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15 Oct 2008 04:05 pm
Troopergate Investigation Expands, Deepens
From the indispensable Anchorage Daily News:
The state Personnel Board
investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin's firing of Walt Monegan has broadened to
include other ethics complaints against the governor and examination of actions
by other state employees, according to the independent counsel handling the
case...
The investigator, Tim Petumenos, did not say who else is
under scrutiny.
But in two recent letters describing his inquiry, he cited the consolidation of complaints and the involvement of other officials as a reason for not going along with Palin's request to make the examination of her activities more public.
Two other ethics complaints involving Palin are known. One, by activist Andree McLeod, alleges that state hiring practices were circumvented for a Palin supporter. The case is not related to Monegan's firing. The other, by the Public Safety Employees Association, alleges that trooper Mike Wooten's personnel file was illegally breached by state officials.
John Cyr, the PSEA executive director, said Monday the union plans to amend its complaint to be sure the board investigates "harassment" of Wooten as well.
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