[Gondring]

MSNBC has an absolute LIE. It says in the document directly "Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire..."

Again...

The Abuse of Power finding had NOTHING TO DO WITH MONEGAN!


**The Abuse of Power finding was with respect to issue one (Violated Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a)).

**The firing of Monegan was issue two (Finding: Lawful).

[P-Marlowe]

**The Abuse of Power finding was with respect to issue one (Violated Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a)).

AS 39.52.110. Scope of Code.

(a) 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. In addition, the legislature finds that, so long as it does not interfere with the full and faithful discharge of an officer's public duties and responsibilities, this chapter does not prevent an officer from following other independent pursuits. The legislature further recognizes that

(1) in a representative democracy, the representatives are drawn from society and, therefore, cannot and should not be without personal and financial interests in the decisions and policies of government;

(2) people who serve as public officers retain their rights to interests of a personal or financial nature; and

(3) standards of ethical conduct for members of the executive branch need to distinguish between those minor and inconsequential conflicts that are unavoidable in a free society, and those conflicts of interests that are substantial and material.

I still don't see it.