10 Oct 08 Sarah Palin found guilty of “abuse of power” in Alaskan firing of Walter Monegan (Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner)

You gotta wonder about the timing… eh ?

The top legislators in Alaska have approved the release of a report that finds Sarah Palin guilty / responsible for the unjust firing of Walter Monegan who was the Public Safety Commissioner in Alaska - essentially the highest ranking law enforcement position.

Apparently, the firing resulted from Mr. Monegan refusing to fire an Alaskan State Trooper (Mike Wooten) who was going through a bitter divorce and custody battle.

Supposedly, the Palins (Sarah and her husband Todd) put intense pressure on Commissioner Monegan to fire Wooten…

The McCain campaign had released its own 21 page report on the incident which concluded

“It is tragic that a false story hatched by a blogger over drinks with Trooper Wooten led the legislature to allocate over $100,000 of public money to be spent in what has become a politically-driven investigation”

Can we say smear campaign..

The sad thing in all this is that it is the (real) family that really suffers…

Info and source: BBC News about Sarah Palin