Either admit your wrong already or storm off in a huff. http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10892318
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The governor, along with his or her staff, can use private e-mail to conduct state business according to an Anchorage judge. Superior Court Judge Jack Smith ruled Wednesday that there is no provision in state law that prohibits the use of private e-mail accounts, as former Gov. Sarah Palin and her staff sometimes did. According to Alaska law, public records are preserved for their information value. Wednesday it was made clear that private e-mails used to conduct state business don't fall under that category. Don Mitchell -- the attorney for Andree McLeod, who brought the suit -- says Smith is assuming the e-mails from those private accounts would not be appropriate for preservation by the state archivist. "I think that he obviously became preoccupied of the Legislature's use of the word, ‘preservation or preserve,' in the definition of public records," Mitchell said. "I'm not sure, with all due respect to the court, whether that is completely the proper analysis." "The judge did a fair amount of research on his own, looking at what other states have done in comparison to Alaska statute, looking at the legislative history of the Alaska statute, and ultimately found the Legislature did not intend to go as far as the plaintiff's claim that they did in enacting the statute," Assistant Attorney General Mike Mitchell said. Smith's ruling came as part of McLeod's larger lawsuit to compel the state to preserve e-mails sent by Palin on private accounts so they could be available for open records requests. Smith scheduled a status hearing in September to determine if any issues in the lawsuit must still be addressed. On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 3:27 PM, Dana <dana.tier...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Sam > > I had the link in my buffer just waiting for you, cause I know you > > http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10945674 > > More precisely, they probably accept the ruling because they have no > choice (tho hopefully the legislature is doing something about that). > But a) that was a civil case so there were no "charges" b) that lady > is waaay not "innocent" and c) the state took measures to prevent that > type of abuse in future ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:317401 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
