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On Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:36:36 -0400, hk wrote:

Palin E-Mails Show Intense Interest in Trooper's Penalty



http://news.bostonherald.com/news/20...&positi on=15

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=5713866&page=1


Wonder Woman:

Another Controversy for Sarah Palin
Former Police Chief Says He Was Fired for Challenging Palin's Campaign
Contributors
By BRIAN ROSS and JOSEPH RHEE

Sept. 3, 2008—

Gov. Sarah Palin is already facing ethical questions over her firing of
the Alaska public safety commissioner, and now she faces questions over
the firing of a longtime local police chief.

After taking over as Mayor of the small town of Wasilla, Palin fired the
longtime local police chief. The former police chief, Irl Stambaugh says
he was fired because he stepped on the toes of Palin's campaign
contributors, including bar owners and the National Rifle Association.

Stambaugh's lawyer, William Jermain, says the chief tried to move up the
closing hours of local bars from 5 a.m. to two a.m. after a spurt of
drunk driving accidents and arrests.

"His crackdown on that practice by the bars was not appreciated by her
and that was one reason she terminated Irl," said Jermain.

In his 1997 lawsuit, Stambaugh also alleged that his stand on
restricting concealed weapons upset the NRA.

"Mayor Palin has stated on several occasions that the National Rifle
Association encouraged her to fire Chief Stambaugh because of his stance
against the concealed weapons legislation," the lawsuit claimed.