Alaska legislature: Palin abused power, did not break law

More to add to Palin's "officially abused her power" resume:

https://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/21/palin.travel.ap/index.html

"Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business."

"In all, Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. She also has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls."


So let's amend this:

On the Republican ticket, you have a Presidential nominee who was officially criticized for poor judgment by the Senate Ethics Committe (and would have likely faced harsher words had his actions been in their jurisdiction), and a Vice Presidential candidate who has been officially found to have abused her power by her own state's legislature and who misappropriated state funds to pay for travel expenses for her kids. And altered official documents to cover it up.

Awesome! Go Republicans Go! You guys really did a great job choosing your candidate this year.

Also note that on one trip to NYC where she took her kids, Palin was to be there 5 hours, but her daughter ended up staying in NYC for 4-5 days at the expense of tax payers.



And what did she say about REFORM??? lol

What's the point of all your complaining? Did she break the law or not?

Let me guess: You're voting for McCain.

How'd you guess?

I don't think so....lets just say I haven't decided yet.I don't like either one of them.
So ,you still didn't answer my question.

She may have broken the law, she may not have. I don't know.

But she clearly did something shady that she shouldn't have done. She used state money to fly her kids around and put them up in fancy hotels, then "amended" her travel expense reports to cover the charges.

Her actions - the bridge to nowhere and now this - do not look good for someone who advertises herself as a maverick who likes to cut spending and not spend state money on special projects.

SHE ABUSED HER POWER AS GOVERNOR WHICH IS GROUNDS FOR IMPEACHMENT

Don't all governors spend money on projects?

Yes.

And?

According to the article , she didn't break the law.Are you saying she did?

So what's the problem?

Did you not read the post?

Palin spent thousands of government dollars flying her children around the state and country. And thousands more putting them up in nice hotels. She then "amended" her expense reports to say that her kids were on official state business.

don't forget the $150,000 the RNC has spent on Palin's clothes and make-up even though clothing is specifically against campaign spending laws

So what ,maybe you think it's wrong , but is it against the law?