sarah, sarah, sarah....
Latest ethics complaints should be 'a wake-up call,' Palin saysFrom
CNN Associate Producer Martina StewartGov. Palin's office announced Friday night that two more ethics complaints have been filed against her in the last week.
(CNN) – The two new ethics complaints filed against
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in the past week should be ‘a wake-up call,’
the former Republican vice presidential candidate says.
In a statement released late Friday night, Palin’s office announced
that two more ethics complaints had been filed against the governor in
the week since she made her surprise announcement that she plans to
step down later this month -including one complaint filed on Friday.
“Although the governor would not have thought it possible, the
latest complaint rises to a new level of absurdity in alleging that she
has been paid for interviews that she has given to the news media,”
Palin’s chief of staff Mike Nizich said in a release announcing the
filing of the recent complaints.
“It is amazing to me that anyone could think that, let alone put
their name behind it and once again seek to distract state officials
and needlessly increase their work load. The state is losing the value
of some of its expenditures when public servants are pulled away from
important assignments to deal with far-fetched and mean-spirited
allegations,” added Nizich.
For her own part Palin used the leveling of two more ethics
complaints against her in a week’s time to call for a more productive
political discourse in her state.
“The only saving grace in this recent episode is that it proves
beyond any doubt the significance of the problem Alaska faces in the
‘new normal’ of political discourse,” Palin also said in Friday’s
statement announcing the complaints.
“I hope this will be a wake-up
call – to legislators, to commentators and to citizens generally – that
we need a much more civil and respectful dialogue that focuses on the
best interests of the state, rather than the petty resentments of a
few.”Of the total of 19 ethics complaints that have been filed against
Palin or her staff, “15 have been resolved without any finding of
wrongdoing, and four are now pending,” Friday’s statement from Palin’s
office also said."
right, soooooooooooooyou didn't resign to escape these kinds of inquiry,you did it due to altruistic motives?how come i am doubtful, hmmmmm?