Under Alaska Law, Palin Could Halt Personnel Board Troopergate Investigation At Any Moment
Under Alaska Law, Palin Could Halt Personnel Board Troopergate Investigation At Any Moment
Declaring yesterday that they are “done answering questions” about Troopergate, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) and her aides have refused to cooperate with the legislative assembly’s investigation into allegations she wrongfully fired the police commissioner. Instead, they are answering only to the Personnel Board investigation — a board of three people appointed by the governor. (All three were appointed by former Republican Gov. Frank Murkowski, and one was reappointed by Palin.)
Today, the Anchorage Daily News reports that Palin could end the Personnel Board hearing “simply by refusing to cooperate.” State law allows the person who filed the complaint — in this case, Palin herself — to end the investigation by refusing to participate:
Alaska Statute 39.52.310: (i) The unwillingness of a complainant to assist in an investigation, the withdrawal of a complaint, or restitution by the subject of the complaint may, but need not in and of itself, justify termination of an investigation or proceeding.
The investigation, in other words, could end any moment Palin — or the McCain campaign — decides it’s going too far. Alternatively, even if the Personnel Board inquiry is allowed to be completed, its findings could remain secret. “The proceedings of the board are conducted in secret,” the New York Times reported, and according to former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles, it may never release its findings publicly:
“The personnel board would usually take two or three months to take a look at this,” [Knowles] said. “Nothing about the complaints are made public until there is a final report, and even that may not be made public.”
Palin has apparently learned a lot from the current Vice President. That she could suspend the inquiry at any moment or keep its findings — which will likely come out long after the election — secret forever only emphasizes how crucial it is that Palin and McCain stop stonewalling the Alaska legislature’s independent, bipartisan investigation and allow the truth to come out.
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Under Alaska Law, Palin Could Halt Personnel Board Troopergate Investigation At Any Moment
– - Well, duh. Palin’s got her copy of the Rove/Bush stonewalling playbook.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:45 pmGov. Palin: “This Investigation is a Witch Hunt and illegitimate, I will not participate in such a politically driven investigation into my personal affairs.”
September 24th, 2008 at 5:47 pmIf Palin gets elected, the question is going to be is she more like Cheney, or more like Agnew?
Going into national office under a cloud means that cloud can haunt you for a long time. If she’d rather be a Cheney than an Agnew, she’d better be ready to sell off whatever parts of her soul she has left so she can keep all the bodies buried.
Of course, it’s possible that she did nothing wrong, and didn’t abuse her office in any way. If that’s the case, she’s better off being as cooperative and transparent as possible, and urging all investigations to proceed as quickly as possible without impediment. This way she get exonerated and put the whole matter behind her.
So why isn’t she doing that? Hmmm…
September 24th, 2008 at 5:50 pmThis silly charade alone should disqualify her from getting anywhere near the WH.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:51 pmJeez, shades of US v. Nixon…
Or the Saturday Night Massacre…
“Umm, I don’t like the questions you’re asking, therefore: you’re fired.”
September 24th, 2008 at 5:52 pmYou will love this …………..
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/alaskans-for-truth-are-hopping-mad/
September 24th, 2008 at 5:52 pmmisshusseinmolly Says:
If Palin gets elected, the question is going to be is she more like Cheney, or more like Agnew?
Going into national office under a cloud means that cloud can haunt you for a long time. If she’d rather be a Cheney than an Agnew, she’d better be ready to sell off whatever parts of her soul she has left so she can keep all the bodies buried.
Of course, it’s possible that she did nothing wrong, and didn’t abuse her office in any way. If that’s the case, she’s better off being as cooperative and transparent as possible, and urging all investigations to proceed as quickly as possible without impediment. This way she get exonerated and put the whole matter behind her.
So why isn’t she doing that? Hmmm…
missmolly, GREAT points. But we all know the Repugs are like cockroaches; they don’t like the lights shining on them. They do their best work in the dark away from prying eyes.
And I will bet, when the digging is completed, TrooperGate may be just a scond or third tier issue for her to answer to.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pmThe fact that she could halt the investigation, but hasn‘t, speaks volumes about the fact that she has nothing to hide and TP’ers are salivating for something–anything!–to use against her.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pmChicken Palin and chicken McCain: hiding in their twin igloos of silence: at some undisclosed tundra location…
Two pathetic cowardly losers…
GOP = MIA…
September 24th, 2008 at 5:54 pmPErsonally I think it’s more that they’ve been trying to determine which backlash will be stronger: going along and facing the consequences or ignoring it completely.
She has hardly been going along with it to begin with.
