on! (boy does that sound dated)…
According to what AKM wrote you have 30 days to claim the gift from the date of receiving it.
InJuneau just said that she believes that the gifts were sent to Palin personally at her home in Wasilla. Some gifts were for the kids. However, Alaska law says that any gifts received for any family member, even including aunt, uncles, parents, etc, must be claimed.
I don’t know of anyone that would be keeping track, so it seems that it would be easy to not claim them.
I’m sure that the Palin supporters wouldn’t let a little thing like the actual Law get in the way of their worship.
Sounds like Andrea is the one who is being stalked. Hope that any and all tweeters, blog entries, etc, are being monitored and sent to the FBI.
Others have stated that they forward all threats to the appropriate agencies.
(Shannyn Moore)
I am wondering WHY, if laws are being broken, the State Attorney General’s office cannot handle some of these cases (or even a Federal entity). I say this because the Personnel Board has shown that they have no intention of considering ethics complaints as anything but “frivolous,” before they even read them. I appreciate Andree’s tenacity though.
Andree…God Bless you, Girlfriend! All of your complaints have had “legs” but of course the super intelligent Personnel Board just wipes them all off the board. It is ridiculous that she has not opened boxes of cards and gifts. (I would venture to say they have all been opened……just not cashed yet.) I say she join the ranks of the Connecticut Governor who went to jail for this same thing. I am still really bugged about her charging per diem to the State of Alaska, also. I think the Legislature needs to change the rules…..if you chose not to live in the house provided for you, you can pay to stay in your own darned house…..not a cent of per diem. Same should go for Sean Parnell. Palin has set a precedent now. Never will this state see anything like this reckless woman again.
booboodog–as I recall from her own statements, they were received at the house in Wasilla (though many may have also been being stored at her parents’ house there too). They haven’t been logged yet, as she hasn’t been able to get around to opening them all…
AKraven–I believe someone noted that the IRS considers the date a gift is mailed to be its reportable date, so in their eyes, holding on to them will not solve her problem.
UK Lady,
Sorry, I misunderstood…aren’t you being a bit frivolous here? ha ha
And yes, I did hear that she was spoken to about the ‘warrior’ word and asked not to use it.
Not only is the “warrior” now a “soldier”, but Faux News’ talking head sez the “soldier” is a deserter, or , at best a liar and a traitor. Ouch.
So if St. Sarah doesn’t open anything till July 27, she gets to keep it all?
Uh, I know why…She does not want to. Derrrrr.
According to Palin then, if she doesn’t open her boxes of mail until after she is no longer Governor, she won’t have to claim any gifts? Perhaps this is what she is thinking- if she has thought it out. I wonder what the law says about this. Is a gift a gift on the date the gifter drops it in the mail, or when the recipient opens it. Most legal decisions come down on what the intent was. The gifter sent the gift to the Governor and so it must be claimed as a gift to her made when she was governor, no matter when she opens it.
Who accepted (officially) these gifts? Were they sent to her office or home?
Is somebody in charge of logging all gifts? Who would ever really know what
became of these gifts if no body keeps track?
Sorry about all the questions, but inquiring minds want to know!
Andree rocks!
Once again, Sarah’s mouth shoots her in the foot. No one would have known about all the unopened gifts and checks if she hadn’t been bragging.
It ain’t over till the fat lady sings Sarah-Do Little!
Booboodog
This is the only twitter so far today
Yesterday’s presser on Ft.Rich soldier: http://tinyurl.com/lv8gev
about 3 hours ago from web
Noice the ‘warrior’ has suddenly become a soldier. (Someone’s had words)
I meant that there has been no twitter about any ‘frivolous’ ethics charge.
Booboodog
This is the only twitter so far today
Yesterday’s presser on Ft.Rich soldier: http://tinyurl.com/lv8gev
about 3 hours ago from web
Noice the ‘warrior’ has suddenly become a soldier. (Someone’s had words)
I meant that there has been no twitter about any ‘frivolous’ ethics charge.
