Palin may not be able to cash in on fame (it's not clear what constitutes "employment)

[Omaha Steve]

http://apnews.excite.com/article/20081031/D945OE800.html

Oct 31, 6:26 PM (ET)

By HILLEL ITALIE and ANNE SUTTON

NEW YORK (AP) - If her bid for vice president fails, Gov. Sarah Palin could almost surely use her sudden fame to obtain a lucrative book deal or high fees on the lecture circuit, or even get her own TV talk show. But Alaska law might not allow it.

A provision of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act restricts outside employment. It says: "The head of a principal executive department of the state may not accept employment for compensation outside the agency that the executive head serves."

Senior Assistant Attorney General David Jones said the section likely applies to the governor but it's not clear what constitutes "employment."



Simple enough to me. She gets a check, she is employed.

[Merlot]

1. You really think a law or a rule will stop her?

She's a repub, rules don't apply.

Well, maybe she should talk to her mentor, stevens about that. Afterall, I hear he's a man of many convictions.

[rainbow4321]

2. She'll just put any deals under her husband's name

Since HE is not employed by the state. That way, she/they still get the $$ and it won't be her being "employed" or "compensated"

Then they will do some fancy deduction math on their tax returns (again) and somehow make more money off THAT money.