Members of the House and Senate objected to what they said were ethics violations by Bob Griffin, who has sat on the state board for five years.
Members of the Alaska House and Senate vote on the confirmation of state Board of Education and Early Development member Bob Griffin on May 5, 2024.
Tobin pointed in particular to Griffin’s meetings with lawmakers urging them not to override Dunleavy’s veto of an education funding and reform bill earlier this year. Griffin confirmed in a Senate Education Committee hearing that he had urged lawmakers not to override the veto. “We all make mistakes, as he made mistakes in the way he presented himself or the things he said,” McCabe said. “I mean, when somebody says they’re coming to lobby me, does that mean they have to be a lobbyist? Or does it mean they’re just coming to convince me? “
Lawmakers also rejected a nominee to the Alaska Workers’ Compensation Board, Mark Sayampanathan, by a 16-44 vote.
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