Here are what some (and this is only some of it) of Sarah’s fans are saying about this…
I saw Celtic Diva talking about this the other day on Twitter…Yes, I spy on her, never to engage.
Did they work together on this?
Here is her post, which is a reply
“@aledajd – I did a records request for all Gov. gifts reported since Dec. 2008 — interesting to see what’s there & what’s not1:25 PM Jul 18th from web in reply to aledajd”
I would like Andree’s age, weight, and height. Her marital status and living arrangements would also be appreciated.
Can someone get on that?
Information is a two-way street. I need to learn about my prey.
Andree needs to go fishing…
Any volunteers to take her out?
Andree has already said she will never leave Sarah alone and will continue to do this, even with Sarah out of office. Notice how Linda Biegal has pretty much left Sarah alone, she was just a DNC puppet, but Andree, she is a NUT and is pissed that Sarah did not give her a job, after looking at her behavior, can ANYONE blame Sarah for wanting to stay the hell away from this whack job. Andree is a threat to Sarah’s physical safety
They say they worry about Sarah’s safety, LMAO, from what? They are directly attempting to not only suggest that Andree is “stalking” Palin, but is a danger to her for filing complaints! So it seems that the Palin sickness is infectious in her supporters
Here are what some (and this is only some of it) of Sarah’s fans are saying about this…
I saw Celtic Diva talking about this the other day on Twitter…Yes, I spy on her, never to engage.
Did they work together on this?
Here is her post, which is a reply
“@aledajd – I did a records request for all Gov. gifts reported since Dec. 2008 — interesting to see what’s there & what’s not1:25 PM Jul 18th from web in reply to aledajd”
I would like Andree’s age, weight, and height. Her marital status and living arrangements would also be appreciated.
Can someone get on that?
Information is a two-way street. I need to learn about my prey.
Andree needs to go fishing…
Any volunteers to take her out?
Andree has already said she will never leave Sarah alone and will continue to do this, even with Sarah out of office. Notice how Linda Biegal has pretty much left Sarah alone, she was just a DNC puppet, but Andree, she is a NUT and is pissed that Sarah did not give her a job, after looking at her behavior, can ANYONE blame Sarah for wanting to stay the hell away from this whack job. Andree is a threat to Sarah’s physical safety
They say they worry about Sarah’s safety, LMAO, from what? They are directly attempting to not only suggest that Andree is “stalking” Palin, but is a danger to her for filing complaints! So it seems that the Palin sickness is infectious in her supporters
pacos_gal–I believe all those gifties were sent to the house in Wasilla, as they were for her for being such a worthy and wonderful VP candidate and also too gifties for the grandkiddo (according to Buttercup’s father).
pacos_gal–I believe all those gifties were sent to the house in Wasilla, as they were for her for being such a worthy and wonderful VP candidate and also too gifties for the grandkiddo (according to Buttercup’s father).
To think that the Grifter was once dreaming of “reforming Washington DC” (ruffling some feathers and having the scars to show for it).
To think that the Grifter was once dreaming of “reforming Washington DC” (ruffling some feathers and having the scars to show for it).
*tap tap tap tap* Is this thing on? *whispering* This is one of the charges that took down the CT governor several years ago…..he went to J.A.I.L.
*tap tap tap tap* Is this thing on? *whispering* This is one of the charges that took down the CT governor several years ago…..he went to J.A.I.L.
Now are those gifts to the Governor’s office or gifts to Palin personally? Would they have been packed up when the Juneau residence was packed up the other day (if they are personal) or left for Parnell, if they are to the Governor’s office?
I swear I hear dismissal before I hear a complaint is actually filed this board is so horrendously…bad at what they are suppose to do.
If something is dismissed I would prefer that there be a reason for the dismissal given, siting statues that support the dismissal, since when an ethic claim is filed, it also needs to site relevant statues to be deemed admissible.
