Alaskan Officials Allege Palin Cover-up

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http://consortiumnews.com/2008/092608a.html

Alaskan Officials Allege Palin Cover-up

By Jason Leopold
September 26, 2008

An attorney for Alaska’s legislative investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin says John McCain’s presidential campaign is seeking to derail the inquiry because its findings could “cause serious damage to the Republican ticket.”

Attorney Peter Maassen, representing Alaska’s Legislative Council, defended the investigation in a 17-page court filing in response to last week’s lawsuit by five Republican lawmakers trying to stop the probe into whether Palin improperly fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan in July.

Monegan has said he was pressured by Gov. Palin, several of her aides, and her husband, Todd Palin, to fire Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten, who was embroiled in a bitter divorce and child custody dispute with Palin’s sister. The investigation centers on whether Palin fired Monegan because he refused to fire Wooten.

Palin initially welcomed the investigation, which was approved unanimously in July by the state’s Legislative Council, which has a Republican majority. Former federal prosecutor Steven Branchflower was picked to head the probe under the supervision of Sen. Hollis French, a Democrat who chairs the state’s Senate Judiciary Committee.

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1. Seems like there are good people in Alaska, who care about this stuff.

I'm guessing a big pushback from the Alaskan people if they're presented worldwide as the test case for Sarah Palin's representation of who they are.

And people from small towns don't all see themselves, or their hopes for the future, in the form of Sarah Palin.

I think a lot of people from small towns don't want to be told what "small town" folks are thinking.

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2. You're right.

I'm certain that, for many Alaskans and for many Americans living in small towns, Sarah Palin does NOT represent them, their views, or their way of life.