Todd and Sarah Palin

A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office. But Palin wasn't there (where is she now?). Her husband, Todd, had called the meeting. He was frustrated that his former brother-in-law remained on the job as a state trooper, and he prevailed upon the commissioner to get rid of him. "I thought that was odd and made me a little uncomfortable," said Walter Monegan, the commissioner, who later was fired by Gov. Palin. "We 're having it in the governor's office, and he's not the governor. I think he was trying to use state trappings to handle a personal issue ." The January 2007 meeting was part of a long pattern of pressure that she and her husband applied on state officials to try to get the trooper fired, according to an Alaska legislative report released Friday. The report said those contacts amounted to an abuse of power and a violation of the state's ethics laws, which prohibit using public office for personal benefit . But while the condemnation of now-vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin was the conclusion, the nearly 300-page report by investigator Stephen Branchflower was more about her husband. Todd Palin, the self- described "first dude" of Alaska, had extraordinary access to his wife's office, her staff and her power. Todd Palin spent about 50 percent of his time in the governor's office, making phone calls , participating in meetings or just hanging out, said Gary Wheeler, a member of Gov. Palin's security detail. "He had a significant influence, in that he was always interacting with the, the employees there," Wheeler told state investigators. "Any time I needed to get information to the governor, I would always go through Todd." The governor and her staff kept Todd Palin in the loop on a wide range of issues, copying him on e-mails about union matters, public relations and a bill requiring parental consent for abortions . His efforts to get Mike Wooten, Sarah Palin's sister's ex-husband, fired were extensive. Todd Palin held dozens of meetings and phone calls with state officials, alleging that Wooten threatened the Palin family , was too unstable to be a trooper, and was cheating the worker's compensation system. Todd Palin would not answer a question about the report during a campaign stop Saturday. GOP presidential candidate John McCain's spokesman in New Hampshire, Jeff Grappone, said Palin would not take questions from the media during his visit. But in an affidavit he provided to investigators, he made no apologies. "I have heard criticism that I am too involved in my wife's administration ," he wrote. "My wife and I are very close. We are each other's best friend. I have helped her in her career the best I can, and she has helped me." Taylor Griffin, a spokesman for John McCain's presidential campaign, compared Todd Palin's role to that of other political spouses. First lady Eleanor Roosevelt was a vocal player in labor civil rights issues, Hillary Rodham Clinton took on health care while first lady, and Nancy Reagan was a close adviser to her husband. "The role that Todd has played, I don't think is dissimilar from other spouses, and I think it's an entirely appropriate role," Griffin said. "And Todd will play an appropriate role as the spouse of the vice president." The legislative probe began as an investigation into whether Palin improperly fired Monegan for resisting efforts to fire Wooten. The report concluded that Monegan's firing was legal, because Palin had the right to choose her top administrators, but that the pressure Palin and her husband exerted to try to get Wooten fired was improper. Palin originally pledged cooperation with the legislative inquiry, which was approved by a bipartisan vote of a committee on which Republicans are the majority. After McCain tapped Palin as his running mate, however, accusations of political interference quickly pushed the personnel matter into the national spotlight. Democratic state Sen. Hollis French drew heavy criticism for saying the investigation could provide an "October surprise" for the McCain campaign. That allowed the McCain-Palin campaign to dismiss Friday's report as a political smear. The McCain campaign even issued its own rival report clearing Palin of all wrongdoing. "I think it did turn into a partisan circus," Palin said Saturday in a brief conference call with Alaska reporters. She said she was pleased that the investigation upheld her authority to fire Monegan. She said she disagrees with the report's finding that she abused her power. Though the committee's report reached some stinging conclusions, it was largely toothless. The Legislature has no authority to sanction Palin for ethical misconduct. That's up to the state Personnel Board, which is running a parallel investigation that Palin is cooperating with.
redux...CNN: Todd Palin acted as "second governor" of Alaska

CNN: Todd Palin...

Tuesday, 18 August 2009 Sarah Palin gifts and some lapses

Hollis French...

