Troopergate Could Be One of Palin’s Skeletons
By Michael Lang on Sep 1, 2008 in BEHAVIOR DOESN'T LIE
As if the question of who are the biological parents on the newly born are is not enough baggage for Governor to bring to the Reublican ticket. We still have the lingering questions surrounding what being affectionately called Troopergate. It’s a political he-said, she-said that has dogged Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for nearly two months and is likely to do so for the next two months leading to the Nov. 4 presidential election.
The little-known vice presidential candidate faces accusations of firing public safety commissioner Walt Monegan in what amounts to a messy Palin family drama dating to her pre-gubernatorial days. Monegan had refused to fire a state trooper who had gone through a messy divorce from Palin’s sister.
The accuser is blogger and rental car executive Andrew Halcro, a Republican-turned-Independent who lost to Palin in the 2006 governor’s race.
The accused is Palin, the rising Republican star with a clean-hands reputation who has the most to lose.
The man in the middle is former commissioner, Monegan, who says Palin never told him to fire the trooper, but he felt pressure to do so from members of her administration
. DO YOU SMELL COVER-UP?
Then there’s trooper Mike Wooten, who used a Taser on his stepson, Palin’s nephew Payton. Wooten has been reprimanded for violating nearly a dozen laws and departmental policies since December 2001.
It’s now in the hands of a state-hired investigator working for a Republican-dominated legislative committee that hopes to sort out the mess. SOUNDS LIKE WE CAN BE GUARANTEED A FAIR and BALANCED REPORT…..don’t you think?
Palin steadfastly denies the allegations, and with her signature resolve, said she welcomes the investigation. "Hold me accountable," she challenge her critics. THEY ALL SAY THAT!
With Palin now in the national spotlight as McCain’s choice as running mate, the investigation could get more attention than the federal corruption probes involving Republican Sen. Ted Stevens and others that already is besetting this state. ALASKA….REFUGE FOR POLAR BEARS AND SCOUNDRELS.
"With this appointment, you’ve given an obscure investigation more national limelight than any grand jury," said Democratic consultant Dane Strother. "Think about it, if they come down on her, what is McCain going to do?" PUNT!
McCain’s campaign says it’s not worried about the investigation. "The bottom line is Governor Palin has a proven record championing transparency in government and we are confident in that record," said McCain spokeswoman Maria Comella.
Monegan was fired in July, after he declined a transfer to become the director to the state’s alcohol control board.
At the time Palin said she wanted the department to move in a new direction. But later, after Monegan said he felt pressured to fire Wooten, Palin at a news conference said Monegan wasn’t a team player, didn’t do enough to fill trooper vacancies and battle alcohol abuse issues in rural Alaska. TEAM PALIN…..HUH?
State lawmakers have long said they understand that Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time. But they want to know if Palin abused her power with the potential motives of this firing being personal rather than work-related.
It began with a July 17 blog posting from Halcro, whose accusations gained momentum when Monegan publicly said he felt pressure from Palin’s administration to fire Wooten.
A few days later, the state approved $100,000 to hire an outside investigator, former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower, to look into the firing. I WONDER WHO HE IS RELATED TO?
Monegan could not be reached for comment, but he recently told the Anchorage Daily News that he was never directly told by Palin or anyone to fire Wooten. But he maintained that Palin, members of her administration and her husband, Todd Palin, raised the issue about Wooten’s employment numerous times. HINT….HINT
A month after Monegan was dismissed, Palin revealed that at least two dozens calls were made from her staff members to Department of Public Safety officials, also questioning Wooten’s employment. But she denied orchestrating the calls.
One of those took place between Frank Bailey, Palin’s director of boards and commissions, and an Alaska state trooper serving as a liaison to the Legislature.
In the recorded conversation, Bailey is heard saying: "Todd and Sarah are scratching their heads, why on earth hasn’t, why is this guy still representing the department? He’s a horrible recruiting tool. … You know, I mean from their perspective, everyone’s protecting him."
Palin has said she had no knowledge of the call, and Bailey told The Associated Press that he made the call without direction from anyone.
This investigation is separate from a higher profile federal probe of corruption of Alaska politics. TICK, TOCK….
Stevens, the longest serving Republican in U.S. Senate history, faces trial later this month for allegedly lying on federal disclosure forms to hide $250,000 in gifts from VECO Corp. The state’s only congressman, Rep. Don Young, also is under investigation. Five former and current state lawmakers have either been sentenced to federal prison or await trial on bribery and conspiracy charges.
IS BEING A SCUMBAG A PREREQUISITE FOR RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN ALASKA?
This investigation into Monegan’s dismissal has more than its share of subplots as well. The probe into Palin’s involvement if any was ordered by a Republican-dominated state legislative council that includes one of the lawmakers under a federal bribery indictment. And Branchflower, the investigator, is a former Anchorage prosecutor whose wife used to work for Monegan at the Anchorage Police Department.
AROUND the BLOGOSPHERE:
The Palin/Wooten "Investigation"
- Sarah Palin on the Wooten scandal… From the horse’s mouth, since some forum members seem oh-so-concerned. This dates to over a month ago, well before she was selected. Funny part at about the 2:30 minute mark, when she asks, …
Wallace did not ask McCain about ethics investigation into … - Todd Palin asked Monegan to look into the Wooten matter. Monegan did and later told Todd there was nothing he could do because the matter was closed." According to the Post, Monegan claimed "that Palin called him a few days later on his …
Josh Micah Marshall on Palin and Troopergate - Talking Points Memo | Getting Real About Palin: The Palin family had a feud with Wooten prior to her becoming governor. They put together a list of 14 accusations which they took to the state police to investigate — a list that ranged …
Sarah Palin’s Troopergate: A Non-Starter? I think not. - The basic summary of the story is that Sarah Palin’s sister married 4-year-veteran State Trooper, Mike Wooten. Four years later, Wooten files for divorce from his wife. And then the trouble starts. A rash of complaints begin to be filed …
Gov. Sarah Palin on the Wooten scandal and VP - Video of Palin being interviewed for accusations of abuse of power.
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The line “wooton tasered his son” is the short story put out by the McCain people to make him sound like a monster. In truth, if you read http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html you will see the son asked his dad to do it to see what it was like.
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