From the original article: The case concerns allegations that Palin improperly pressured Monegan to fire a state trooper who was embroiled in a family dispute with the Palin family, then fired Monegan when he refused to axe Wooten. It's about potential abuse of power and mixing personal and state business.
It is a little more than that, because Palin flatly denied anyone on her staff contacted Monegan about it, then when Monegan said he was pressured and there was tape of one of her staffers calling Monegan she changed her story. She initially said she would cooperate with the investigation, but now claims executive privilege on emails and refuses to cooperate. I honestly don't think pressuring to fire the the officer and then firing Monegan would have been that big of a deal. (It is her prerogative as governor, but the lies/cover up afterward that seem to be the bigger scandal.)
Ok is the investigation then only about her pressuring him to fire the brother in-law? The brother in-law who tasered someone for no reason, illegally shot a moose, and threatened the life of another individual, all events she had direct knowledge of? Because if that's the case, kudos to her for trying to get him fired.
boring really, you with no skin in the game, and apparently no confidence in your slanders. propose a bbs penalty that hurts, multiply times 4, i'll consider it. money can be to the tip jar, $100 for me, $25 for you.
Concur. I mean, I pretty much support having the guy axed. He tasered a ten year old out of spite (IIRC). I would have blown it off except that now she felt some need to lie, lie some more, and now weasel about it.
Agreed, As long as she did not abuse her power to make it happen, if she did....she should be fired. DD
I'm trying to understand the abuse of power though. If she's the governor and she has intimate knowledge of this behavior, of course she should pressure his boss to fire him. He's a bad apple. Is that abuse of power? Or is there something I missing that she did?
We have no idea how the laws there work and if there are any civil service restrictions/rules/etc. Was the trooper already disciplined? Did she instigate pressure because of the abuses, or because of the family dispute (custody dispute with her sister)? Are there any ethics rules that require her to stay away due to a prior relationship? Etc. That's what an investigation is for - to determine exactly what happened and if it violated any laws or ethics rules.
The trooper had already been disciplined. The case had been closed. That is why his boss did not want to do anything.
I know Alaska's a small state population wise, but i'm going to go out on a limb and say even there, govenors don't get involved in the disciplining of troopers.
It now is coming out that Palin's advisor has refused to give a deposition to the investigation. Probably a stalling tactic... http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h7VIY5GfDmjy-A5HsGLuHvA0SHtgD92VHNV80 this is an omnimous sign.
While A Star was born in Minnesota.........the investigation plows on Mildly incriminating revelations from supposed e-mails, Front page, tomorrow's WaPo:
Sam, this bumping of a thread indicates that you are officially PANICKED. POBRECITO. Quick, you've got to STOP THE BLEEDING by resurrecting non-issues like 'troopergate'. Palin's speech knocked people named Hussein across the world on their azz tonight. HO HO HO
