Palin Won’t Release Amount of Gifts Because It’s a Secret [View All]

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Source: The Mudflats

It an amazing display of a different kind of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” the Palins when asked to disclose how much the gifts Todd Palin receives from Arctic Cat (his sponsor for the Iron Dog snowmachine race) are worth, and they replied with silence. They “can’t” tell us. (looking around furtively and whispering in your ear) It’s a secret.

That’s right, gifts which could, according to sources, be worth in excess of $20,000 for the year 2008 alone are a “trade secret” according to the governor’s personal attorney, Thomas Van Flein. These gifts include snowmachine(s) and “any discounts offered on wear.” What is this secret discount on equipment and clothing? 10% off? 40% off? 75% off? They can’t tell. Sorry.

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So, if Todd Palin is riding around on a $10,000 snowmachine in the Iron Dog Race, and he’s been training on another $10,000 snowmachine, and his entire family is decked out in Arctic Cat “wear” with their names on it, and he gets a 99% discount, that’s perfectly fine, according to the governor. We don’t need to know. We CAN’T know. Top secret stuff, that is.

And to continue the legal squirmings about why the public doesn’t have the right to know this, the Alaska statues that they say support this claim are part of the statutes written to support the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA).


Read more: http://www.themudflats.net/2009/06/18/palin-wont-release-amount-of-gifts-because-its-a-secret-shhhhh/

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The REAL question, of course, is whether the Palins reported the "discounts" from Arctic Cat on the First Dude's practice and racing snowmobiles, as well as the Arctic Cat clothing, as income to the IRS. Whatever Arctic Cat "donated" as part of their sponsorship of his racing activities should have been reported.

Can you say tax audit? Does anyone wonder why the Palin legal defense fundraising is in such a frenzy?

See also Celtic Diva's take on this...

http://www.divasblueoasis.com/diary/660/like-i-said-arctic-cat-isnt-over