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Saturday, August 1, 2009

Sarah Palin Divorce


Sarah Palin Divorce

With Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's resignation this weekend, she will leave behind many of the problems and frustrations she has had running the state.
But she will have to continue to deal with one of her biggest complaints: the series of ethics accusations lodged against her that will follow her after she leaves office.

Since her bombshell resignation announcement, several new ethics complaints have been filed with state authorities, including one saying that she should not be able to claim per diem funds when she stays at her Wasilla, Alaska, home instead of Anchorage or Juneau, where she has offices. The governor's mansion is in Juneau.

At issue is a contention that she was charging the state when she stayed in Wasilla and commuted to her offices.

Just this week, a complaint was filed alleging Palin failed to submit completed and signed gift disclosure forms.

Palin says she is the target of the "politics of personal destruction," as she and some staff members face about 20 filings regarding allegations of ethics violations.

"It doesn't cost the critics anything to file frivolous lawsuits or ethics violation charges. It costs our state such a great deal -- thousands of staff hours, millions of dollars in public resources that aren't going to things that it should be going to," Palin told CNN earlier this month. "We haven't violated the ethics code."...


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