NH-01: I Have a (Strike and Replace) Dream

by: Dean Barker

Sun Oct 24, 2010 at 21:21:09 PM EDT

FAIRBANKS MANCHESTER -- A judge ruled Saturday that the Fairbanks North Star Borough Bank of America must release personnel records bank statements of U.S. Senate House candidate Joe Miller Frank Guinta.

In an unusual weekend hearing, retired Superior Court Judge Winston Burbank ruled that the public's right to know about candidates outweighed Miller's Guinta's right to privacy.

"I hold that although Mr. Miller Guinta has a legitimate expectation of privacy in those documents, Mr. Miller's Guinta's right to privacy is indeed outweighed by the public's significant interest in the background of a public figure who is running for the U.S. Senate House," the judge said. He noted that U.S. senator congressperson is among the highest elected offices in the nation.