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Hey Hanta- do you condone these actions of your chosen heroine Sister Sarah- and her husband "the first Dude" :???:
If I remember right you were the one screaming the loudest about our Governors brother being in the Capitol Building too much- and working with the Governor...And being involved in state business...
So then is this now condoned by you :???: :wink:
If I remember right you were the one screaming the loudest about our Governors brother being in the Capitol Building too much- and working with the Governor...And being involved in state business...
So then is this now condoned by you :???: :wink:
Ethics Probe Hits Hardest at Todd, Not Sarah Palin
Saturday, October 11, 2008 6:30 PM
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office.
But Palin wasn't there. Her husband, Todd, had called the meeting. He was frustrated that his former brother-in-law remained on the job as a state trooper, and he prevailed upon the commissioner to get rid of him.
"I thought that was odd and made me a little comfortable," said Walter Monegan, the commissioner, who later was fired by Gov. Palin. "We're having it in the governor's office, and he's not the governor. I think he was trying to use state trappings to handle a personal issue."
The January 2007 meeting was part of a long pattern of pressure that she and her husband applied on state officials to try to get the trooper fired, according to an Alaska legislative report released Friday. The report said those contacts amounted to an abuse of power and a violation of the state's ethics laws, which prohibit using public office for personal benefit.
But while the condemnation of now-vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was the conclusion, the nearly 300-page report by investigator Stephen Branchflower was more about her husband. Todd Palin, the self-described "first dude" of Alaska, had extraordinary access to his wife's office, her staff and her power.
Todd Palin spent about 50 percent of his time in the governor's office, making phone calls, participating in meetings or just hanging out, said Gary Wheeler, a member of Gov. Palin's security detail.
"He had a significant influence, in that he was always interacting with the, the employees there," Wheeler told state investigators. "Any time I needed to get information to the governor, I would always go through Todd."
The governor and her staff kept Todd Palin in the loop on a wide range of issues, copying him on e-mails about union matters, public relations and a bill requiring parental consent for abortions.
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/palin_troopergate/2008/10/11/139607.html