Gov. Sarah Palin Announces Resignation
Jonathan Martin, Politico: "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she was resigning her office later this month, a stunning decision that could free her to run for president more easily but also raises questions about her political standing at home."
http://www.truthout.org/070309Z?n
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Capitalism, Sarah Palin-Style
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/25-3
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New ethics complaint filed against Palin
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
07/14/09
Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is facing yet another ethics complaint — the 18th against her and the very thing that helped to prompt her resignation. The latest complaint alleges she abused her office by accepting a salary and using state staff while campaigning outside Alaska for the vice presidency. It’s the third complaint filed against the Republican since she announced July 3 that she was stepping down...
http://www.telegram.com/article/20090714/APA/907141134
Report: Palin’s trust fund could violate ethics act
ABC News
07/21/09
An independent investigator has found evidence that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts. It’s the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this weekend, and one thick with irony — the same vehicle Palin is using to fight ethics charges is now being called a potential ethics violation itself...
http://tinyurl.com/r4f87s
She’s ready for her close-up
The New Republic
by Suzy Khimm
07/24/09
When Sarah Palin abruptly announced that she was planning to leave office, it was clear whom she blamed for her early exit. ‘I wish you’d hear MORE from the media of your state’s progress and how we tackle Outside interests — daily — SPECIAL interests that would stymie our state,’ she said in her July 3 resignation speech, which she later posted on her website. Blasting her adversaries for paralyzing the Alaska governor’s office with charges of ‘frivolous ethics violations,’ Palin and her representatives accused these unnamed ‘Outside interests’ of harming her ability to govern after returning from the presidential campaign. … There’s no doubt that Alaska’s state government has been paralyzed since Palin’s return, with anger and frustration emanating from both the governor’s office and the state legislature. All of Palin’s major bills failed to pass this year’s first 90-day session. But conversations with both Republican and Democratic legislators reveal that Palin’s inability to get anything done has little to do with the media attacks the Alaska governor claims drove her from office...
http://tinyurl.com/nqgmpl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Palin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonathan+Martin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Suzy+Khimm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Naomi+Klein
http://www.truthout.org/070309Z?n
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Capitalism, Sarah Palin-Style
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2009/07/25-3
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New ethics complaint filed against Palin
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
07/14/09
Outgoing Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is facing yet another ethics complaint — the 18th against her and the very thing that helped to prompt her resignation. The latest complaint alleges she abused her office by accepting a salary and using state staff while campaigning outside Alaska for the vice presidency. It’s the third complaint filed against the Republican since she announced July 3 that she was stepping down...
http://www.telegram.com/article/20090714/APA/907141134
Report: Palin’s trust fund could violate ethics act
ABC News
07/21/09
An independent investigator has found evidence that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin may have violated ethics laws by accepting private donations to pay her legal debts. It’s the latest legal distraction for the former vice presidential candidate as she prepares to leave office this weekend, and one thick with irony — the same vehicle Palin is using to fight ethics charges is now being called a potential ethics violation itself...
http://tinyurl.com/r4f87s
She’s ready for her close-up
The New Republic
by Suzy Khimm
07/24/09
When Sarah Palin abruptly announced that she was planning to leave office, it was clear whom she blamed for her early exit. ‘I wish you’d hear MORE from the media of your state’s progress and how we tackle Outside interests — daily — SPECIAL interests that would stymie our state,’ she said in her July 3 resignation speech, which she later posted on her website. Blasting her adversaries for paralyzing the Alaska governor’s office with charges of ‘frivolous ethics violations,’ Palin and her representatives accused these unnamed ‘Outside interests’ of harming her ability to govern after returning from the presidential campaign. … There’s no doubt that Alaska’s state government has been paralyzed since Palin’s return, with anger and frustration emanating from both the governor’s office and the state legislature. All of Palin’s major bills failed to pass this year’s first 90-day session. But conversations with both Republican and Democratic legislators reveal that Palin’s inability to get anything done has little to do with the media attacks the Alaska governor claims drove her from office...
http://tinyurl.com/nqgmpl
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Palin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=capitalism
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Jonathan+Martin
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Suzy+Khimm
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Naomi+Klein
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