Re: A Crying Shame

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You could have also posted this from the same source:

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/original/article_212241912.shtml



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**Crash Gordon**







"Robert L Bass" <Sales@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "G. Morgan" wrote:
>>
>> So, why did she step down?
>
> Perhaps the following explains it:
>
> "Sarah Palin Federal Indictment: Embezzlement Reason For Resignation?
> by Jim Brogan
>
> Sarah Palin Indictment - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin reportedly resigned
> because of a federal indictment pending in an embezzlement scandal that
> allegedly involves her receiving huge financial favors from Spenard
> Building Supplies.
>
> If the news is true, the upcoming Sarah Palin indictment would have
> crippled her ability to govern effectively.
>
> Her resignation was said to be so sudden that her own children were not
> aware she was resigning until they heard her speak the words. Prior to the
> announcement, Palin had given every indication that she intended to
> complete her tenure as governor, including 36 hours earlier during a
> meeting with Senator Mark Begich.
>
> The embezzlement scandal revolves around the large, $12.5 million sports
> complex that Sarah Palin pushed through during her last term as Mayor in
> Wasilla.
>
> Federal investigators believe the cost of the sports complex was inflated
> to provide free building materials and labor for the Palin home being
> constructed close by. Both structures, it is said, feature the ?same
> windows, same wood, same products.?
>
> The sports complex's architect and contractors reportedly have strong
> links and ties to Palin.
>
> Spenard Building Supplies is the largest building supply company in
> Alaska - and they were also the supplier and contractor for ex-Senator Ted
> Stevens cabin.
>
> Federal investigators have been looking into this since last October and
> now indictments on charges of public corruption and embezzlement appear to
> be imminent."
>