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[AK] Republican Party Chairman under investigation
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| Contributor | ArmyDem |
| Last Edited | ArmyDem Apr 13, 2004 02:39am |
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| News Date | Tuesday, April 13, 2004 06:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | State is investigating possible ethics violations by Rany Ruedrich
By the Associated Press
(Published: April 12, 2004)
The state attorney general's office is investigating possible ethics law violations by Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich when he worked last year as one of three members of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission.
Ruedrich resigned from the commission in November a few days after the attorney general's office initiated the investigation based on a complaint from the commission chairwoman, Sarah Palin, that he engaged in party business at his state office.
On March 1, the attorney general's office sent Ruedrich a letter outlining 25 allegations against him.
"We think that if the activity is what it appears to be, then there's violations of the Ethics Act," said Assistant Attorney General Barbara Ritchie, chief of the opinions, appeals and ethics section.
Ruedrich on Monday waived his confidentiality rights, allowing the matter to be made public, and filed his official response, denying all but one of the allegations.
Most of the allegations contend Ruedrich engaged in partisan activity while on the job at the oil and gas commission, a quasi-judicial regulatory agency that oversees underground operations of the state's oil industry on private and public lands and waters. |
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