Troopergate Report: Harbor Adjustment Service
During the course of the Troopergate investigation we repeated comments that printed in the media and offered in commiteee hearings about Trooper Mike Wooten's workers compensation claim and the way it was handle by the state's private contractor.
In one case we published a link to a national website that posted a story about the claim we later found out was not true.
According to the report issued yesterday by special investigator Steve Branchflower, he found that the company acted properly and all of Wooten's workers compensation payments were paid according to the law.
The owner of Harbor Adjustment Service, Murlene Wilkes sent us the following statement:
I am Murlene Wilkes. I am going to issue a truthful comment to all of the bloggers who have lied over and over on these internet "web sites of sensationalism" as follows:
1) My deposition affirms that I do not know, nor have I ever had a conversation of any sort with Sarah or Todd Palin. I have never changed my testimony - "Flops like a Fish Out of Water" I THINK NOT!!!
2)No one has ever suggested or requested to anyone in my Company, nor to me, that Trooper Wooten's workers compensation claim should be denied. He received all statutory benefits and his claim was eventually settled.
3)The "tipster" with allegations of "feeling pressure to deny the Trooper's claim", was a former employee, disgruntled, insubordinate and not eligible for rehire when she terminated well over a year ago.
4) The Contract - my proposal was $240K more per year (not $300K as reported on these web sites). The increase was for benefits, raises, cost of living increases for the twelve (12) employees exclusively working on this account. The competitor protesting the selection of Harbor as the successful contractor, had only three employees (two of which were buying the competitor's business contingent upon the award of this contract) for the unconfirmed sum of $1.1 Million. THE CONTRACT HAS NOT BEEN AWARDED.
Therefore, please post your names and e-mail addresses with any continuing defaming and libel remarks so that you can be added as a defendant in the litigation contemplated for the future path these websites inspire.
Murlene J. Wilkes, President
HARBOR ADJUSTMENT SERVICE, INC.