The “scandal” involves firing Monegan who had been appointed Palin for supposedly not firing Whooten who was the trooper married to her sister. She didn’t have the authority to directly fire Wooten. The really important part of the piece at Flooping Aces is the source of much of the story and the heat it’s gotten: the guy Sarah Palin beat in the last election. Also she’s been shaking up the power structure in Alaska and I’d guess they don’t like that. Liberals would really hate her because of her positions on abortion, guns, etc. and since they dominate the media in Alaska like they do most places you can see the advantage of going along to get her.
It seems to me that Sarah is shaking up the good old boy network and they do not like it in the least. In reality then, it is these others who are acting out of political interests and not Sarah.