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Originally Posted by KSig RC
So the problem is the use of the term "official"? I honestly could not care any less about Sarah Palin right now. I sincerely wish others agreed.
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Yep, apparently in Alaska you can't benefit in any way from your office that a regular citizen couldn't and they take it to lengths that most states don't, apparently from what I was reading last night.
So although everyone paying into that fund was knowingly and voluntarily contributing to it for it to be used exactly as Palin used it, in Alaska, since it was probably people's interest in her as the Gov. that caused them to contribute, it's illegal.
I'm kind of over Palin as well, but it continues to bother me that I think this is being spun as her misappropriating public funds for illegal personal use, rather than a really tight application of Alaskan law. Personally, I'd like to see more public officials collect private, voluntary donations to pay for random crappy expenses they generate, as long as the fund was open, publicly documented and avoided quid pro quo.