Palin Leaves Alaska With a Mountain of Ethics Issues

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Sarah Palin is no longer governor, but Alaska is still trying to tie up the loose ends of her time in office.

A host of ethics issues tied to her term as governor. remain unresolved. They range from proposed changes to the state's ethics laws to gifts to Palin piling up in her garage, still unreported to the Alaska Public Office Commission.

It is the aftermath of an extraordinary time in Alaska politics, as Palin burst beyond the bounds of state politics and became a national  and intensely controversial  figure. Now, the state is struggling to cope with the challenges amplified by her notoriety. Palin's representatives say she has incurred a legal bill of over $500,000 for almost two dozen ethics complaints that she and her supporters have characterized as false and politically motivated.

Her financial burden is unfair, agrees State Attorney General Daniel Sullivan, who was appointed by Palin in June. He issued a 19-page analysis last week urging statutory and regulatory changes to the ethics act. Among the significant proposals:

Sanctions against "bad faith" complaints.

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=8331329

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1. Leaves Alaska! Oh Nooooooooo

That means she's coming here, to the lower 48 -- or "outside" as Alaskans call it. With all due respect to Blue_In_Alaska, one of my favorite DUers, Bible Spice needs to stay in Alaska.