Finding in Contempt Todd Palin...
Senator Hollis French introducing Senate Resolution 5; Finding Troopergate witnesses in contempt of Senate. Witnesses included: Todd Palin, Randy Ruaro, Ivy June Frye, Annette Kreitzer, Dianne Kiesel, Nikki Neal, Brad Thompson, Michael Nizich, Kris Perry, and Janice Mason.
Todd Palin Refuses to Comply With Subpoena
Todd's Deposition: A Dud from the Dude .
Todd Palin docstock

ivy frye foia docs *** The resolution names Todd Palin, the governor’s husband, Randy Ruaro, Palin’s deputy chief of staff, and Ivy Frye, another staff member, as having failed to appear in response to subpoenas.
Attorney Thomas Van Flein, who represented Todd Palin, contends that his client went through the proper channels in objecting to the subpoenas before finally complying with a written statement.

When did the McCain campaign take over the governor's office?

Where is Sarah?

Four in the morning
Crapped out, yawning
Longing my life a--way
Ill never worry
Why should i?
Its all gonna fade

Now I sit by my window
And I watch the cars
I fear Ill do some damage
One fine day
But I would not be convicted
By a jury of my peers
Still crazy after all these years
Oh, still crazy
Still crazy
Still crazy after all these years

...all these years

Everything Sarah Palin will ever learn in her secret location as of August 18, 2009 absolutely nothing...

twitter:
@SarahPalinUSA

SarahHPalin
Name Ivy Frye

SarahPalinRadio
LaDonna Hale Curzon: Meghan McCain to sit in for Hasselbeck on "The Spew." Hardly a conservative replacement.about 12 hours ago from web

About Me Me Me: Sarah Palin is on Facebook
Hi Friends, I wanted you to know that I launched my new political action committee, SarahPAC. Visit SarahPAC.com and stay tuned for updates

How many ghostwriters does it take to twitter?

Ivy Frye "ethics filer mcleod 'jumped' gov palin

Patrick @ Palin's Deceptions found an interesting tweet from *Ivy Frye's twitter (How Do You Interpret Ivy's Latest Twitter?).
I have no clue what she meant by "jumped." It does seem she is working to smear (soon former) gov Palin's constituent, Andrée McLeod. Considering who *Ivy (contempt of court) Frye is and her place in politics, this twit makes for curious and curiouser. Further digging into what "gop convent last yr-- a wk b4 trig was born!" here.

A few *Ivy Frye cryptic twits for July:

• @C4P ethics filer mcleod "jumped" gov palin @ gop convent last yr-- a wk b4 trig was born! i distracted mcleod so gov could get to her suv.4:39 PM Jul 14th from web

• Having been there, I was genuinely scared for Gov Palin when friv ethics filer andree mcleod stalked events/camped out in office4:32 PM Jul 14th from txt

• RT @C4P Another Frivolous Ethics Complaint Filed Against Palin http://tinyurl.com/l8hzpg #tcot4:30 PM Jul 14th from txt
  

(RIGHT>AP Photo/Al Grillo*Ivy Frye, a member of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's staff, reacts in the home of Chuck and Sally Heath, Palin's parents, in Wasilla, Alaska, as Sen. John McCain announces the Alaska governor as his his running mate and choice for vice president Friday Aug. 29.2008.

More *Ivy Frye:

The resolution names Todd Palin, the governor’s husband, Randy Ruaro, Palin’s deputy chief of staff, and *Ivy Frye, another staff member, as having failed to appear in response to subpoenas.
Palin staff members Annette Kreitzer, Dianne Kiesel, Nicki Neal, Brad Thompson, Michael Nizich, Kris Perry and Janice Mason were named as having agreed through an attorney to appear without subpoenas being served, but did not.
Attorney Thomas Van Flein, who represented Todd Palin, contends that his client went through the proper channels in objecting to the subpoenas before finally complying with a written statement.

*Ivy “Stop blogging. Stop blogging right now!” Frye

Good idea for Frye to tell boss “Stop twittering. Stop twittering right now!”
Ivy Frye Answers to Interrogatories
Description of FOIA Request

Updates: Sarah Palin unleashes...Ivy Frye?
--Ivy Frye was known as Palin's overpaid babysitter
It is not going away.....
.. more Ivy fryes .........
docsBranchflower: Ivy fryes Troopergate investigation

Ivy Frye, dedicated State of Alaska staff baby sitter
More Fryegate: 30-something Palin babysitter/shopper Ivy Frye was dating 65-yer-old AP writer Steve Quinn. When the AP found out they shipped his butt out of Alaska. 12:08 PM