Monday, November 3, 2008

Report on Monegan/Wooten

Report on Monegan/Wooten

Report on complaint from Andree McLeod

Findings from the Personnel Board report:

1. There is no probable cause to believe that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act by making the decision to dismiss Department of Public Safety Commissioner Monegan and offering him instead the position of Director of the Alaska Beverage Control Board.

2. There is no probably cause to believe that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in any other respect in connection with the employment of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten.

3. There is no basis upon which to refer the conduct of Governor Palin to any law enforcement agency in connection with this matter because Governor Palin did not commit the offenses of Interference with Official Proceedings or Official Misconduct.

4. There is no probable cause to believe that any other official of state government violated any substantive provision of the Ethics Act.

5. There is no legal basis or jurisdiction for conducting a “Due Process Hearing to Address Reputational Harm” as requested by former Commissioner Walter Monegan.

6. The Amended Complaint by the PSEA should be dismissed.

7. Independent Counsel recommends that the appropriate agency of State government address the issue of the private use of e-mails for government work and revisit the record retention policies of the Governor’s Office.

These findings differ from those of the Branchflower Report because Independent Counsel has concluded the wrong statute was used as a basis for the conclusions contained in the Branchflower Report, the Branchflower report misconstrued the available evidence and did not consider or obtain all of the material evidence that is required to properly reach findings.

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

Okay, now who breaks the tie?

Anonymous said...

Okay, now who breaks the tie?

Anonymous said...

You only need to answer once. :)

clark said...

the voters.

Anonymous said...

well, hells-bells! That was fast. Not that it'll mean squat for tomorrow, but I'm sure Sarah will be shouting about it from the rooftops.

One question? When is she up for re-election for Governor?? And is there any buzz on who will run against her?

Thanks :)

Anonymous said...

I've heard a little buzz, but I don't think I'm at liberty to divulge.

Anonymous said...

I think Walt Monegan running against Palin would be a good choice although I'm not sure if he is a Democrat or Republican. Funny how a lot of these cops though vote against there own best interest when they vote Republican.

clark said...

the repubs don't seem like the law and order party so much anymore, do they?

Anonymous said...

You mean like F#*( the Feds, Vote for Ted? :rofl:

clark said...

another thing: WTF is a "probably cause"?