Jul 29 2008
Tid Bit Tuesday – Our Alaska Governor
I know I’ve posted before about how irritated I was, with her being super mom and all. Hiding a pregnancy on a teensy tiny frame until the 7th month, flying home from Texas AFTER her water broke, to ensure she didn’t have her baby anywhere other than Alaska (baby #5) and still running the state. I really loathed her! LOL
Well, it appears she’s got herself in a bit of a pickle. A few weeks ago, she fired our states “top cop”, the head over the entire Alaska State Troopers. She appointed a no name police chief from a very small town in Alaska. Everyone was in shock.
Well…. it turns out, that her ex BIL is a State Trooper. It also turns out that her ex BIL and his wife (her sister) had a VERY nasty divorce. It appears that our governor and her family filed dozens of reports against this officer, to the extent that the judge warned them to knock it off. It also turns out that the governors husband approached our “top cop” to ask that his ex BIL be fired. He refused to do such a thing. So the rumor that is out right now is that he was fired because he refused to fire her ex BIL. Our senate today voted 12 to zero to spend up to 100k on an internal investigation to see if our governor abused her power in office. Between this and half of our political representatives going to prison in the last year or so…… AND our longest standing senator, Ted Stevens… was just indicted today on 7 charges! Politics in Alaska are getting INTERESTING!
In addition to THAT drama, the new top cop evidently lied about a little “sexual harassment” complaint that was filed against him. Well, lie isn’t a fair term. Exclusion of the truth is a better term. I mean seriously…. when my DH was hired as law enforcement, his background check was so extensive that they knew if he failed a test in the 5th grade. HOW ON EARTH does one get appointed for the highest position in law enforcement in this state and have THAT hidden in his file???? When the media hounded him and our governor repeatedly about this finding, he resigned from his position after two weeks. So now we have no one leading our law enforcement and lord knows what will happen with that poor department now! Did I mention I’m so glad my hubby doesn’t work for them anymore?
So anyway…. there is a quick little politically drama and gossip for anyone who cares 
Icequeen
Wow! That’s the first time I’ve heard someone express that same opinion; I actually felt ashamed of myself for despising the governor–how dare she set the bar so unreasonably high for the rest of us?! She sure is in a pickle, now. P.S. Re my summer photos? Big hint; if it’s cloudy in the valley, go way up to the top of Hatcher’s Pass, until all those clouds are below you! Gorgeous! Try it–your family will get tons of sun while everyone in the valley is moping in the clouds. : )