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Ethics Committee Found Probable Cause Over Legislator's Blocking and Deletions; No Sanctions Imposed
Summary
The Alaska Legislature Select Committee on Legislative Ethics found probable cause that a legislator violated provisions requiring integrity and constituent access after blocking a constituent and deleting comments, but it imposed no sanctions after the legislator deactivated her social media page and recommended she refrain from blocking comments solely for disagreement.
A citizen filed an ethics complaint alleging a legislator blocked the citizen and removed her comments from the legislator's social media page. "A citizen filed an ethics complaint against a legislator alleging violations of the Alaska legislative ethics act due to the legislators blocking of a constituent and deletion of comments from her social media page," the summary reports.
The Alaska Legislature Select Committee on Legislative Ethics investigated and "found probable cause that the legislator had violated statutory provisions requiring integrity and legislative conduct and unencumbered access for constituents." The committee recommended the legislator refrain from blocking comments solely for disagreement but imposed no sanctions after the legislator deactivated her social media page.
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