After hearing on the Obama Infomercial Network (MSNBC) that a bipartisan legislative committee in Alaska found Sarah Palin guilty of abuse of power, I thought I would check it out for myself. I have some expertise in this area of unlawful behavior by government officials concerning public employees.
Well, as far as I can tell, and this is breaking fast, there is no legislative finding whatsoever! In fact, the report itself recommends only some legislative changes and no penalties or sanctions that I can find.
There is a report by a lawyer named Stephen Branchflower. A committee voted to release the report but took no further action.
The gulf between what the MSM is saying about this and what actually happened is huge. It makes you wonder what else they are fibbing about.
Update: The legislature doesn’t appear to have any jurisdiction over the ethics code. The Attorney General and Personnel Board do have such jurisdiction. There is a bar on acting on complaints against a governor who is running for re-election.
The legislature can impeach but that must start in the Senate. The group that commissioned this report is made up of state senators and house members.
If I was Palin’s lawyer, I’d be thinking due process violations. I can say with near certainty that no competent body has found any violations by Palin.
Again, my primary concern here is to warn readers to be very skeptical in these troubled times about what the MSM is trying to sell them.
Update: This AP story gets it right but with a misleading headline.
9:51 pm on October 10, 2008
