Please, that is a technicality. Hospitals in other towns did not bill the victim, they billed the township.
Hospitals were told Palins town would not pay. On Sep 25, 11:53 am, voxitar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for absolutely CONFIRMING what everyone who isn't a Palin SMEAR > merchant knew - Palin had NOTHING to do with charging victims for rape > kits. Neither did the city or the Police Department. If a rape > victim was charged for a rape kit it was done by the HOSPITAL - unless > you're going to claim that Palin was directly responsible for the > accounting and billing practices of the hospital? > > The budget game is smoke and mirrors, too - I checked it out myself - > in 1997, the contractual services budget for the Wasilla PD was $3605; > in 1998 it was INCREASED to $3800; in 1999 it was INCREASED to > $4200...there was a reduction in 2000 to $1000. Unless you're going > to make the case that Palin decided in the year 2000 to not pay for > rape kits (which makes no sense, since that was the year the Alaska > state law went into effect requiring law enforcement agencies to pay > for them), the Palin rape kit smear is OFFICIALLY DEBUNKED. > > Next smear, please! > > On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:37 AM, mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ] > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > you said there no records of rape victums being charged for rape kits > > using a quote this web > > site . > >http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jacob-alperinsheriff/sarah-palin-instit... > > as can be seen when you read the next paragraph that isn't > > true . [ On Sunday, CNN's Jessica Yellin claimed > > to have found no evidence in > > city records that Sarah Palin was aware that sexual assault victims > > were being billed for forensic testing. Also, a document released by > > the City of Wasilla stated that a thorough investigation turned up no > > records of any bills ever having been sent out for the cost of > > forensic tests either to victims or to their insurance companies. > > > But these investigators weren't looking in the right place. > > > During consideration of HB 270, the law Alaska legislators passed to > > ban the practice of billing sexual assault victims for forensic > > testing, Lauree Hugonin, then-Director of the Alaska Network on > > Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (ANDVSA), reported that the > > charges "resulted from the accounting procedures at the hospitals and > > not the law enforcement agencies" so it was the hospitals and not the > > City of Wasilla that was sending out the actual bills. And it was > > during Palin's administration that hospitals began sending those > > bills > > to the victims and their insurance companies rather than to the > > police > > department. > > > Earlier, I too muddied the waters in my reporting lat week on the > > budget documents that confirm the timeline. I mistakenly claimed that > > the exams were paid for by the Wasilla Police Department under the > > "contingency funding" category of the budget when the exams were > > actually covered by the "contractual services" line item. > > > The budget for the police department's first full fiscal year, FY94, > > (July 1st, 1993-June 30th, 1994; available here in PDF form) > > explained > > that contractual services were "costs for medical blood tests for > > intoxicated drivers & medical exam/evidence collection for sexual > > assaults." > > > That is the line Palin slashed by 75 percent. It is clear, Palin was > > either aware of the cut and approved it or she was negligent. The > > evidence favors the former conclusion. Even as the 2000 Wasilla > > budget > > was being submitted, Alaska lawmakers were debating the legislation > > that would ban the practice of billing the victims. As quoted by CNN, > > Palin's Deputy Mayor said Palin "would review each department's > > budget > > line by line." And as noted in the original post below, the police > > chief Palin put in power, Fannon, was a strong advocate of the > > practice of billing the victims and a noted outspoken critic of the > > legislation that ended the practice. As he told the Mat-Su Valley > > Frontiersman, "I just don't want to see any more burden put on the > > taxpayer." ] > > > oh and before i forget fuck you ! > > > On Sep 25, 10:29 am, voxitar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:22 AM, mike532 [ Republicans for Obama ] > > >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > " LMAO! You're SUCH a pathetic, LYING scumbag " > >> > it would seem that discription fits you sunshine . you posted > >> > distorted facts about Warsila charging for rape kits when palin was > >> > mayor > > >> Cite the "distorted fact," otherwise you're just a low-life lying > >> scumbag like your scumbag friend.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
