Zane Henning
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| Mon, 07-20-2009 - 1:28am |
I've read posts citing Zane Henning in this forum as a source for news. The news that he already made a prior dismissed ethics complaint against Governor Palin doesn't get mentioned much in this forum.
I wondered about the great source of "news" that Zane Henning seems to represent on this forum and decided to investigate. My search was to try and understand why he is making complaints. That search is now ended. Google is our friend.
I came across the following - http://alaskapride.blogspot.com/2009/07/zane-henning-files-his-second-ethics.html
The issue about Governor Palin taking per diem for staying at her Wasilla home first broke surface in the Washington Post on September 8th, 2008, but no ethics complaint was filed at the time. In February 2009, state officials merely determined that Palin pay income taxes on the per diem, but did not bar her from claiming more per diem in the future.
Some suspect that Zane Henning's wife, Val, may have put him up to filing this complaint, as well as the previous one. Although Zane is identified as a "conservative", his wife is a lunatic who constantly calls into Dan Fagan's radio program and whines incomprehensibly about Palin.
In his previous complaint filed on November 13th, Zane Henning charged that Palin broke state ethics rules by by holding national television interviews about her run for vice president from the governor's office. He claimed that Palin was promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor's November 10th interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren. But after dismissing the complaint on May 12th, Michael Geraghty of the Alaska Personnel Board concluded that “There was no indication that Governor Palin presented her official position as governor of the State of Alaska for an improper personal or financial purpose.”
Henning's complaint appears frivolous. If he was serious, he should have filed it back in September, when the issue was first publicized, or at least in February, after the state reaffirmed her option to collect it. His delay in filing strongly implies that he is merely using the ethics complaint system as a tool of political warfare; further validating that conclusion is the fact that Henning chose to announce it in a press release.
Edited 7/20/2009 1:48 am ET by postreply

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Seems rather risky throwing around
I agree. She has a way with words.
Maybe
"...has a liberal
<This guy has filed and failed before, and the answer is his very liberal and activist liberal wife. :) Sometimes the answer is simple. :) >
You may be right.
We already had a doofus president who swaggered and acted macho but couldn't formulate an intelligible or intelligent statement on his own. He could read his speeches. Whoopty dooh dah. Why anyone would want a female carbon copy to someday serve in similar high office just escapes me entirely.
Seemingly, those who support Palin didn't learn that a pretty face and willingness to string random words together in front of a mike, don't equate with national leadership qualities.
Nothing Sarah said or did convinced me that she had the native intelligence to think critically; or the experience and knowledge to lead wisely.
Jabberwocka
Well, here's more today - this time not from Henning:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090721/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_ethics_complaint_3
Palin implicated in ethics probe
By RACHEL D'ORO, Tue
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