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King Ryan · 10-10-2008, 10:36 PM

Palin Abused Her Power

A report from Alaska's legislature finds that Gov. Sarah Palin [B]"unlawfully abused her authority"[/B] in firing Alaska's public safety commissioner Walt Monegan. The 263 page report concludes that a "family grudge" was a contributing reason for the dismissal.

"Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute," the AP explains.

In an attempt to preempt the news, the McCain campaign issued their own report clearing Palin.

[url]http://politicalwire.com/[/url]

or

[url]http://news.google.com/news?q=palin+troopergate&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&resnum=1&scoring=n[/url]

Finding Number One

For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides 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.

Finding Number Two

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.

Finding Number Three

Harbor Adjustment Service of Anchorage, and its owner Ms. Murleen Wilkes, handled Trooper Michael Wooten's workers' compensation claim property and in the normal course of business like any other claim processed by Harbor Adjustment Service and Ms. Wilkes. Further, Trooper Wooten received all the workers' compensation benefits to which he was entitled.

Finding Number Four

The Attorney General's office has failed to substantially comply with my August 6, 2008 written request to Governor Sarah Palin for infomration about the case in the form of emails.

[url]http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/abuse-of-power.html[/url]

Full report can be found here: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/troopergate-report-full-t_n_133806.html[/url]

10-10-2008, 10:36 PM	#1
King Ryan take a guess Hall Of Fame Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Montville, NJ Posts: 5,473	Troopergate: Gov. Palin Unlawfully Abused Her Power Palin Abused Her Power A report from Alaska's legislature finds that Gov. Sarah Palin [B]"unlawfully abused her authority"[/B] in firing Alaska's public safety commissioner Walt Monegan. The 263 page report concludes that a "family grudge" was a contributing reason for the dismissal. "Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute," the AP explains. In an attempt to preempt the news, the McCain campaign issued their own report clearing Palin. [url]http://politicalwire.com/[/url] or [url]http://news.google.com/news?q=palin+troopergate&ie=UTF-8&oe=utf-8&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&um=1&hl=en&resnum=1&scoring=n[/url] Finding Number One For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides 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. Finding Number Two 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. Finding Number Three Harbor Adjustment Service of Anchorage, and its owner Ms. Murleen Wilkes, handled Trooper Michael Wooten's workers' compensation claim property and in the normal course of business like any other claim processed by Harbor Adjustment Service and Ms. Wilkes. Further, Trooper Wooten received all the workers' compensation benefits to which he was entitled. Finding Number Four The Attorney General's office has failed to substantially comply with my August 6, 2008 written request to Governor Sarah Palin for infomration about the case in the form of emails. [url]http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/abuse-of-power.html[/url] Full report can be found here: [url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/10/troopergate-report-full-t_n_133806.html[/url] Last edited by King Ryan; 10-10-2008 at 11:11 PM.