Sarah Palin’s Critics Attacks Again

To strengthen governor Palin’s reason for resigning her post, her critics has filed the 17th ethics complaint against her. This is the second complaint being brought against her, since she announced her resignation on July 3rd 2009. This will again cost Alaska thousands of dollars to assist in her defense. As a result, the Associated Press stated that governor Palin issued a statement pointing out that this is a “wake-up” call for the state to change the ethics policy to prevent frivolous charges. Sarah Palin was also quoted by the Associated Press has saying that “The only saving grace in this recent episode, is that it proves beyond any doubt the significance of the problem Alaska faces in the ‘new normal’ of political discourse”.

This 17th complaint alleges that the governor received payments from the media for interviews.  Both her attorney Thomas Van Flein, and Mike Nizich, her chief of staff, have denied this latest complaint. This is exactly why she resigned, because she believed that this would stop these actions against her, which are clearly political, and intended to destroy her financially. This apparently has not stopped her critics, because she has the audacity to differ from them politically and ideologically.

These complaints not only hurt the governor personally and financially, it also cost the state of Alaska financially. Alaskans deserve better than having to spend money on frivolous complaints, instead of the money being used to benefit the state? For her critics, who call her a quitter, the question is “what would you do? Would you continue to build up the legal costs which already stand at $500,000, and allow your state to spend more than the $2 million that it has already spent for the 15 previous complaints? The two most recent complaints will only increase these debts and if she served out her term, no telling how many more complaints would have been filed. To her critics, Karma is an apt reminder, and also “what goes around comes around”