Whats the latest stand of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin?
The State Personnel Board has dismissed an ethics complaint filed against Gov. Sarah Palin. It was the 13th ethics complaint filed against the governor or her staff that has been resolved with no finding of a violation of the state ethics law, the governor’s office said Wednesday. “We’re grateful that the personnel board and its investigators have taken a rational approach to these matters, finding that the vast majority of the complaints did not even warrant the collection of evidence because they failed to assert any violation of law,” Bill McAllister, the governor’s spokesman, said in a statement. Andree McLeod asserted in her complaint that Palin violated the Executive Branch Ethics Act in furthering her national political aspirations. But the board, following the recommendation of an independent counsel, threw out the complaint for lack of merit. The governor’s office says McLeod made eight separate allegations in the complaint against Palin. The Anchorage woman initially claimed
http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?a=jfzia1ahaig&title=Gov_Palin_vetoes_28M_in_federal_stimulus_money ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Gov. Sarah Palin on Thursday became the only governor to turn down federal stimulus money for energy efficiency, a move that legislators called “disappointing” for a state with some of the country’s highest energy costs. In announcing the veto of $28.6 million in funds, Palin said she wouldn’t accept money tied to adoption of building codes by local governments. “Alaskans and our communities have a long history of independence and opposing many mandates from Washington, D.C.,” Palin said in a statement announcing the veto. Sources: http://sify.com/news/fullstory.php?
