If possible I like to end the day on an upbeat note. Nothing is more gratifying to me this day then the possibility that FINALLY Don Young will face justice.

Courtesy of Politico:  

The House Ethics Committee will launch full-scale investigations into two veteran lawmakers, Reps. Don Young (R-Alaska) and Rob Andrews (D-N.J.) in its first major probes of the 113th Congress. 

Reps. Michael Conaway (R-Texas) and Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.), the chairman and ranking member of the Ethics Committee, announced on Tuesday that investigative subcommittees will be created to handle the Andrews and Young probes. 

Rep. Pat Meehan (R-Pa.) and Mike Capuano (D-Mass.) will oversee the Young investigation, while Reps. Reps. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) and Pedro Pierlusi (D-P.R.) will handle the Andrews probe. 

There is more at the link about Congressman Andrews but I am far more interested in the probe into unethical behavior by Don Young. It is not a partisan thing, rather it is an Alaskan thing.

Young was a target of federal investigators in an Alaska corruption case but has never faced any criminal charges. 

However, the Ethics Committee has been reviewing since 2011 whether Young violated contribution limits for the legal defense fund associated with that criminal probe. 

Conaway and Sanchez acknowledged in their statement announcing the Young investigation that the Ethics Committee “received a referral from the Justice Department regarding Representative Young’s expenses and travel costs for certain trips which were the subject of the Committee’s ongoing review. The Committee has received the referral without prejudice or presumption of as the merit of the allegations.” 

I have a list of Alaska politicians that I want to see indicted and sent to federal prison. It, of course, contains Sarah Palin, Ted's son Ben Stevens, and Don "Coconut Road" Young. 

Honestly I don't expect Palin to EVER face federal charges (Rumor has it she made a deal to avoid them) and I don't think the Feds even care about Stevens anymore.

It is also apparent that Young somehow managed to squirm out of the grasp of the FBI, which is why the Justice Department sent this to the Ethics Committee, so I guess I will just  have to be satisfied with the possibility of watching Congressman Young getting nailed on ethics charges which hopefully will lead to him finally losing his position as Alaska's sole Congressman.

And I know that by saying that I speak for a whole lot of my fellow Alaskans.