SARAH PALIN

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Democrats, who called the ad misleading. Kris Perry, a key volunteer for the Palin campaign, said the ad was meant to remind Palin supporters to vote and to make sure they asked for the right ballot.” [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 8/24/06] Criticizing Others Palin Filed An Ethics Complaint Against Attorney General Gregg Renkes. Sarah Palin filed an ethics complaint against Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes due to an alleged $126,000 conflict of interest involving stock ownership in a company he was negotiating state contracts with. Gregg’s Attorney denied any wrongdoing and insisted that Gregg’s actions were legal. Palin stated, “I’m surprised […] there’s still such denial that there was any wrongdoing when obviously and legally there was wrongdoing.” [Anchorage Daily News, 3/12/05, 6/8/05] • Alaska Personnel Board Dismissed Palin’s Ethics Complaints Against Renkes. Allegations against Renkes were dropped in exchange for the files collected by Governor Frank Murkowski’s investigator. The settlement also stated that finding Renkes stock holdings would not be enough to conclude a state ethics law violation. [AP, 3/8/05] • Ralph Seekins Sought To Make Palin a Criminal For Making Her Ethics Complaint Against Murkowski Public. Seekins proposed bill would have sent Sarah Palin to jail for speaking publicly on the Renkes ethics complaint that was not settled until Renkes resigned from office. Seekins said his bill would protect accused official from the “political weapon” of publicizing ethics complaint that have not been settled. [AP, 4/22/05] • Palin Would Drop Ethics Complain Against Renkes to Allow Documents to Become Public. If the 6,000 document gathered in the Bundy investigation became public, Palin said she might drop her complaint against Renkes that led to his resignation as attorney general. [Anchorage Daily News, 2/8/05] • Palin Questioned Objectivity of Attorney Robert Bundy In Gregg Renkes Ethics Investigation. Robert Bundy, the attorney hired to investigate the Renkes ethics complaints, was hired as a private attorney by the Governor Murkowski. Cross-party speculation arose over why the governor did not use the personnel board charged with handling executive branch ethics. Sarah Palin stated “It sounds like a defense of Renkes more than the kind of open-ended independent investigation.” [Anchorage Daily News, 1/28/05] Palin Disclosed Ethics Violations by Alaska GOP Chairman, Randy Ruedrich. As Chairwoman of the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Palin filed a complaint against fellow commission member, and Alaska GOP Chairman, Randy Ruedrich. Ruedrich violated state ethics laws by negotiating deals between the GOP and oil companies from his office at the commission. Ruedrich was fined $12,000 and resigned from the Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to continue serving as Chairman of Alaska’s Republican Party. [Anchorage Daily News, 1/27/06] • As ‘Ethics Supervisor,’ Palin Failed to Respond to Warnings and Complaints Regarding GOP Chairman, Randy Ruedrich. For months before she took any action, Palin received many complaints from “staff, a fellow commissioner, and from the public.” Palin and Ruedrich were appointed to the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission by Governor Murkowski, and she overlooked Ruedrich’s ethical shortcomings for months before taking any action. [Anchorage Daily News, 9/22/04]
• Palin Claimed She Had No “Political Motivation” Shortly Before She Declared Candidacy for Governor. Palin dismissed claims that she was politically motivated when she criticized the Governor Murkowski’s decision with ethics law violator, and GOP Chair Randy Ruedrich. Palin because she is just a “Hockey mom.” However, months later she declared she would run for Governor, in a race against Murkowski. [Anchorage Daily News, 12/17/04] • Palin Was Aware of Ruedrich’s Conflict of Interest Long Before She Felt Complelled to Disclose It. The day Randy Ruedrich was appointed to the Alaskan Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, Alaskan Democrats “charged that Ruedrich should step down as chairman of the Republican Party of Alaska to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest.” Minority Leader Ethan Berkowitz said, “I perceive a conflict of interest, 17 other members of the Legislature perceive a conflict of interest, there is clearly a perceived conflict of interest.” [AP, 3/4/03] Palin Signed Letter Urging AG to Find Outside Investigator to Look Into His Ethics Scandals. In 2004, Palin and Rep. Eric Croft, D-Anchorage sent a letter to Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes urging him to “follow the law” by referring his ethics investigation to the state personnel board in accordance with the Executive Branch Ethics Act. The ethics scandal involved an investigation of Renkes over conflict-of-interest allegations concerning a coal deal the state signed with Taiwan in September is inadequate. That’s because the outside counsel was hired by Renkes’ confidant, Gov. Frank Murkowski, which compromises the investigator’s ability to expand the probe to include the governor and could affect his ability to aggressively pursue facts, Palin and Croft said. [Fairbanks Daily News-Miner (AK), 12/12/04] Palin Alleged She Had Seen Ruedrich Using His Office Phone and Printer for Party Business. “Former oil and gas commissioner Sarah Palin, who brought the allegations forward, also told investigators she saw Ruedrich using his office phone and printer for party business.” [Fairbanks Daily News- Miner (AK), 4/26/04] Palin Criticized Murkowski Using State Funds to Create a Mailpiece to Promote His Gas Pipeline. In 2006, when Governor Murkowski spent $107,000 in state funds producing and distributing a brochure promoting his proposed gas pipeline contract, Palin said, “When I received this glossy, 14-page very nicely done (public relations) piece with the governor’s picture and signature on it, I just assumed it was a campaign piece.” Palin added, “I think most Alaskans will assume the same thing.” [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 7/1/06] Cronyism Critics Complained That Palin’s Hiring of Public Works Director Was a Political Reward. Frontiersman columnist Paul Stuart wrote, “Some local political observers in Wasilla are complaining Mayor Sarah Palin’s recent appointment of Cindy Roberts to the $55,000-a-year post of public works director was nothing but a political reward. They maintain Roberts has no engineering training and no work experience to make up for the deficit. Admitting Roberts has no engineering expertise, Palin said the city will contract out engineering services. But the Wasilla mayor says Roberts’ management experience in the public and private sector made her rise above other candidates.” [Frontiersman, 9/24/97] Wasilla Replaced City Attorney of 13 Years With Attorney for Alaska Republican Party. “The Wasilla City Council replaced Richard Deuser, Wasilla’s attorney for 13 years, with an Anchorage attorney last week. The council voted 5-1 Sept. 8 to award the city’s legal services contract to Ken Jacobus, an attorney specializing in municipal law who also serves as general counsel for the Alaska Republican Party.” [Frontiersman, 9/17/97]
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