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"Harry Hope" |
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23 Jun 2004 05:42:20 PM |
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Alaska GOP chairman fined $12,000, largest penalty in a state ethics case |
From The Associated Press, 6/23/04:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062304/sta_ruedrich.shtml
Ruedrich, state settle over ethics charges
GOP chairman fined $12,000, largest penalty in a state ethics case
By Dan Joling
The Associated Press
The state has reached a settlement with GOP Chairman Randy Ruedrich on
charges that he violated state ethics law while working as a member of
the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Ruedrich admitted to three violations of the state Ethics Act and has
been fined $12,000 - believed to be the largest civil penalty ever
imposed in a state ethics case, according to the attorney general's
office.
Chief Assistant Attorney General Barbara Ritchie, who headed the
investigation, said her office had two requirements for settlement:
that Ruedrich admit his conduct violated the Ethics Act and that he
pay substantial civil penalties.
"We negotiated a settlement that satisfies both of these goals," she
said in statement Tuesday night.
Ruedrich could not be reached for comment.
The Republican Party of Alaska chairman, who received a vote of
confidence at his party's state convention in May, admitted to three
violations:
----- Misuse of official position by engaging in partisan political
activity in his Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission office.
----- Improper disclosure of confidential information to a third party
without authority. Ruedrich forwarded a confidential attorney-client
privileged e-mail and attachment to attorney Kyle Parker, who
represented Evergreen Resources on matters pertaining to methane gas
development in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
----- Incompatible outside voluntary service for the Republican Party
of Alaska by acting contrary to the manner he said he would in his
Ethics Act disclosure statement.
Ruedrich was fined the maximum $5,000 for the first two violations and
$2,000 for the third.
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Another day another Republican scandal.
Harry
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| User: "Flip-Flop Bush" |
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| Title: Re: Alaska GOP chairman fined $12,000, largest penalty in a state ethics case |
23 Jun 2004 05:49:29 PM |
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Harry Hope <rivrvu@ix.netcom.com> wrote in
news:dq1kd0hkvkflbjkissd1e2k0fmjnuhbhum@4ax.com:
From The Associated Press, 6/23/04:
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/062304/sta_ruedrich.shtml
Ruedrich, state settle over ethics charges
GOP chairman fined $12,000, largest penalty in a state ethics case
Man, they are all criminals. It makes me really regret ever being a
registered republican.
--
Take Back America
Vote Libertarian
Elect Mike Badnarik
http://www.badnarik.org/
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