BREAKING: Palin Business Shut Down by State

[babsbunny]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/2/174313/9403/46/583730

Sep 02, 2008 at 02:48:00 PM PDT
The WaPo is now reporting that Sarah Palin and her husband were part owners of a business that was shut down by the state for noncompliance with state regulations:

State records show the business ran into trouble with Alaska's division of corporations business and professional licensing after Palin became governor of the state in 2006.

A Feb. 11, 2007 letter to the governor's business partner advises that the car wash had "not filed its biennial report and/or paid its biennial fees," which were more than a year overdue.

The warning letter was written on state letterhead, which carried Palin's name at the top, next to the state seal.

On April 3, 2007, the state went further and issued a "certificate of involuntary dissolution" because of the car wash's failure to file its report and pay state licensing fees.

[maseman]

1. Great...CarwashGate

[Amy6627]

18. Damn! Why couldn't it be a fence manufacturing biz so it could be Gate-Gate!

[Critters2]

31. Hey!! Dammit!!

I'm on the office 'puter!

[FogerRox]

39. PVC or wood ?

[unblock]

43. remember when oliver north got a high-security fence?

gategate!

[LisaM]

50. Ha ha ha ha ha

I demand a Gate-Gate!

[rufus dog]

64. I wish it was a Master Lock Distributorship

[TheCowsCameHome]

40. Soap and Water Gate.

Bet she'll be scrubbed from the lineup soon.

[beac]

49. Zing!

:rofl:

[Dystopian]

77. !

:rofl:

[saltpoint]

2. Kind of casts a pall over the "executive experience" argument...

[gateley]

9. Can't run a car wash, but can run the country? Makes sense to me. nt

[rpannier]

91. Well let's be fair

name one business that DUH-bya ran successfully...

Yet, his supporters voted for him because of his business experience

[tridim]

Executive INCOMPETENCE.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. "executive and budgetary experience" of a Car Wash that

[Ichingcarpenter]

24. I would check the money machines for meth residue

Car Washes are money laundering places.

[John Q. Citizen]

72. Depends of a few more facts. Was the car wash still operating while out of compliance?

If so, then it's potentially a major deal.

If the car wash was defunct even before the final letter, then maybe not as big of a deal.

My guess is, with the kind of shoot from the hip loose with the facts personality we are dealing with, if someone were to look closely at things like her car wash, they would find out stuff. Two months isn't much time for deep scrutiny, though.

[Arkana]

3. *sound of head hitting table*

I never thought John McCain was this dumb--but to choose a running mate who would stir up this much shit at a time when he can least afford it is a truly stupid decision.

[FatDave]

66. Monumentally dumb.

If anybody ever compiles a list of the biggest mistakes ever made, McCain's VP choice is going to be near the top.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

81. I don't think McCain has much to say about anything...

The big oil puppet masters are still in control. On the day she was asked to join the ticket, she OKed a $26 billion dollar Alaskan gas pipeline that has been on the back burner for three decades.

[Myrina]

94. Ooooh, does KO know about that?

Is there any kind of document trail? :wow:

[Just-plain-Kathy]

96. I came upon this article....

http://news.yahoo.com/story//nm/20080829/bs_nm/palin_energy_dc

I started a thread on the topic...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3896848

This was on Wikipedia (for what it's worth)

snip....

In August 2008, Palin signed a bill into law giving the state of Alaska authority to award TransCanada Pipelines $500 million in seed money and a license to build and operate the $26-billion pipeline to transport natural gas from the North Slope to the Lower 48 through Canada.

...end

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

[AlCzervik]

4. another Republican that hates regulations and thinks laws aren't applicable to her.

Palin is like Bush.

[Cattledog]

20. If ya can't run a carwash

HTF ya gonna run a nation?

[gateley]

5. I love this:

The warning letter was written on state letterhead, which carried Palin's name at the top, next to the state seal.

:rofl:

[FogerRox]

37. Beautifully ironic, yes.

[kestrel91316]

47. My head just exploded. WTF???

:wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf::wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf: :wtf:


I am getting a really bad headache from all this.

[beac]

56. I'm getting a bellyache from all the guffawing I'm doing!

The Palin-Scandal-An-Hour Ab Blaster is WAY better than sit-ups. Flat tummy here I come! :)

[1Hippiechick]

58. "The Palin-Scandal-An-Hour Ab Blaster is WAY better than sit-ups. Flat tummy here I come!"

