Palin staff pushed to have trooper fired

[maddezmom]

Palin staff pushed to have trooper fired
Governor says she's learned calls were made about Wooten's ouster


Published: August 14th, 2008 01:34 AM
Last Modified: August 14th, 2008 12:34 PM

Gov. Sarah Palin on Wednesday revealed an audio recording that shows an aide pressuring the Public Safety Department to fire a state trooper embroiled in a custody battle with her sister.

Palin, who has previously said her administration didn't exert pressure to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten, also disclosed that members of her staff had made about two dozen contacts with public safety officials about the trooper.

"I do now have to tell Alaskans that such pressure could have been perceived to exist although I have only now become aware of it," Palin said.

But Palin said her decision to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan last month had nothing to do with his refusal to dump trooper Mike Wooten.

more:http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/492964.html

[dennis4868]

1. This is getting good....

I wonder how mich the media will run with this story now...we all know that FOX will act as if this story does not exist but what about the rest of the media....

[YDogg]

2. More here

http://www.ktva.com/ci_10026165

"Lawmakers will hire someone within a week to investigate whether Governor Sarah Palin abused her power in firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The legislative council approved 100,000 dollars for the investigation that will find out whether Palin was angry at Monegan for not firing an Alaska State Trooper who went through a messy divorce with Palin's sister."

[YDogg]

3. flawed bridge

[YDogg]

4. ball handler

[tsuki]

5. Are 18 minutes of the audio missing?

[dazzlerazzle]

6. Ms Palin

She cannot tell a lie, her aides did it.

[maddezmom]

7. Todd Palin, Shadow Governor of Alaska (Updated)

Todd Palin, Shadow Governor of Alaska (Updated)
by polecat
Fri Aug 29, 2008 at 01:10:06 PM PDT
I was doing a little salacious digging (aren't those TUBES fun?) trying to find out more about Gov. Palin and I found this little gem about the scandal in Alaska:

article: Shadow Governor (PDF)

This article instead details the substantial power that Todd Palin exercises within the Governor's office.

But more importantly, Todd's fingerprints on trying to impact personnel decisions appear to go beyond the current scandal revolving around State Trooper Mike Wooten.

Follow me below as we talk about one of Governor Palin's former trusted advisors, John Bitney.

polecat's diary :: ::

more:http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/29/155145/681/530/579154