Fighting back against allegations she may have fired her then-Public Safety Commissioner, Walt Monegan, for refusing to go along with a personal vendetta, Palin on Monday argued in a legal filing that she fired Monegan because he had a "rogue mentality" and was bucking her administration's directives."The last straw," her lawyer argued, came when he planned a trip to Washington, D.C., to seek federal funds for an aggressive anti-sexual-violence program. The project, expected to cost from $10 million to $20 million a year for five years, would have been the first of its kind in Alaska, which leads the nation in reported forcible rape.
The McCain-Palin campaign echoed the charge in a press release it distributed Monday, concurrent with Palin's legal filing. "Mr. Monegan persisted in planning to make the unauthorized lobbying trip to D.C.," the release stated.
Trouble is, ABC news has obtained the approved travel authorization form (pictured above) approved by her office. Despite stonewalling attempts by the McCain / Palin ticket, the investigation goes on. And for good reason, there obviously was an abuse of power by Governor Palin, now known as "troopergate." Or can the McCain machine block the document from getting into evidence?
But, who really needed a program targeting a problem for the state that leads the nation in forcible rapes? She was already the mayor of the methamphetamine capital of Alaska, but did she worry? Hell no. All they needed was a bridge to nowhere, and everything would be fine.
One down, more to go (I will forgo with the "tip of the iceberg" analogy). Next up: Where the heck are her tax returns. and what are they hiding there?
1 comment:
If this was a man.... wait we can't say that can we? McCain's running mate would never be a male governor of Alaska.
mark k
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