DUZY! DUZY! DUZY!

:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[gblady]

76. I think your comment....

just took an inch of mine!
uncontrollable...thanks!

[beac]

97. My pleasure. We could end up with abs of steel AND the White House

Now THAT's hope! What an election, eh??? :)

[endthewar]

51. LOL!

:rofl:

[scheming daemons]

6. So... officially.... she shut down her own business because she didn't obey the rules that she swore

to uphold?



Wow.

[Amy6627]

25. Good one! n/t

[L0oniX]

74. She could claim executive privilege over following those rules ...maybe a signing statement too.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

7. Please run with this : She could not run a carwash (literally!)

Game Over.

[AFSCME girl]

41. I just emailed this to Countdown....n/t

[Duer 157099]

Hahah, that's from The Onion, right?

Good laugh!

Carwash!! She can't even run a frikken CARWASH!!!

OK, NOW we've got our tagline!

[FloridaJudy]

8. Oh jeez

How is Alaska expected to finance its movement to become a Sovereign Nation if its business people don't pay their fees?

Oh...that's right....they've got oil.

Never mind.

[cliffordu]

10. Mo' money Mo' money....K&R!!

[Critters2]

11. OMG!!!! Every time I go to log off, a new piece of sh*t hits the fan!!

This is utterly beautiful!! Just beautiful!!

[d_b]

35. LOL

[bunnies]

13. All these Palin scandals should collectively be known as "Christmas-gate"

Merry Christmas, Democrats!

[DangerousRhythm]

26. ROFL!!

Oh man. That was too good. I laughed LOUDLY. :rofl:

[City Lights]

36. I know, right? She's like the jelly-a-month club, only delivered daily!

:rofl:

[yardwork]

70. Hourly! Everytime I step away from my computer...

[Gabi Hayes]

14. following in Dubya's footsteps? another failed businessperson.

another phony facade, built/maintained up by media

will they do their job, and continue reporting on her, or swallow the pugline on AIP and other stories, like the above, and see them disappear, as did EVERY single negative story regarding Bush in 2000 and 2004?

[nickyt]

15. "I'm gonna sit right down, and write myself - a letter"...

The warning letter was written on state letterhead, which carried Palin's name at the top, next to the state seal.

Do we know if she wrote herself back?!

[City Lights]

16. Fully vetted, eh McPain?

:rofl:

[valerief]

Oh, yeah, great executive experience. Apparently running a country

is easier than running a car wash.

:rofl:

[TwilightGardener]

17. I read they owned other businesses too--hope someone is looking into all of them--

before the "vetting" goons clean out the records and pay off the would-be talkers.

[yardwork]

19. A car wash?

[MadrasT]

21. How am I supposed to leave the office

if you people keep digging up this stuff??? :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

"She couldn't even run a carwash."

Game over.

[TwilightGardener]

28. Must...leave.. computer.. haven't... eaten in two days... addicted...

:rofl:

edit to add: this trainwreck has made me a junkie.

[Ichingcarpenter]

34. How many gifts today? I think I'm counting 8-9?

Just wait until tomorrow........ WOW

[1Hippiechick]

59. KEITH OLBERMANN JUST ANNOUNCED IT ON TV! ROFL!

[qanda]

63. It's a shame because I haven't gotten anything done in four days

This has been too much fun. I almost hope McCain keeps her on the ticket.

[amandabeech]

85. You're not alone.

I've given up. What I don't get done this week will still be there next week. Or whenever this stops.

[beac]

67. I guarantee you that across the country there's an epidemic of malnourished,

un-bathed, carpel-tunnel-afflicted Democrats with spittle-encrusted keyboards. And I am loving every hungry, foul-hygiene, sore wrist, LMAO moment of it!

[Dollface]

22. It is probably not criminal but it is incompetent and/or a sign of inexperience.

If that's what I think it is it doesn't necessarily cause the business to shut down it just reverts to being a sole proprietorship. With the correct paperwork you can get the business reinstated. It is a rookie mistake often made by people who are INEXPERIENCED in business or disorganized. If you can't handle an annual filing report should you really be VP of the USA?

[vanderBeth]

23. All this laughing isn't good for me.

How many scandals can one person get involved with?
:rofl:

[ErinBerin84]

27. CAR WASH????!!!!

These people sure had a lot of talents....