September 24th, 2008 at 5:59 pmunder american “law”, doesn’t the vice-president stand in for the president when necessary?
hey, mcPALIN, you’re needed for a debate friday night…
hep hep. get to studyin’, girl!
john w mcBUSH is counting on YOU! he TRUSTS you!
September 24th, 2008 at 6:02 pmChuck ‘em, chuck ‘em all! It’s the only way to get some semblance of accountability back…
September 24th, 2008 at 6:10 pmgalmud Says:
This silly charade alone should disqualify her from getting anywhere near the WH.
Don’t be silly. Since she is a Republican, deceit, corruption, and coverups of illegal activity are already factored into her profile. To disqualify her as a Republican candidate, she would have to get caught having sex with a caribou or shooting kittens from a helicopter.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:12 pmJT
Setting aside the fact that ignoring legislative subpoenas is hardly a sign of having nothing to hide, the only significance I attach to this scandal is that John McCain’s first executive decision since dumping his first wife for a younger model was to pick as his running mate a politically insignificant empty suit who managed to get herself into hot water over what may be the most piddling reason for abuse of power U.S. political history.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:14 pmThe stonewalling by Palin and the McCain campaign says it all. There is definitely something that is, at least, very politically embarrassing that would come out, if not some illegal behavior. If there’s nothing wrong, there’s nothing to hide. Combine that with the refusal to answer questions from the media and the photo-ops at the UN (no reporters allowed), and you know they’ve got serious issues with their VP pick.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:15 pmPalin is nothing but a F *CKING JOKE.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:18 pmSo she files a complaint against herself, then hides behind the skirts of the law that provides “…The unwillingness of a complainant to assist in an investigation…may, but need not in and of itself, justify termination of an investigation or proceeding…”
How utterly chickenshit! How utterly corrupt! How utterly juvenile!
And this botch wants to be second in command of this country?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:19 pmSo our lonely troll JT has a crush on the short, ugly Governor from Alaksa. Isn’t that special?
To the GOP, there is no rule, no law, no committment, no promise which binds them to their own words. THEIR OWN WORDS, troll. We either have a nation of laws – and law abiding representatives – or we don’t. To the right side, it appears they are imperial in their viewpoints on what a representative democracy is all about.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pmNow, that’s convenient, isn’t it…?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pmHow many of you are sure Palin filed a complaint against herself PRECISELY because she could then keep it quiet?
That sounds like a ‘thanks, but no thanks’ to determining the truth. Why is the right side so afraid of the truth?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:21 pmStratRat,
It says a lot about JT, the Wonder Troll, that it would blindly support ANYONE with a (R) behind their name to be POTUS, no matter how slimy, dishonest or unintelligent they were.
Guess that explains why we now have to change our names of them to the 19%ers, the new BushCo approval rating.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:25 pmWhere there’s smoke, there’s JT, trying to pour gasoline on it to douse the flame.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:35 pmIt says a lot about JT, the Wonder Troll, that it would blindly support ANYONE with a (R) behind their name to be POTUS, no matter how slimy, dishonest or unintelligent they were.
You are correct. My loading dock buddy says he likes McCain-Palin simply because they are repubs – no other reason. I ask about competence, and he says ‘they’ all are incompetent. I ask about the lying, and he says ‘they’ all lie. I ask about Bush’s third term, and he says he only votes for repubs.
I asked why. He said because it pisses off the liberals. I asked if that was a mature way to approach the issue, and he said it doesn’t matter, he would rather make the liberals mad. That ‘my friends’ is who is the last gasp 19%r’s.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:39 pmPalin’s a fool if she stops this investigation. If we can’t learn the truth, we’ll just say whatever we want about what happened. And, like conservatives and their delusions, we can choose to believe what we say instead of the facts.
And, if she does stop this investigation, the press needs to be on her every single day asking her why she reneged in her promise to cooperate fully. Even if she isn’t taking questions from reporters.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:41 pmShe must have a lot to hide, it’s obvious. I don’t know where she stands on the issues because she won’t talk to the press and she gives the same speech at every rally.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:44 pmJT Says:
The fact that she could halt the investigation, but hasn‘t, speaks volumes about the fact that she has nothing to hide and TP’ers are salivating for something–anything!–to use against her.
She can stop the personnel board investigation, which she started herself to try to avoid the legislature’s investigation, which was voted on unanimously and that committee has, get this, 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats on it. But she cannot stop the legislature from finishing their investigation much as she would like too.
And her claims of the legislature being politically motivated, when it is majority Republican is just too stupid. But I bet you were stupid enough to fall for it, eh troll?
