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  1. Legal Defense Funds as Misuse of Office and Gifts

    ... Misuse of Office The misuse of office provision in Alaska states that a "public officer may not use, or attempt to use, an ... But the language of the website of the fund, called the Alaska Fund Trust , makes it appear that, according to a 2003 Alaska ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  2. Misrepresenting Ethics Law in a Highly Visible Case

    ... ethics concepts. This occurred yesterday, when the Alaska State Personnel Board found that Governor Sarah Palin did not violate ... Misuse of official position. (a) A public officer may not use, or attempt to use, an official position for personal gain, and may not ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 6 comments

  3. Problems with the Disqualification Argument

    ... a land use permit to her employer. A Discussion About Alaska's Duty-to-Vote Statute The disenfranchisement argument looks very ... when it is part of a discussion. An article in the Alaska Dispatch looked at a "duty to vote" statute in Alaska. This year, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  4. The Ethics of Representation Without Taxation

    ... with the woman who filed the recent ethics complaint against Alaska's Gov. Palin, which I discussed in a recent blog entry . I dealt with ... raise the issue that distinguishes Alaskans from the rest of us? And if you can't raise an issue so central to a community's identity, how ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 1 comment

  5. Is Benefitting Constituents Representing Them or Benefitting Oneself?

    ... was elected again and again because of what he brought to Alaska: the largest per capita federal spending (16 years running). Being chair ... early on. But the problem is not just in Washington. Alaska's political elite is so closed and tightly tied to oil that some local ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  6. The Revolving Door and the Appearance of Impropriety

    ... According to an article in today's New York Times , Alaska Governor Sarah Palin hired as her chief adviser on a natural ... in 2005, TransCanada negotiated a "conceptual" deal with Alaska on tax and other terms for a pipeline. But this effort, as well as a ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  7. The Use of Subordinates as Means and Benefitting a Personal Interest

    ... yesterday's Huffington Post , the investigator charged by Alaska's Legislative Committee, before Sarah Palin was even being considered as ... abused her power by violating the following provision of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act: The legislature reaffirms that ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  8. Supreme Court Decision on Honest Services Fraud Should Be Government Ethics Call to Arms

    ... to disclose information when he had no duty to disclose? No Alaska law required it, and there's no federal statute that requires it, so ... in light of the Skilling (as in Enron) decision) The U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Skilling v. U.S . (June 24, 2010), ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  9. Attorney-Client Privilege and Financial Disclosure: A New NYC Bar Association Report

    ... could identify only four states -- Washington, California, Alaska, and Louisiana -- that have financial disclosure requirements for ... about their work and the origins of their livelihood. And in Alaska and Louisiana, disclosure requirements were extended to attorneys only ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

  10. Corrupting a State Via Good Ol' Self-Interest

    ... following quote from 2003, when the Senate refused to open Alaska's wildlife refuge to oil and gas exploration: People who are ... entire state. He has done all he can to make the people of Alaska as selfish as him. Robert Wechsler Director of Research-Retired, ...

    Robert Wechsler - 2018-12-19 17:18 - 0 comments

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