:rofl:

[hootinholler]

69. Where's Mr T? n/t

:rofl:

[WinkyDink]

29. "I'm gonna sit right down and write myself a letter..."!

[MadrasT]

32. a STERNLY WORDED letter

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

30. Oh. My. F'ing. Gawd.

Okay. I SERIOUSLY can't take more of this. I am going to bust a gut from laughing, and I can't tear myself away from the 'puter.

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[TheCowsCameHome]

33. The GOP is certainly washed up, thanks to Palin being on the ticket.

[truthisfreedom]

38. I can hear their spin already... business was closed but they forgot to inform the state, blah blah

blah...

[rpannier]

92. Your subject line would be oh so funny if

it had been a laundry-mat.

[Submariner]

42. What's next? Stolen mooseburger recipes?

[RememberWellstone]

44. Uhhh, ok.

A freaking carwash?? Come on Kos, get real. This is getting close to Springer country.:silly:

[catgirl]

45. This is too bizarre (nt)

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

46. Palin Again Makes History!!!

First Female Vice Presidential Nominee to ever own a car wash...

:rofl:

[Wickerman]

48. She is truly the gift that keeps on giving

:rofl:

[Geek_Girl]

52. Palin is like Christmas for the Dems

nt

[AspenRose]

53. ...and the hits just keep on coming....

:wow:

[WinkyDink]

54. Breaking news! Palin's Official Song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1J9ofYW3LI

[MrScorpio]

55. Regulation? We donn need no stinkin' regulations

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ

[Thrill]

57. So she can't even run a car wash? LMAO

[AFSCME girl]

60. OMG!!!!! KO just mentioned this on the air!!!!!!!

How cool!!!!!!!! :woohoo:

[kath]

61. What about the business she started a few years back (during her 3-4 year period of unemployment)

that she named "rouge cou" - French for "redneck".

[kath]

62. What about the business she started a few years back (during her 3-4 year period of unemployment)

that she named "rouge cou" - French for "redneck".

[jberryhill]

65. corporations are normally dissolved that way...

if you don't pay your annual fee, the corporation is involuntary dissolved. It doesn't have any particularly interesting significance.

Was the car wash operating?

[HeraldSquare212]

88. Right, that is the question - a company going out of business will just stop filing

and let the state dissolve it.

[Douglas Carpenter]

68. KICK AND RECOMMENDED ---

[Cha]

71. Better news than I thought this was going to be..I

thought it meant..the investigation of palin's records as Gov were shut down by the State!

mccain and rove must think they have a real FIND here with miss lieability.

[mmonk]

73. Uh.............it's getting to the point I'm afraid to ask what's next.

[DigitalFuntown]

75. Jeez, this keeps getting better

Thank you McCain for making it interesting. You could have gone with boring Pawlenty or Romney. And it would be the same scripted election as the others...new, exciting, change on the left and consistent, boring, sameness on the right. But this is a gamechanger. Wait, the republicans are young, attractive, and extremists?

McCain's VP selection process: http://tinyurl.com/5zr47h

[RiverStone]

78. Maybe a conspiracy theory here - but how the f@ck could Rove & co. NOT know all this?!

We could not have written a worse script for the pukes if we tried; there must be a catch? :shrug:

Or could this train wreck simply be just that....

[Fla Dem]

79. I would think this is a non-issue. Generally licensing fees are very minimal.

and they walked away from the business when she became gov. The notice is probably computer generated.

[Sequoia]

80. Talking 'bout the Car Wash....sing it with me!

http://noolmusic.com/youtube_videos/rose_royce_-_car_wash_-_music_video.php

[YDogg]

82. are you saying she cannot run a car wash because she's a woman!!!??????!!

:sarcasm:

[LSK]

83. these scandals are coming in once an hour now it seems

Vetting my ass!!!!

[Shakespeare]

84. Was that before or after her affair with hubby's business partner?

:rofl:

[NM Independent]

89. I must have missed that one.

Link?

[Shakespeare]

95. Pick a thread. There are about 10 of them in GDP right now.

With links to stories from CBS and the National Enquirer.

[NM Independent]

86. I am so proud of McCain...

for throwing this election.

It is clear he failed miserably in his first important decision.

[HeraldSquare212]

87. "She can't run a carwash, but she's qualified to run America."

[NM Independent]

90. Holy Crap!

It just keeps gettin better and better.

[rpannier]

93. The New song for the Republikkan Ticket

Car Wash (1970's)

It was even a movie