Nice try but no banana for you and no McCain troll points either.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:45 pmIsn’t there somekind of foxguardinghenhouse award we could give this screechy moosekiller?
September 24th, 2008 at 6:48 pmSemi on-topic:
Just watched the Couric interview of Failin’ Palin on CBS.
A moose got field-dressed. The “dresser” was named Couric. The “dressee” was named Palin.
The entire interview is posted on CBS.com — I may just have to go watch it. Should be high-larious!
September 24th, 2008 at 6:51 pmAlso semi on-topic:
The other shoe has dropped in the McNumbNuts debate debate. CNN reports:
McCain surrogate Sen. Lindsey Graham tells CNN the McCain campaign is proposing to the Presidential Debate Commission and the Obama camp that if there’s no bailout deal by Friday, the first presidential debate should take the place of the VP debate, currently scheduled for next Thursday, October 2 in St. Louis.
In this scenario, the vice presidential debate between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin would be rescheduled for a date yet to be determined, and take place in Oxford, Mississippi, currently slated to be the site of the first presidential faceoff this Friday.
September 24th, 2008 at 6:55 pmOh, that is HILARIOUS, JT!
Who says right-wingers don’t get comedy?
September 24th, 2008 at 7:00 pmSimple site, simple premise:
If you had the opportunity to ask Sarah Palin one question that she was forced to answer, what would it be?
Leave your own question for Palin, or vote for other people’s questions.
http://www.OneQuestionForPalin.com
September 24th, 2008 at 7:05 pmTell the truth, JT; you think pro wrasslin’s for real, donchta?
September 24th, 2008 at 7:08 pmTracy__5 Says:
All a coincidence?….
Hey Trace,
So you would trust the security of the US to a bimbo that uses a F’ing YAHOO mail account for official state government business?
She is even dumber than McDepends, who can’t even use a computer, but “helped invent the Blackberry”.
You gotta admit, your team missed the roll call when brains were being passed out.
Heh Heh
September 24th, 2008 at 7:30 pmYeah, you keep tellin’ yourself that, Trace.
I’m not really sure why you think it’s a good thing for a public official to stonewall a legitimate investigation, but then, there’s a lot about you and your beliefs I don’t understand.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:36 pmTracy__5 Says:
“….secret forever only emphasizes how crucial it is that Palin and McCain stop stonewalling the Alaska legislature’s independent, bipartisan investigation and allow the truth to come out.”
I guess the Dems have to pull some sort of rabbit out of their hat at this point.
And that would be ….. why?
Oh, you mean the 9 point lead that Obama has that will continue to grow as soon as McDepends opens his smarmy mouth Friday night?
Trace, you crack me up, sometimes.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:36 pmHeadline should read “…will halt…”
Bushier than Bush, Chenier than Cheney, it’s “Bible Beeyotch”
September 24th, 2008 at 7:37 pmPalin has no way out of this quandry. If she allows the investigation, she’s going down by the law. If she doesn’t allow the investigation, she’s going down in the eye of the American public, guilty as charged. She’s done. She’s toast.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:44 pmAnd now McCain has cancelled his campaign. It’s over. It’s done. We win.
That whole “evidence uncovered by investigation” concept is a little too advanced for you, I see.
Let’s recap: Tracy challenges people to produce evidence of illegality. The kind of evidence that is usually investigated in, y’know, investigations.
But his latest crush, Caribou Barbie filed a complaint against herself so that the legislature’s investigation might be short-circuited by one conducted by a three-Republican panel that she oversees.
And Tracy sees nothing amiss, since no investigation has yet proven illegality.
Ethics by Republicans. It’s like a twisted Escher drawing of a governor investigating herself and pronouncing herself innocent of all charges. And Tracy thinks it’s all kosher.
September 24th, 2008 at 7:56 pmTracy_5 says:
A bimbo? The woman is far more intelligent than you are.
And what would provide you with the knowledge of my intelligence relative to Sarahcuda? Did you crack into my graduate grades at my University? Did you sneak a look at my IQ scores?
Give it up Trace, your team is swirling the bowl and all you can see is chocolate frosting where the shit streaks are on the porcelain.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:03 pmAnd when that happens, Trace, how will that change your opinion?
Do you believe that an investigation by a three member panel, all Republicans, all of whom are appointed by the governor, is an adequate investigatory body for accusations of abuse of power by the governor?
How about if the governor were a Democrat and all three members of the panel were Democrats? Would you still feel it was an adequate investigatory body?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:17 pmRemember his ability to answer questions quickly without telling a thesis is an immediate handicap of his.
