Leave a Comment

Breaking: Alaska Personnel Board says Gov. Palin violated no ethics laws in “Troopergate”
Sister Toldjah — The Gov. gets some good news on the eve of the election: ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Alaska’s Personnel Board concluded Monday that Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin did not violate ethics law by trying to get her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police, contradicting an earlier investigation’s findings. The Anchorage Daily News has more: The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated ...

Breaking: Palin exonerated by Personnel Board
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... Sarah Palin did nothing wrong in firing Walt Monegan, the Alaskan State Personnel Board has concluded.  Their independent investigator criticized the legislature’s investigator for applying the wrong law.  They also said that Todd Palin did nothing wrong in pressing for action against the governor’s former brother-in-law: A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her ...

Gate Shut
Jules Crittenden — ... And bolted. Independent counsel finds hack Troopergate investigation was wrong. Palin is totally in the clear for firing her public safety commissioner and trying to fire her unhinged state cop ex-brother-in-law. Anchorage Daily News : A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special ...

Palin does better in second inquiry
Ben Smith's Blog — ... In a release that still doesn't come at a particularly opportune moment, Alaska's Personnel Board -- which, in contrast to an early legislative inquiry that found she abused power, is composed of her own appointees -- exonerates Palin in the "troopergate" mess. ...

Governor-Appointed Panel Clears Governor of Wrong-Doing
Firedoglake — ... The Personnel investigation into the firing of Walt Monegan--the one conducted by three governor appointees (Sarah didn't hire all of them, but she can fire any of them)--has cleared Sarah Palin of any wrong-doing. ...

Palin cleared by independent counsel
Michelle Malkin — [image] News you won’t see flogged above the fold in tomorrow’s national newspaper front pages: Sarah Palin has been cleared of ethics violations by an independent counsel (as opposed to the legislative probe). From the Anchorage Daily News: A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special ...

Palin Cleared in Troopergate Probe
Weekly Standard Blog — The Anchorage Daily News reports: A new report just released -- hours before the polls open on Election Day -- exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature. Both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt ...

Bill Dyer: New report from Alaska State Personnel Board concludes that there is no cause to believe Gov. Palin violated the state ethics law
Hugh Hewitt's TownHall Blog — ... all of Gov. Palin's elitist enemies went into a feeding frenzy, gleefully lining up to support an admitted child abuser and lawbreaker, Trooper Mike Wooten, in one of the most shamefully thuggish incidents of modern American political history. Today, however, the entity actually charged by the Alaska state constitution and laws with enforcing that state's ethics laws — the Alaska State Personnel Board — has released its own investigators' report on the matter. As reported by the Anchorage Daily News (boldface mine): Both investigations found that Palin was within her ...

POLITICS: Gov. Sarah Palin Cleared In "Tasergate"
Baseball Crank — ... Ah, the death of a talking point...we have news from Alaska that the investigator for the State Personnel Board has issued a report - contrary to the findings of the Legislature's independent investigator - and concluded that Gov. Palin did not abuse her authority in the case of State Trooper Michael Wooten, the controversy over "Tasergate" or, if you prefer, "Troopergate." ...

New Troopergate Report Exonerates Sarah Palin
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... A new report released today has cleared Alaska Governor and Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin in the flap commonly referred to as Troopergate. ...

Gov. Sarah Palin Cleared In "Tasergate"
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... Ah, the death of a talking point...we have news from Alaska that the investigator for the State Personnel Board has issued a report - contrary to the findings of the Legislature's independent investigator - and concluded that Gov. Palin did not abuse her authority in the case of State Trooper Michael Wooten, the controversy over "Tasergate" or, if you prefer, "Troopergate." ...

Palin Exonerated in Troopergate Investigation
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... News the board released the findings as a matter of public interest due to Palin's status as John McCain's running mate in tomorrows election. The first investigation found that Palin violated no laws and was within her right to dismiss the state employee yet Branchflower spun it in a way to make it appear that Palin abused her position as governor. The media was glad to run with the abuse of power angle as noted here on Newsbusters. The Anchorage Daily News released the findings by special investigator Timothy Petumenos. ...

Excitable Andy Goes To The Trig Conspiracy Well Again
Pirate's Cove — ... the link from the word “nada” goes to one of his original Trigerism posts. Seriously, like Ace (somewhere back in his archives, not finding the post), I demand Andy’s fucking medical records. Full release. Because he has clearly lost his mind, and the other folks at The Atlantic could be in extreme danger from Mind Snap During Meeting. Not to mention that Milky Loads could start stalking the Palin’s in Real Life. No word yet from Excitable Andy on Palin being cleared in a second investigation into Troopergate. ...

Links for 2008-11-03 [del.icio.us]
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... report concludes that "these findings differ from those of the (legislature's) Branchflower Report because Independent Counsel has concluded the wrong statute was used as a basis for the conclusions contained in the Branchflower Report, the Branchflower report misconstrued the available evidence and did not consider or obtain all of the material evidence that is required to properly reach findings." +++++++ Exit Trooper-gate as an issue against Sarah Palin. New Troopergate report clears Palin: Gov. Sarah Palin | adn.com A new report just released ...

links for 2008-11-04
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... (tags: sarah_palin) New Troopergate report clears Palin: Gov. Sarah Palin | adn.com A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. ...

Palin's Last Minute News Dump
TalkLeft — ... Sarah Palin hopes to silence questions about her health and ethics. In a two page letter released yesterday, Palin's doctor proclaims her physically fit to do whatever it is that a Vice President Palin would do (shudder). Andrew Sullivan thinks the late disclosure represents "a giant finger to the press." Palin's ethical fitness is a stickier question. A report conveniently released yesterday by Alaska's Personnel Board found that Sarah Palin violated no ethics rules when she fired the state police commissioner. [more ...] ...

Palin Exonerated in “Troopergate”
GayPatriot — ... Yesterday, the Alaska Personnel Board released a report exonerating the Alaska Governor “in the Troopergate controversy,” finding that she was “within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.”  More that just exonerate the Governor, this new report faults a previous report commissioned by a committee of the state legislature (which voted to release the report without approving it): ...

Palin Cleared in Second Troopergate Report
Outside The Beltway | OTB — ... The Alaska Personnel Board released a report last night clearing Sarah Palin of charges of wrongdoing in the so-called Troopergate matter. A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy. The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature. Both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to ...

New Troopergate Report: Palin Innocent
PoliGazette — ... Anchorage lawyer Timothy Petumenos, hired as independent counsel for the Personnel Board to examine several complaints against Palin, Anchorage Daily News reported, disagreed with the earlier report because of the following findings: ...

Another Palin Troppergate Report:
The Volokh Conspiracy — A second report on the Alaska "Troopergate" scandal was released yesterday. The Anchorage Daily News reports : The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature. Both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. But the new report says the Legislature's investigator was wrong to conclude that Palin abused her power by allowing ...

Maddow Guest Displays La-De-Da Revisionism About Troopergate's Rogue Cops
NewsBusters.org - Exposing Liberal Media Bias — ... On Nov. 3, 2008, the Anchorage Daily News reported on the second of two Alaska state investigations of Troopergate, "and both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan." ...