In a TV ad that began airing all over Alaska Tuesday, Ray Metcalfe, Chairman of Citizens for Ethical Government and the whistle-blower initially responsible for exposing BP’s subcontractor Veco for bribing Alaskan legislators to cut BP’s taxes, now tells viewers that Alaska’s Attorney General, first appointed by Palin, now retained by the Parnell Administration, has come to the aid of, rather than investigate, a State Senator who appears to have taken bribes in exchange for securing appropriations.
Metcalfe said “he had high hopes that things would change when Palin won the Governor’s office in 2006 but they didn’t.” Former Governor Frank Murkowski’s Attorney General defended several legislators against accusations of bribery until the day they were busted by the FBI. Following her election Palin accepted credit for Veco’s exposure, an exposure she had nothing to do with, her Attorney General appointments either buried their heads in the sand on issues of corruption and, in the case of Palin’s last appointment, he, like his predecessors under Murkowski, has come to the defense of, rather than investigate a State Senator who appears to have taken bribes.