Trooper Gate.. Ill Fate?

Accessed October 10 at 9:30pm

The top story tonight on the New York Times was an update on Palin's scandal in firing the public safety commissioner. The title was, "Panel Finds Palin Abused Authority in Firing State Official." The article calls attention to the fact that one of the reasons that she fired the commissioner was because of a family grudge. Very briefly does it mention that there were other reasons as well.

If you don't know the basic story, read on. While Palin was governor, her sister was going through a divorce with Trooper Michael Wooten (the "trooper" of the "troopergate"). There was evidence that supported the idea that Gov. Palin pushed the commissioner to fire her brother-in-law. When the commissior refused, she fired him (Walter Monegan).

The view that the NY Times portrays is that Palin abuses power that is not rightfully hers. What would she do as the vice-president? The update included information about the extensive report that the panel released this evening. The article also suggests that Palin has been less than cooperative since her nomination to the cnadidacy. The 1,000+ page report has been debated by a few Republican Alaskan politicians stating that it was an attack against Palin, but after the decline of the appeal, we could see this report published very soon.