Sarah Palin to be deposed by Michael Clayton

While Caribou Barbie won’t be seeing George Clooney across the deposition table, it looks as though Alaska’s personnel board retained a “fixer” to investigate Governor Palin.
Given that Timothy J. Petumenos has been hired by a state personnel board composed of three members sitting at the will of Governor Palin, it would have been silly to expect [...]

Is Bush trying to lose the Senator Ted Stevens case?

 
The corruption trial of Senator Ted Steven of Alaska, political ally and mentor of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. is nearing its conclusion.
One of the chief witnesses against Stevens is wealthy oilman and past VECO, Inc. chairman, Bill Allen.
Allen turned state’s evidence against his long time buddy, after pleading guilty to federal bribery charges in connection [...]

Palin’s abuse of power and per diem

McCain-Palin apologists should take care of what they say.
A Republican talking point  is the Alaska abuse of power statute applies to financial and not personal benefits and, since getting Wooten was a personal benfit, the finding that Palin breached the ethics act is wrong on its face. 
Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act [...]

Finding of Palin’s abuse of power consistent with lawful firing

Alaska Governor Sara Palin and the McCain-Palin campaign are doing their best to discredit the Alaska Legislative Council report. One of their arguments is it makes no sense to say that Palin’s effort to pressure Monegan to fire Wooten was an abuse of power, but Monegan’s firing for resisting the same unlawful pressure was lawful. [...]