I find that, although Walt Monegan’s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin’s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.
There's the finding: "likely."
Not very "certain" is it?
Then they go on to say she had every right to fire the guy.
Rephrase: "We're not sure she did anything wrong, and her decisions are justifiable."
Political witch hunt.
P-M, I'm sick to death of this. Just sick of it.
If I had a guy working with me who had bad breath and BO and refused to follow my orders, I suspect that someone could conclude that the fact that he had bad breath and BO was "likely a contributing factor" in his firing. They'd probably be right.
Having bad breath and BO brings a little more attention to the fact that you are not following orders.