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To: Joe NYC who wrote (403431)	8/1/2008 11:19:31 AM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1572362

"I came across some references to that, but I have no idea if it is a serious charge." Apparently, it is. It looks like she leaned on a guy to fire him, and when that didn't happen, terminated the one she was leaning on. "BTW, don't politicians usually get in trouble for hiring their brother-in-laws, rather than firing them?" Usually. I grant you she is a bit of a maverick...

To: Joe NYC who wrote (403431)	8/1/2008 1:30:32 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1572362

"The controversy now surrounding Ms. Palin stems from a messy divorce between state trooper Mike Wooten and his wife, Molly McCann, who is Ms. Palin's younger sister. In 2005, Ms. Palin alleged to Mr. Wooten's supervisors that he had threatened to harm her sister and father and had engaged in numerous instances of misconduct, including using a stun gun on his 10-year-old stepson, according to state documents. In one instance, she told state investigators, she overheard him on the telephone threatening her sister: "I'm gonna f- shoot your dad. He's gonna get a lead bullet." Mr. Wooten told investigators he tested a Taser stun gun on the boy at his request but never threatened the Palins. An internal police investigation substantiated the stun-gun incident and some other charges but threw out most of the rest. Mr. Wooten was suspended for five days in 2006. Through a spokesman with the Public Safety Employees Association, he declined to comment. On July 11 of this year, Ms. Palin fired Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Mr. Monegan then complained that she and her husband had pressured him to fire Mr. Wooten. Ms. Palin, in a statement, denied that, saying she had removed the commissioner she had appointed 18 months earlier because she wanted "a new direction." She said she will cooperate with the legislative probe, which is expected to be completed by November." online.wsj.com