Palin PING!
Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
Help out cuda!
Posted on 06/22/2009 6:27:12 AM PDT by Al B.
Gov. Sarah Palin reportedly now has more than $600,000 in legal bills as a result of ethics complaints, and a national campaign fueled by a conservative Web site reports bringing in more than $100,000 in the past week to her defense fund. The accusations are described by Palin supporters as frivolous attacks, and the governor's office says 14 complaints have been dismissed...
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Other complaints have not been settled, and Kristan Cole, the trustee for the legal defense fund, said the bills continue to climb and "my sense is they are over $600,000."
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"Our trust is one of the most, if not the most, restrictive and transparent legal expense funds in history," asserted Cole....
Cole says there is no legal limit on how much people can donate to the fund, but it has a self-imposed maximum contribution of $150.
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"You just cannot believe how many people really believe in this governor like I do and others do and are sending in checks for 5 and 10 dollars, saying this is all I have at this time ........
"It's really incredible."
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Rebecca Mansour of the Web site Conservatives4Palin, which did a "webathon" for the legal defense fund over the past week, said Palin has been unfairly targeted after returning home from running for vice president and deserves the help. Mansour said one reason for the webathon is because the fund set its maximum contribution at $150, which rules out the kind of $5,000 donation Alaska Rep. Don Young received from Trident Seafoods Corp. for his legal defense fund.
"The only way they are going to be able to pay it off is to cast a huge net and get (many) people donating," said Mansour, of Los Angeles.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
That’s what I was thinking. They lost. They should pay.
In theory I agree with this, but it works both ways and when we have an issue that we sue someone like Obama and his birth certificate for example. We know that he is guilty but the courts are dropping the cases...Do we pay because of it? That is why I think it is dangerous.
Alaska law permits complaints like this but they were not supposed to talk until the complaints were heard. However unwarranted or frivolous complaints should be paid for by the complainer if there is no basis for a complaint found. IMO
She also paid back what, 10,000 for her kids travel when she didn’t have to. That was found legal. But why did she pay anyway? I don’t understand some (R) leaders.
Let us all spread the word about the Alaska Defense Fund far and wide. Donate, donate, donate!
Palin PING!
Anyone on or off the Palin ping, write me.
Help out cuda!
Hey, if anyone’s game, be sure to sign up at ADN for comment posting privileges so that you can blast the ankle-biters directly. They’re all on there, and I’ve been having a good ol’ time this morning making them look stupid.
McLeod Probably has ties to ACORN.
i have been looking for a picture of this harpy forever!!! hideous...
Why the limitation?
The other side is going to piss and moan anyway. Why not give them something to really piss and moan about.
That’s right. They need to be sued for abuse of process.
Anyone else have a problem with it, except those who clearly haven't contributed any of their money?
Bookmark for later today....
I had originally thought it was because of the $150 gift disclosure trigger under Alaska law but the article says not so. The trustee said in the article that the Governor wanted to keep it grassroots.
Pretty tough restriction.
Probably a phone browser incompatibility on my end...
Perhaps there should be oversight of anti-Palin people filing silly ethic charges.
Yeah. I think she could have gone with $500 and still have it be considered “grass roots”.
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