Palin reimburses Alaska $8K for 19 family trips

[RamboLiberal]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Gov. Sarah Palin has paid more than $8,100 to reimburse Alaska for the costs associated with 19 trips taken with her children.

Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, says the governor paid $8,143.62 to the state on June 19 for the trips taken between January 2007 and February of this year. The payment was due Tuesday.

An ethics complaint had alleged Palin abused her power by charging the state when her children traveled with her. The Alaska Personnel Board found no wrongdoing, but Palin agreed to reimburse the state for trips found to be of questionable state interest.

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"No one challenged Gov. Murkowski's or Governor Knowles' travel practices," Van Flein said in an e-mail. "The rules were, and are, being changed in midstream for Governor Palin. However, as noted in the agreement at the time 'the Governor wants to exceed minimum legal standards.'"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/23/palin-reimburses-alaska-8_n_219876.html

[ColbertWatcher]

1. Sanford took stim money to Alaska! n/t

[JBoy]

2. What whining. "The rules are being changed midstream".

Bullshit. If the rules were being changed, they'd be able to point to a rule or rules that were actually changed.

"No one challenged the (previous Governors') travel practices". Right. The other Governors weren't challenged because the didn't abuse the system.

[Submariner]

3. Bible Spice does the right thing....good for her

[JenniferJuniper]

4. Wow. Did Captain Kirk negotiate those prices?

Such a deal. $426 per trip for how may people?

[benld74]

5. Only *8K for 19 trips? Still pretty cheap for the whole friggin family