Palin files ethics complaint against self in 'troopergate'

McClatchy by Lisa Demer | Sep. 3, 2008 (News Report)

Gov. Sarah Palin wants a state board to review the circumstances surrounding the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan -- taking the unusual step of making an ethics complaint against herself.

Her lawyer sent an "ethics disclosure" Monday night to Attorney General Talis Colberg. The governor asked that it go to the three-person Personnel Board as a complaint. While ethics complaints are usually confidential, Palin wants the matter open. Full Story »

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 by John Neiberger - Oct. 1, 2008

As one comment on that website indicated, this is simply a delay tactic. Palin wants the results of the investigation to be delayed until after the election. If the current investigation proceeds unimpeded, the results will be public a few days prior to the election. This is nothing but disingenuous politics. She's pretending to be ethical when she's really just trying to keep important information away from the public until it's too late to do any good.

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