The Legislature just voted 12 to 0 to release the Branchflower Report!

The Legislative Council just voted 12-0 to release the report, except for certain parts they consider confidential.

YEEHAAWW!!

This is fucking awesome!

Update: Okay here is the link to the report.

Finding Number two:

I find, that although Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palin's firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

She tried to get Walt Monegan to break the law! And then she lied about it! She is toast!

This is a great day for Alaskans, and this is a great day for our country!

Update 2: I just watched the Rachel Maddow show and she had Walt Monegan on the phone.

Monegan said, despite the findings of this report, that he still believes the reason he was fired was because he would not go after Trooper Wooten. And I agree.

And what everybody keeps forgetting to mention is that Sarah Palin was essentially asking Monegan to break the law. He could NOT legally fire Wooten! If he had tried he would have had to face the wrath of the Alaska Trooper union which would have challenged him in court, and probably had his job. And if they had made the connection that Palin was pushing the Commissioner to go after Trooper Wooten, she would have found herself facing off with that union as well, and her chances of getting re-elected would have been very badly damaged.

So the truly sad thing here is that Walt Monegan tried desperately to protect Sarah Palin from her emotional vendetta. He told her, and Todd, time and time again not to pursue this personal attack anymore and they simply would not take the advice.

So if Sarah Palin finds her political aspirations damaged by this report, and I certainly believe that she will, then she has absolutely nobody to blame except herself. And possibly that weenie husband of hers.