Posted on 10/10/2008 5:36:35 PM PDT by DocT111
Edited on 10/10/2008 5:40:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A state legislative panel has concluded that Sarah Palin abused her power in the firing of the state's public safety commissioner.
The findings were released after lawmakers emerged Friday from a private session in Anchorage where they spent more than six hours discussing a politically charged ethics report into the firing by Gov. Palin.
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You may be right, but again I thought the investigation was supposed to be whether she abused her power in firing him.
Whats the charge?
What’s interesting are the recommendations for legislative action.
They are supportive of the frustration of those who had accused Trooper Wooten, but had skepticism about whether their complaints were being investigated vigorously.
Now THAT’s what I would love FReepers to discuss...these proposals.
Me too, my brain can't take any more and my heart is broken.. God save my spirit...
Guess we'll have to wait and see. The Palin-loathing libs are never going to drop it.
I still don't see it.
They just reported the majority were Republicans.
Especially the majority of pesky Republicans that were on the Legislative Council that adopted this abomination.
Their duty was to be and remain respectful of their Governor and they failed to do so.
Title should be corrected...the report says she violated Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a), on Page 8 of the report.
She didn’t violate any law by firing Commissioner Monegan, but the report covered more than just that aspect, and Stephen Branchflower claimed an Abuse of Power under AS 39.52.110(a) in the Trooper Wooten matter, separate from the Monegan firing.
Two things come immediately to mind. First the report includes as evidence of her violation of Alaska ethics law actions she took before she was governor. Secondly the report never does state just how she benefited or her family benefited from her actions or how her actions were actually detrimental to Wooten. Calling up and requesting status reports and saying why you think someone is unfit to serve is sure as hell not the same as trying to illegally or unethically influence a course of action. No one said that they made a finding because they feared retribution by Palin or because they had been promised compensation for doing so. So where the hell is this so called violation?
Also what the heck does a divorce judges snarky remark about Palins sisters earning capacity and Wootens possible job loss have to do with anything at all. That should be stricken from the record as irrelevant. I mean is Branchflower claiming this is proof that Palin was using her office to get Wooten fired?
The whole thing is major BS and I hope Palin strongly rebukes the findings.
WIOD in Miami just said “unlawful” as I was reading the report. My head is going to explode.
Meanwhile, why hasn’t BO been indicted on conspiracy to commit voter fraud?
Why hasn’t BO been indicted on charges of sedition?
Why is an obvious MARXIST still ahead in the polls??????!!!!!!!!!!
This is all so SURREAL!!!!!!!
It's on page 8 of the report, with the evidence from pages 8-47, and the explanation on pages 48-68. You probably want to look at pages 8 and then 48-68.
He specifically quotes: "The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust."
So her personal pressuring of Monegan to fire her ex-brother in law for Tazering her nephew and threatening to kill her parents seems more than consistent with the authority granted by this code section.
Even if she were not the governor she would have been hounding this guy to fire the creep. This section guarantees her right to do so, so long as it does not "interfere with the full and faithful discharge of an officer's public duties and responsibilities".
This is a legislative panel. It is made up of the same kind of idiots who run the congress.
There is relevance in some cases, in pointing out inconsistencies.
Secondly the report never does state just how she benefited or her family benefited from her actions or how her actions were actually detrimental to Wooten.
The law just requires an "effort," not any actual benefit resulting.
Note also that he DID acknowledge the frustration of not being able to find out the status of the investigation, and recommended legislation that would have helped Gov. Palin's family.
She fired the idiot for reasons not related to the matter in which she was personally involved. There was no violation of this statute. There was simply the exercise of her rights as a citizen.
Problem is, the disciplinary action had been taken, and it would have been a bit like “double jeopardy” for a firing of Trooper Wooten after he had just gotten a 5-day slap on the wrist and the matter declared closed.
What idiot?
Trooper Wooten did NOT get fired! She was TRYING to get him fired.
I think you're mixing this up with the firing of Commissioner Monegan.
Sorry folks, but this is BAD. It is political. Is is unfair. She did nothing wrong, lawful or ethically. But the media and the dems will play this up until the election.
This puts the final nail in the McCain/Palin ticket.
Sorry to say it, but that’s all she wrote. I’ll still volunteer, contribute, and vote. But it’s not going to matter.
Did Sarah Palin give up her rights as a citizen to petition the government for a redress of grievances merely because some panel had slapped her ex-brother in law on the wrist?
He had threatened to kill her family. He was authorized to carry a weapon with the color of authority.
I sure as hell would not have let sleeping dogs lie and neither would you or any of the idiots on this legislative panel.
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