As well as an unsteady spear-chucking arm…
September 24th, 2008 at 8:18 pmTrace, how about putting the goalposts back where you first planted them, huh? You first said to upside99:
The woman is far more intelligent than you are.
See what you wrote there? “Intelligent”.
That means a specific attribute where I come from. When upside asked you what would provide you with knowledge of upside’s intelligence, you (as usual) avoid answering the question and come up with some irrelevant questions in response.
Not very disciplined, Trace. Not very bright.
You’re not very bright, are ya?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:20 pmRalph,
Maybe we need to cut Trace some slack. Deductive reasoning is not a strong suit in his/her arsenal.
Besides, when you get your collective head handed to you in a regular basis, it does cause some long-lasting trauma that might not go away between posts.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:25 pmComparing intelligences are we?
September 24th, 2008 at 8:29 pmdbadass,
Sorry for the divergence, but sometimes Trace just gets me all riled up.
Forgive me??????
September 24th, 2008 at 8:33 pmTracy__5 Says:
I guess the Dems have to pull some sort of rabbit out of their hat at this point.
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You are an idiot one that is completly immune to reality. Obama is up in the polls. McDumbass and Caribou Barbie are sinking like the Titanic and YOU project your desperation on Dems. What a tool you are. Toads make more sense.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:42 pmTracy__5 Says:
I guess the reason you come here is a desperate attempt to prove you are even stupider than Sean Hannity. Good luck with that.
“So you would trust the security of the US to a bimbo that uses a F’ing YAHOO mail account for official state government business?”
A bimbo? The woman is far more intelligent than you are. Exactly what “official” state business are you referring to? BTW I’ll tell you who I don’t trust is Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell saying that he had nothing to do with it.
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HA a woman who thought the Pledge of allegience was good enough for our founding fathers? Lettuce lint is smarter than she is and SHE is a lot smarter than you. Concrete has a higher IQ than either of you.
“She is even dumber than McDepends, who can’t even use a computer, but “helped invent the Blackberry”.”
Biden says that you and Obama are pretty much jerks for mocking McCain’s physical handicap.
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Personally I have been busy mocking you morons for your MENTAL handicaps and they are legion.
“You gotta admit, your team missed the roll call when brains were being passed out.”
You guys have no room to talk considering you picked Joe “Foot-in-the-Mouth” Biden.
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Joe does tend toward that malady. However no one in their right minds would deny he is a very intelligent man just one that isnt very careful about what he says. He can tend to be offensive but I bet he knows when the Pledge of allegience was written. Libraries could be filled exclusively with what the dunce duo doesnt know. Biden is a bright guy. Neither of your pair of idiots could even DREAM of being as smart as either Biden OR Obama. Only your near infinite capacity for self delusion would allow you to deny it. You really are an idiot that is certain.
September 24th, 2008 at 8:48 pmAn investigation that can be halted by the investigated should be such an anathema to the public’s sense of common decency and justice that it is one of the few things that should be dismissed out of hand. Whatever happened to the concept that even the appearance of impropriety was enough to undermine people’s faith in their government?
September 24th, 2008 at 9:07 pmTracy__5 Says:
“EugeneDebs Says:
September 24th, 2008 at 8:48 pm”
Another fly! LOL!
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While YOU are another moron except you arent funny just pathetic. An ignorant hivemind troll without a single functioning braincell. What IS funny is that the liberals here mop the floor with you day in and day out. You dont do anything here except embarassing yourself with among the STUPIDEST arguments I have ever seen on the internet and THAT at least is impressive. You are bone ignorant and to see YOU talk about swatting anyone else shows that your capacity for self delusion is astonishing. You couldnt hold your own in a kindergarten debate class you imbecilic twit.
September 25th, 2008 at 3:24 amTracy_5
Do you know ANYTHING about the laws in Alaska? What would you suggest?…under Alaska laws of course? Or does that matter?
“Would you still feel it was an adequate investigatory body?”
Probably…considering what Alaska’s laws say.
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You mean the same laws that set up the independent, bipartisan investigation, started by a committee of more Republicans than Democrats, that she refuses to cooperate with now, because it’s suddenly “too politicized”, and that her husband ignores a subpoena from, though he is not running for or holding any political office?
Do you consider her husband ignoring a legal subpoena a good, law-abiding thing to do? Yeah, I suppose it’s legal, as are the contempt charges he might face when the Alaskan legislature reconvenes.
September 25th, 2008 at 11:42 amWhat really gets me is that a lot of people know they’re lying and will vote for them anyway.
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February 28th, 2009 at 7:50 pm