[Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Dan,

Do you really think it likely there were no suspected rapes in the town in that time frame?  I wouldn't want to bet on that proposition.  I think the straws may be within your easy reach...At the time Knowles signed the legislation making sure alleged victims would not be charged, the police chief she appointed complained about the bill the town would be getting for the exams.  

Perhaps she came out and contradicted him, saying she didn't want victims charged for the exams.  That would certainly kill this story.

Here's a link to an article written in 2000.  I don't think this story is very blogosherical.

Sunil

> From: areaman at moscow.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2008 13:11:56 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .
> 
> Vizzz Peeps,
> 
> I'm sorry, but to me this looks like the USA Today is grasping at
> straws.  Quoting the "blogosphere"?  Didn't someone else just pooh-pooh
> something positive about Mrs. Palin because it came from a blog that
> quoted another blog that was quoting still another blog?  That looks
> like a "blogosphere" thing to me.  
> 
> Other questions might be:  Did any rapes occur in Wasilla, AK, when Mrs.
> Palin was on the city council or when she served as mayor?  If none did,
> nobody on that council may have even known about the policy.  Looks like
> it was a statewide policy in Alaska before the prior governor signed the
> new law.  
> 
> I don't even know if it's policy here in Moscow.  (but I plan to find
> out, because I also believe it's wrong to charge a victim for it)
> 
> There are so many laws and policies out there in this country of ours
> that we don't even know about, until something happens to trigger them,
> which in turn may bring about protest.  
> 
> DC
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Tom Hansen
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 12:21 PM
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] And the Hits Just keep On Coming . . .
> 
> 
> >From US News and World Report (that's a reliable news source for those 
> >who
> wish to know) at:
> 
> http://tinyurl.com/6j4ma4
>  
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Sarah Palin and the Rape Kit Question
> 
> The blogosphere is reporting that when she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska,
> 
> in the late 1990s, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's 
> municipal police department charged rape victims for the "rape kit" used
> 
> to collect the forensic evidence necessary to convict their attackers. 
> According to reports, this changed in 2000 when then Alaska Gov. Tony 
> Knowles signed a bill protecting rape victims from being charged. As I 
> wrote recently, however, the situation described in Wasilla is not
> unique. 
> In all too many instances, women are still being stuck with the bill for
> 
> rape kits. This despite the fact that in order to qualify for federal 
> grants under the Violence Against Women Act, states are supposed to pick
> 
> up the entire tab.
> 
> If on her watch Sarah Palin allowed women to be charged for rape kits,
> she 
> has some serious explaining to do. But while she's undoubtedly the most 
> visible offender, if the story is true, she's unfortunately not the only
> 
> one to have permitted this reprehensible practice.
> 
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Can you imagine charging rape victims anywhere from $300 to $1,200 for
> the 
> material and processes in gathering evidence against the person that
> raped 
> them?
> 
> This is an atrocity no matter who the mayor is.  But when that mayor is 
> running for Vice President of the United States . . .
> 
> 
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>  
> "Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."
> 
> - Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)
> 
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