Ethics group filed complaint against Gov. Sarah Palin yesterday

 Okay Mr. Henning, I think you are taking this too far.  I am not a fan of the Gov., but this is ridiculous and a waste of taxpayers dollars.  It’s a non-issue, leave her alone

By KYLE HOPKINS
khopkins@adn.com

Published: November 19th, 2008 12:01 AM
Last Modified: November 19th, 2008 02:10 AM

She’s a national political figure and one of the world’s most famous people.

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Gov. Palin has received non-stop requests from the media, agents and producers, says Palin spokesman Bill McAllister.

She’s also governor of Alaska.

As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state’s chief executive, a new ethics complaint filed Tuesday says she’s already improperly mixing her official duties and broader political ambitions.

The charge: That Palin broke state ethics rules by holding national television interviews about her run for vice president from the governor’s office.

The complaint comes as Palin’s personal life, her prospects as a future presidential candidate and everything she says and does continues to draw headlines.

Zane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, said he filed the complaint with the attorney general. He says Palin is promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor’s Nov. 10 interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren.

“The governor is using her official position and office in an attempt to repair her damaged political image on the national scene,” Henning wrote.

The Palin camp, besieged by interview requests, said the governor was no longer a candidate at the time of interviews, but otherwise had little to say about the complaint.

“The consideration of complaints under the executive branch ethics act is a confidential process, by law,” wrote Palin spokesman Bill McAllister.

“The governor will respect that legal requirement for confidentiality, even if others do not.”

McAllister was referring to a part of the state ethics law that says complaints are initially supposed to remain under wraps.