Given the well-documented legal opinions and public testimony opposing this idea, why are the governor and attorney general attempting to bring back this plan?
It’s a tired game of deja vu: Gov. Mike Dunleavy and Attorney General Treg Taylor are again attempting toso that the State of Alaska has to cover legal costs for the governor, attorney general and lieutenant governor if they are under investigation for dishonest and unethical misconduct. The public has until Sept. 11 to tell them that, just like in 2019, we’re still not interested in footing the bill.
The Alaska Public Interest Research Group was opposed then and is opposed now. This sweetheart deal cooked up by AG Taylor to propose changes to Alaska’s ethics regulations would authorize the use of inexhaustible state funds, assets, resources and personnel to foot their legal bills and defend them — even if they’re found to have violated the ethics law. Alaskans should not be discouraged from our few remaining avenues of holding our highest elected offices accountable.
Anchorage Sen. Matt Claman also disagreed with Taylor’s argument that the Department of Law represents the top officials acting in their official capacity, and, therefore, should represent them in an ethics complaint.Claman also said it would cut into the Department of Law’s limited time and money when it defends the governor instead of working on other cases.
Given the well-documented legal opinions and public testimony opposing this idea, we are left to wonder why the governor and attorney general are attempting to bring back this dubious plan. The general public is not privy to how many ethics complaints are filed, how much they cost the state to investigate, and how many are found to be credible or result in some type of action.
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