nytimes.com - 11/4/2008
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Palin Cleared of Ethics Charges
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 11/4/2008
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A report by an independent state personnel board
has cleared Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations...
in the firing of her public safety commissioner last summer. Released today, the last day of the presidential campaign as the 44-year-old ...
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Palin cleared, but where does she go to get her reputation back?
TigerHawk —
I am agog, I am aghast: the New York Times is actually reporting that Sarah Palin has been cleared of the ethics charges against her. A report has cleared Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin of ethics violations in the firing of her public safety commissioner. R eleased Monday, the report says there is no probable cause to believe Palin or any other state official violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with the firing. The report was prepared by Timothy Petumenos, an independent counsel for the Alaska Personnel Board. It is too late to matter this year, and coming as it ...
STATE BOARD EXONERATES GOVERNOR PALIN
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
The "troopergate" scandal that the drive-by media attempted to gin up on behalf of their chosen candidate never did get much traction outside of the leftist lunatic fringe and those it has enthralled with its drooling drivel, but it's over now, anyway. ...
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