Posted on 10/23/2010 6:17:52 PM PDT by library user
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FAIRBANKS -- A judge ruled today that the Fairbanks North Star Borough must release personnel records of Senate candidate Joe Miller.
In an unusual Saturday hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public's right to know about candidates outweighed Miller's right to privacy.
Burbank ordered no release until at least Tuesday, however, to allow Miller to appeal the decision to the Alaska Supreme Court. Some of the documents will be redacted, he said.
The case was brought by a group of Alaska news media organizations, who have been trying since summer to see borough documents concerning Miller's employment as a part-time borough attorney.
Miller, the Republican nominee, fought the release, arguing that any release of personnel records violated his privacy rights
Among the documents being sought are details of his resignation from the job last year, and any disciplinary actions taken against him while employed. Separate lawsuits were brought by the Alaska Dispatch and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. The Daily News and Associated Press joined, and the suits were combined. Among the arguments for release was that the state Supreme Court, in earlier cases, has ruled that candidates for office expose their private lives to public scrutiny.
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By this time I'd say he's had ten times the level of scrutiny applied to him as BO.
Ah yes, the state-controlled media doing the master’s dirty work.
I say we immediately sue before this judge for Obama's birth records and college records.
FAIRBANKS -- A judge ruled today that the Fairbanks North Star Borough must release personnel records of Senate candidate Joe Miller.
In an unusual Saturday hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public's right to know about candidates outweighed Miller's right to privacy.
People were trying to get this information about Obama while he was still a senator, and a candidate.
As always with liberals, the rules only apply to everyone....else.
Hi Art in Idaho
Utterly, completely heartbreaking to see what “they” are doing to America.
“In an unusual Saturday hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public’s right to know about candidates outweighed Miller’s right to privacy. “
Ok if THAT BS is true, then WHY THE HELL HASN’T THAT JUDGE ORDERED THE RELEASE OF OBAMA’S RECORDS??? hua? “Everyone” says that you can’t do that for an elected official - the President... but you CAN for a PRIVATE and thus far UN-ELECTED man??
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Answer me THAT one your retired honor sir.
Well, that certainly cured my irony deficiency.
Hawaii’s own sunshine law says the same thing ...
§92F-14 Significant privacy interest; examples. (a) Disclosure of a government record shall not constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy if the public interest in disclosure outweighs the privacy interests of the individual.
BTW, that could be a good thing IF we could get Andy Martin going to Alaska instead of Hawaii and be able to present the release of all Baracka Hussein Abu Amama’s sealed records in front of this “retired”(?) judge. Amama did it in Illinois when running for the U.S. Senate!!!
That’s BS, it can be done and has been done before:!!!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2606951/posts?page=1745#1745
Miller is an incredibly strong candidate, which is why they are trying to take him down.
Look at it, not only is he fighting the democrats, but Murkowski. That’s a 2:1 advantage for the Marxists, and he’s still dominating.
If I were him, I’d make the issue plain and simple, that the records would first be released to him (they are his records and he has a right to them), before they are released to the public.
But Obama’s right to privacy outweighs national security.
EXACTLEEEE
YES, NEWS CONFERENCE, ASAP!
Let’s all keep praying for a landslide!
No other judge wants to touch it.
Alaska must be a hotbed of Pork Pigs living off the government. The Pork must be pulled.
And I wouldn’t be surprised the GOP establishment is involved.
Your link - I see the same old posters defending bambi.
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