Category: Politics
October 13, 2008
The Palin TrooperGate Report (Cliffs' Notes Version)
So you’ve probably already heard about the release of the Palin report regarding the dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.
The 263-page report basically concluded four things:
- Sarah Palin was within her rights as governor to appoint or fire as part of her job, with or without cause
- Sarah Palin abused her office as governor and violated an Alaskan ethics law by pursuing a personal vendetta against her brother-in-law, Mike Wooten.
- Palin’s staff, under the Governor’s implicit and explicit direction, put pressure on Commissioner Monegan to fire Wooten, despite the fact that the trooper had been previously held accountable to all charges with due process (including union process) and the matter was deemed closed.
- Although not a member of staff, Todd Palin took a primary role in this matter, but he cannot be investigated as a public official or held in violation of ethics laws which govern elected officials.
You can find the full report on the Anchorage Daily News website.
I decided to actually read the report, and it’s been pretty interesting getting a glimpse into Sarah Palin’s governing style.
I certainly learned a lot about how the Sarah/Todd Palin team operates. He’s been portrayed by the media as passive “First Dude”, the primary homemaker, and such. So I was surprised to find he was spending most of his days working out of the Governor’s office, attending confidential cabinet meetings, and acting like a politician himself, but not subject to the safeguards we put in place for the executive branch of the government. Sound familiar? It should. Think of another gun-toting shadow-leader. At least Cheney was elected.
Here is my Cliffs' Notes Version of the report, which might interest you...
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