’)The drip continues
An ethics complaint obtained by NBC News was filed yesterday by the police officers’ union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper, Mike Wooten, the ex-brother in law of Palin, who is at the center of the ‘Troopergate’ scandal.
The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten’s personnel records. The complaint alleges ‘criminal penalties may apply.’
‘It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed [Wooten's] personnel file,’ John Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News.
Isn’t there a milk scandal too?
Sarah has the Don Young steez
Hmmm… tricky…. GOP response will be schizophrenic…
Police Officers = GOOD! Stalwart defenders of our public safety holding fast the thin blue line!
Union = BAD! Corrupt enablers of mobbed-up laziness causing endless headaches for our noble corporate overlords!
Police Officers Union == ??????
PROFIT!!!
Reinhard, you must be kidding me. The GOP line is obvious:
Take it to the bank!
The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have have improperly disclosed information from Wooten’s personnel records. The complaint alleges ‘criminal penalties may apply.’
‘It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed [Wooten's] personnel file,’ John Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News.
I guess you only read half the story, Oliver. Let me fill in the blanks for you. Also from the same story linked:
What’s interesting is that Wooten’s claim and a statement that Wooten had released access to his personnel files was originally included on Palin’s wiki entry (I saw it last Friday when Palin was first selected). Now, it’s nowhere to be found.
This is it eh?
Wooten? The guy who tazers his stepchildren. This is who you are hanging your hat on and defending?
Sweet, november can’t come fast enough…..
duh,
It’s the ex-brother-in-law who “allegedly” tazered a stepson who has constitutional rights as a US citizen.
“Isn’t there a milk scandal too?”
Milk? Please explain.
It’s the ex-brother-in-law who “allegedly” tazered a stepson
There’s no “allegedly” to it. Wooten admitted to it (and explained how and why it happened) as part of the formal police investigation into his conduct.
Milk: Matanuska Maid
the guy tazed his stepson– seems to be a bad guy. So assume he is.
That makes Palin look even worse: not only is she corrupt, she’s so incompetent that she couldn’t get this guy off the force and then fired his boss, who by all accounts was doing a great job.
she’s sounding more like dubya every day.
The drip continues
There’s a lot of dripping around here. You may want to get that checked out, Oliver. I hear that may be a symptom of gonorrhea or some other STD.
Oliver, did you know that Palin cut the budget for special needs kids in Alaska despite having a special needs kid herself?
I read it on the DailyKos and heard it on CNN so it’s got to be true.
Oliver, did you know that Palin cut the budget for special needs kids in Alaska despite having a special needs kid herself?
Oh dear God. Dave is about to trot out the “It’s-not-a-cut-it’s-reducing-the-growth-rate” argument.
What next? A Duran Duran reunion?
Dave in SoCal: “Wooten admitted to it (and explained how and why it happened) as part of the formal police investigation into his conduct.”
Really, how do you know that? Wasn’t that something in his personnel file that was constitutionally protected.
Forgot. The constitution is a piece of paper for the America’s privileged in-group and a death sentence for everyone else. Two Americas.
Wooten himself had previously signed a waiver allowing a divorce lawyer to obtain his personnel records. The campaign then sent a copy of that waiver to NBC News, which reads, “I hereby waive any privilege I may have to said information to said attorneys.”
So let me get this strait. Wooten signed a waiver as part of his divorce proceedings to release his files to his wife’s attorney (and was probably required to do so by the courts). It is therefore okay that his personnel file was then leaked to the press in defense of his ex-sister-in-law’s political campaign.
oh, well, that’s okay then. Not.
Oh dear God. Dave is about to trot out the “It’s-not-a-cut-it’s-reducing-the-growth-rate” argument.
No, Quaker, I was taunting Oliver with an attempted smear by those fine, upstanding lefties at DailyKos that was debunked a short time after it was posted.
So rather than a 62 percent cut as was falsely claimed, Palin actually increasing special needs funding by 175 percent.
But I see you just took it as a given that this claim was true. No attempt to check it out for yourself or use any critical think skills. I’m disappointed.
Really, how do you know that? Wasn’t that something in his personnel file that was constitutionally protected.
Well, the Anchorage Daily News has a copy of the investigation findings posted in their online archives (link through Wiki), so I’m guessing it’s public record.
Forgot. The constitution is a piece of paper for the America’s privileged in-group and a death sentence for everyone else. Two Americas.
“Death sentence”? I suggest you switch to decaf and a higher dosage of thorazine.
Was the info of the signed release entered into evidence at trial? and part of the court record? also was Wooten’s private information accessed after the divorce? Rember the PETER Principle about PLAIN!
Wooten, the 35 year old who’s been married 5 times. Might be interesting when some of his ex-wives start talking to news outlets, I’m sure we’ll find out what a true sweetheart this guy really is…