My rant of the day about Palin and her ….gifts.
Now are those gifts to the Governor’s office or gifts to Palin personally? Would they have been packed up when the Juneau residence was packed up the other day (if they are personal) or left for Parnell, if they are to the Governor’s office?
I swear I hear dismissal before I hear a complaint is actually filed this board is so horrendously…bad at what they are suppose to do.
If something is dismissed I would prefer that there be a reason for the dismissal given, siting statues that support the dismissal, since when an ethic claim is filed, it also needs to site relevant statues to be deemed admissible.
My rant of the day about Palin and her ….gifts.
teutonic…you have got to be quick…no fixing grammar thingys! 🙂
I’m wondering when this will be heard, if at all. Does it have to be investigated if she is leaving her *title* behind? Also, the tweeties or twitters from her are strangely silent. What happened to her fingers?
teutonic…you have got to be quick…no fixing grammar thingys! 🙂
I’m wondering when this will be heard, if at all. Does it have to be investigated if she is leaving her *title* behind? Also, the tweeties or twitters from her are strangely silent. What happened to her fingers?
UK Lady,
I think she IS tweeting,( I don’t) but I have read somewhere it was about
the Ft. Rich soldier, again.
UK Lady,
I think she IS tweeting,( I don’t) but I have read somewhere it was about
the Ft. Rich soldier, again.
We were just talking on the open thread about how the Gov. Quitter isn’t following Greta on her twitter anymore.
John Coale is listed as provided free legal advice, not reported by $arah, and Greta’s own words are used in the complaint to verify this.
We were just talking on the open thread about how the Gov. Quitter isn’t following Greta on her twitter anymore.
John Coale is listed as provided free legal advice, not reported by $arah, and Greta’s own words are used in the complaint to verify this.
Crap- missed out again probably when I was fixing a grammar thing.
You know, before SP reared her head most Alaskans and US citizens probably didn’t know how to spell Frivolous. It has now become her Nom de garre’ (now I know I misspelled that).
All I hear is that frivolous thing. She needs to eventually be sent to jail.
Crap- missed out again probably when I was fixing a grammar thing.
You know, before SP reared her head most Alaskans and US citizens probably didn’t know how to spell Frivolous. It has now become her Nom de garre’ (now I know I misspelled that).
All I hear is that frivolous thing. She needs to eventually be sent to jail.
No tweet from the twit yet.
No tweet from the twit yet.
Wow did it- the first responder.
Wow did it- the first responder.
Wasilla: ADN is reporting that a man is claiming that misdemeanor charges filed against him are ‘frivolous’.
Thanks Sarah for the new one size fits all “insanity defense.”
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/870563.html
Wasilla: ADN is reporting that a man is claiming that misdemeanor charges filed against him are ‘frivolous’.
Thanks Sarah for the new one size fits all “insanity defense.”
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/matsu/story/870563.html
I wonder if she’ll manage to put all of these gifts into trashbags just like her RNC clothing? If so she’ll probably have a few dumptrucks worth.
I wonder if she’ll manage to put all of these gifts into trashbags just like her RNC clothing? If so she’ll probably have a few dumptrucks worth.
Not that we are likely to have another whacked out celebrity struck Governor, but we also didn’t think we could have another governor worse than Murkowski, coming up right behind him.
Not that we are likely to have another whacked out celebrity struck Governor, but we also didn’t think we could have another governor worse than Murkowski, coming up right behind him.
Oh my, I hope this one has some legs! 🙂
Go Andree.
Oh my, I hope this one has some legs! 🙂
Go Andree.
Well written, Andree. And thank you for being persistent. I don’t care what outsiders think of the complaints one tiny bit. If we are going to be working on new ethics legislation in the future, then all this stuff needs to come out for discussion and review.
Well written, Andree. And thank you for being persistent. I don’t care what outsiders think of the complaints one tiny bit. If we are going to be working on new ethics legislation in the future, then all this stuff needs to come out for discussion and review.