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Palin Paying Back State for Family Travel

Guv agrees to $7,000 settlement in ethics probe over kids' trips

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 25, 2009 3:31 AM CST
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(Newser) – Sarah Palin has agreed to reimburse Alaska for family travel she billed to the state, reports the Anchorage Daily News. An investigator probing an ethics complaint filed against the governor found nine trips involving Palin's children in which the personal benefit clearly outweighed any benefit to the state. Palin will shell out some $7,000 for the trips.

Palin will reimburse the state for her daughter Piper's travel on a state plane to the 2008 Iron Dog snowmobile race, and for her daughter Bristol’s airfare to New York to attend a women’s leadership conference with her mom. The investigator noted that he examined more than 40 trips and most were fine, and is recommending that the state’s “dizzying” rules on family travel be clarified.

Sarah Palin with her daughter Piper waves the starting flag for snowmobilers to start the 2009 Irondog Snowmobile race in Big Lake Alaska earlier this month.
Sarah Palin with her daughter Piper waves the starting flag for snowmobilers to start the 2009 Irondog Snowmobile race in Big Lake Alaska earlier this month.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, standing next to daughter Piper and holding son Trigg, speaks at a whaling festival in Barrow, Alaska, last year.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, standing next to daughter Piper and holding son Trigg, speaks at a whaling festival in Barrow, Alaska, last year.   (AP Photo/Al Grillo, File)
Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd. wave as they leave the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage last year.
Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd. wave as they leave the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage last year.   (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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divetrader
Feb 25, 2009 6:31 AM CST
adapt-overcome makes a good point. I guess if you are a GOP gov, then the rules are more flexible. It is interesting how Gov Blago was trying to get money but was forced out. Don't get me wrong, I think he needed to be forced out. But why aren't the citizens in Alaska in an uproar over Palin benefitting financially as a result of her position???
AdaptAndOvercome
Feb 25, 2009 6:10 AM CST
Ok, words like agrees and settlement, sound like she was complaining about the amount and they haggled with her on how much she owes. Wish we could haggle with the IRS and they would settle. What a crock.
Mad
Feb 25, 2009 5:24 AM CST
Palin had a choice... she could've chosen NOT to rip off her state to begin with.

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