[Vision2020] Alaska Senate Slaps Palin's Husband, Aides

[Glenn Schwaller]

And this was of tremendous national importance because ???

GS

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:50 PM, Tom Hansen <thansen at moscow.com> wrote:

> Courtesy of the Anchorage Daily News at:
>
> http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/681638.html
>
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> Senate slaps Palin's husband, aides
> By SEAN COCKERHAM
>
> JUNEAU - The Alaska Senate voted today to find Gov. Sarah Palin's husband,
> Todd, and nine Palin aides in contempt for failing to show up when ordered
> by subpoena to testify in the Legislature's "Troopergate" investigation of
> the governor.
>
> But the Senate resolution also said there should be no punishment because
> Todd Palin and the others did eventually submit written statements to the
> investigator, Steve Branchflower.
>
> "People kept saying 'You've got to do something about the subpoenas --
> what are you going to do about the subpoenas?" said Anchorage Democratic
> Sen. Hollis French, who sponsored the resolution. "And while there was
> practically no support for doing anything regarding the governor, a lot of
> people were upset that the subpoenas were ignored."
>
> "It memorializes their contempt and it balances that wrongdoing with their
> compliance once the suit was resolved," French said.
>
> Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg had sued to kill the subpoenas but
> lost in court. It was after he lost that the witnesses cooperated.
>
> Branchflower's report found Palin abused her power in allowing her husband
> and top aides to push for the firing of a state trooper who is her former
> brother-in-law. But a second report, conducted by attorney Tim Petumenos
> for the state personnel board, came to the opposite conclusion and found
> that Palin was not responsible for any wrongdoing.
>
> Colberg did not have an immediate comment on the Senate resolution, saying
> he needed to read it first.
>
> The resolution passed the Senate on a 16-1 vote. Anchorage Republican Sen.
> Con Bunde was the only senator to vote against it. Sens. Fred Dyson, Gene
> Therriault and Tom Wagoner were excused.
>
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>
> FYI, Tim Petumenos and the state personnel board were appointed by
> Governor Sarah Palin.
>
> Hmmm.
>
> Seeya round town, Moscow.
>
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
>
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>
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