Originally Posted by
jennythebugg
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i do have a question for our research junkies. i read that palin tried to get her ex brother in law fired from a position in the sheriffs dept. because he had tasered his 11 yr old stepson and threatened to kill her(palins) father and a violation of game laws , and when he only got suspended for 10 days (for all that) she threatened to fire the person that suspended him instead of firing him.?? does anyone know the real story?
Yes, that is what is in the investigation. Actually she fired the Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The investigation is whether or not it had anything to do with firing this trooper or not.
However, I'm sure they will find nothing, but that goes right in there.
The governor revealed earlier this month that her director of boards and commissions, Frank Bailey, had made a phone call to a state trooper lieutenant in February complaining that Wooten still had his job. Palin said the call didn't amount to pressure for Wooten's dismissal.
``She's conceded that she had an aide that went off the reservation,'' Palin spokesman Bill McAllister told reporters today. ``But she took no action to pressure Monegan.''
French said Wooten was ``no Sir Galahad'' and had at various times been accused of drinking on the job, shooting a moose out of season and using a Taser on a 10-year-old nephew. He said Monegan's position was that the trooper had already been disciplined for those offenses.
The legislative probe of the Monegan case isn't connected to a separate, four-year federal investigation of alleged political corruption in Alaska. The federal probe has resulted in convictions of or guilty pleas from three state legislators, the chief of staff of Palin's predecessor and two executives of an oil-services company, as well as the indictment of Senator Ted Stevens.
) please do not turn this into a Obama/McCain bashing thread. I graduated kindergarten back in the early 70s and dont need to go back
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