Alaska after Palin: debating ethics reform
While she was Alaska's governor, Sarah Palin faced numerous allegations of ethics violations -- charges she called frivolous and cited as one of her reasons for resigning from office last year. Now the ethics reforms proposed by the state's attorney general are being criticized by those who filed ethics complaints against Palin.
These former critics of Palin say ethics reforms should be drafted and debated by legislators, not created by Attorney General Dan Sullivan without a vote.
One person testifying before a legislative committee raised concern that the state Personnel Board -- whose members are appointed by the governor -- is not sufficiently independent to ensure that state officials comply with ethics rules. A state legislator echoed this concern, saying that the Personnel Board and top state officials may have "too close of a relationship."
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