Palin’s Office Will Release Potentially Damaging Emails—For A Price

[JonLP24]

Source: The Public Record

The office of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has told a state public employee union that if it wants to gain access to previously undisclosed emails from the Palin’s office they’re going to have to pony up some serious cash.

Palin's office wants $88,000 to fulfill a Freedom of Information Act request filed recently by the state's Public Safety Employees Association, the union that represents the governor former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, an Alaska state trooper, who was involved in a bitter divorce and child custody suit with Palin's sister.

The union alleges Palin’s office illegally accessed the trooper's personnel and workers compensation file and disseminated confidential information to a top Alaska state trooper official in an attempt to get Wooten fired.

In August, the union filed an ethics complaint against Palin alleging unauthorized access to Wooten’s personnel files.

John Cyr, the director of the PSEA, also filed a FOIA request for emails after an audio recording surfaced in July that showed Palin's director of state boards and commissions, Frank Bailey, telephoned police Lt. Rodney Dial last February to inquire about union issues involving state troopers and outlined disparaging details about Wooten’s finances and personal behavior that appear to have come from his personnel file.


Read more: http://www.pubrecord.org/nationworld/374-palins-office-will-release-potentially-damaging-emailsfor-a-price-.html

[WillParkinson]

1. And yet...

Some people still like her. Just don't get it.

Paul came home from my parents the other day after fixing their computer to tell me my dad, who always told me we were Democrats, had a McCain/Palin sign up in front of their house. I know why, too. My dad is a racist. Oh, he hides it behind the "joking" but I've known for years.

I don't think I can go back there till the election is over.

[JonLP24]

2. My most unusual example

I recall a co-worker who is LOSING HIS HOUSE!!! Says liberals just want to raise taxes and give poor people handouts at the expense of taxpayers.

[ryanmuegge]

6. It amazes me how many people fail to see that we're all dependent on the welfare state.

Only the ultra-rich can get by without some form of government help.

[Democat]

3. Pay up, and quickly!

$88,000 is nothing compared to how much money Palin/McCain want to steal from American taxpayers if they get elected.

Someone should pay up as fast as possible and get those documents!

[JBear]

4. If she is claiming that the cost is...

the only thing delaying the release of these emails, she has already scrubbed them of any incriminating content. Remember, she used a non-government email account to conduct state business. Do you really think that she would release anything that could hurt her image?

Red-herring

:bounce:

[yellowcanine]

5. Tell it to a judge. Judges tend to have little patience with this tactic.

[Blue_Roses]

7. isn't that extortion?

the freedom of information act should cover this