MONEGAN SPEAKS: Names Todd Palin & others

Andrew--I am a voter in Maine who was trying to learn more about the person who could end up being the next leader of the Free World when I found your blog. From what I have read, it appears that Alaska is a very difficult place to be a Democrat or Independent and an even more difficult place to be critical of Governor Palin. Thank you for continuing to speak your mind. Whether or not people agree with you, they should at least respect that you are doing exactly what the Founders hoped would happen when they enacted the 1st Amendment. On a less lofty topic, did the McCain campaign make any attempt to "vet" the Governor by talking to you? Even if they did not beleive you, it seems that they should have at least considered what you had to say. If they did not, I think that speaks to their arrogance or incompetence or both.

Evidently, whoever SP sent to check out Kopp's dossier missed a few essentials! Why is no one "double-checking"? Concerning Wooten, why didn't the Governor know that you CAN NOT just fire a Union worker at your whim (or 35 of them)???? There are procedures that need to be followed. If the criteria isn't met then they usually aren't fired! Why isn't she getting any ADVICE???? Or, is she ABOVE advice? What IS the problem with her advisors? She is obviously not getting accurate advice or she is not heeding it? I find this down right scary! We are ALL in BIG trouble! You can't run a State with total incompetents at the helm!

In fairness to all, let's see where the investigation(s) go. By the way, wouldn't it be a bit better story for all involved if Wooten was investigated by an independent investigator as well? I mean, a Trooper investigated by Troopers. Something sure smells there. It's hilarious to read about a fellow who tasers his kid and we have all sorts of reasons why it was "ok", or not as bad as it sounds. Hell if I tasered my kid, the whole world would be claiming child abuse. And, we're supposed to think Monegan is the 2nd coming, and he reduces the punishment! Wow!!!! Makes you wonder, so many complaints.... maybe there's a bit of a smoking gun over this guy Wooten, after all???

Two things come to mind. 1. re judicada, Monegan couldn't fire Wooten even if he wanted to; 2. sexual harrassment resulting in a hostile environment and termination of employment because he didn't give in to his female boss. Bad girl, bad, bad bad girl!

ADN's 7/19 editorial stated: "On the other hand, Monegan served as Anchorage police chief under Mayor Mark Begich and Begich asked him to leave too. Mayor Begich is a pragmatic, results-oriented manager, so maybe there are legitimate performance issues with Monegan's tenure." So why did Begich fire Monegan? Just because you have been a good cop for thirty years doesn't mean you're a good manager.

Andrew, don't give up on Mr Krapashitz (Kopp). He says his record is clean but only because one lady had the guts to stand up to him and thats the only SH complaint on record. There have been others. The Palins say they looked into him and his sexual harassment claim was UNFOUNDED! Even Kopp didn't say that! They didn't look into him. If they had asked anyone in Public Safety on the Penninsula they would have learned about his reputation. He will do whatever the Palin's want he is so eager to have this job! No wait; maybe his experience running a department with 30 total employees has prepared him better than anyone else in the state. My bad, the Palin's always know best!

On the investigative front, maybe someone could check into how the First Dude's "minor" race infractions during a past Iron Man contest conveniently were overlooked and disappeared... Not too difficult to ask those around that race what the real scoop was. Maybe the First Dude will come up with a statewide health care plan...

Come on folks, lets be fair here....A little consideration is all I ask. I think our "open & transparent" governor should be afforded the same consideration that she was so quick to offer John Cowdery when she asked him to resign for the good of the state....before any conviction and before any trial. I mean after all, what goes around, comes around. Step Down Sista!

Andrew is it just me or is the Palin organization starting to remind me of a previous presidential administration? Lets see, they allegedly lie, they allegedly destroy lives of their political enemies, the spouse is allegedly involved in dirty business, they allegedly use political power abusively, and they whine when getting caught that this is interfering with getting the "work of the people" done. There are other similarities but just where have we heard this before?? Oh yea, could it be the other "twofer" team of the Klintons?? My journey from being a Palin supporter to a concerned citizen looking for a real "open and transparent" leader has been significantly impacted by your work. Better keep an eye on your six if the above comparison continues to unfold. You should be paid for all your work, the Peoples Daily News owes you big time.

What are you doing hanging around the office every day? Go home and babysit those kids. Your wife is the Governor...not you!

This Monegan episode spacks of the Mat Maid Dairy Debacle. Todd Palin was very involved with the final days of Mat Maid. He was involved with the unannounced ambush at Mat Maid last year. He huffed and puffed all around the offices until he heard the CEO was headed back to Mat Maid to give the Gov her tour. Once he heard that, he slammed his hand on the table and made the whole entourage leave immediately. Couldn't wait 5 minutes. Many witnesses to this. He also had two of his shirt tail cousins from Wasilla who were Mat Maid Anchorage employees, climbing the fence at the Palmer plant snooping around and reporting to him every night via phone. Once the Gov fired both boards she inserted her cronies and childhood babysitter's daughter in law to the Director of Ag position when she had absolutely NO experience. No conflict of interest though, the Director of Ag's father in law is ONLY the largest dairy farmer in the valley. Sarah's hand picked board immediately gave her farmer neighbors almost a 50% increase in their milk price, further crippling the business. Lots of cover ups with this board. They are still being investigated. This story...seems the same...change the names and the dates.....same corruption. The Palin's.......more will be found out soon. Anyone who crosses them gets their heads chopped off. God bless you Walt Monegan for standing up for what is right. Palin probably thought she could buy you off with another position, which you promtly turned down. Good for you!

Andrew, I thank you and appreciate everything that you have done. Give thanks to your lovely wife, she must be an angel. Politics is heck..... HUH? But so worth it when the truth is finally heard.

Assuming everything we know now is true, could you speculate on what will happen from here on out? Just how serious is this for sarah and her administration? Is this a little bump in the road or what? Could this lead to her leaving office? I'm just trying to get a grasp on how much fire there is in comparison to all the smoke. THANKS!

Andrew's Response:

I think this will be serious. There are a lot of people envolved in this mess and what comes out from the investigation will not be pretty.

In addition, I think a lot of Alaskans are going to wonder why Todd Palin was allowed to have so much influence.

What will be interesting to watch is if the blood in the water brings out any other sharks with tales to tell.

for the entertainment. It's popcorn time now! I haven't had this much fun since W. J. Clinton got caught in his lies.

Congratulations and thanks are in order. What you have done was truly brave, especially given your high profile. Thank you for doing this. Perhaps someone should publicly call for her to step down like she did to Cowdrey. That branch could truly hold your weight. Kudos.

I heard Sarah this afternoon on Eddie's show say that neither her or TODD pressured Monegan. So either she lied or her husband lied to her.

The thing that strikes me is how poor Palin's judgement is. If she didn't think the firing of Monegan wasn't going to cause an uproar, she is absolutely out of touch with her own state. And to do it just before a critical gas line vote ... what could she have been thinking?? Was she trying to impress the national Republicans with her "power?" I am a Democrat who was willing to give Palin a chance. Now we are watching her stupidly destroy herself. No one has to help her do that. She's doing a great job of it all by herself. Mr. Halcro, thank you for what you are doing.

Come on, don't do this to me. Are you sure, I mean, really really sure? Please don't tell me we've found the smoking gun. To quote Peter Griffin, "Holy Freak'n Crap"!!!

Please do not let the questionable integrity of Kopp get lost in the mix of the Palin/Wooten fiasco. Dig deeper into his past. He should NOT hold this position of power....his resignation should be demanded!