Public Safety Commissioner Chuck Kopp resigned Friday afternoon after a tumultuous two weeks on the job.
In a brief news conference with Gov. Sarah Palin in her Anchorage office late in the afternoon, Kopp said he was stepping down effective immediately. Kopp, appointed to replace former Commissioner Walt Monegan on July 11, said recent scrutiny of a 2005 sexual harassment complaint has made it too hard to be the state's top cop.
"This has caused me to be unable to bring my full focus to the mission of this department that the welfare of so many Alaskans depend on," he said.
Kopp and Palin entered the governor's conference room, read their statements, then departed three minutes later. Neither Kopp nor the governor would answer questions after reading from their prepared notes.
"We're going to move forward now," Palin said. "This has been brutal on a good family."
So in Palin's rush to find a replacement for Walt Monegan before the public could question her reasoning, Sarah picks the first guy she is offered without properly vetting him to make sure he is fit for the job? And this is the "new way" that Palin is promoting as the reason for letting go of a public servant of Walt Monegan's caliber? The "new way" meaning giving the job to whoever will promise to do her bidding without question?
If there is a reason that Sarah Palin relieved Public Safety Commissioner Monegan of his job, besides the one that we now all believe to be true, then she better come forward with it before she tries to fill the job again.
We deserve to hear the truth.
Kopp had not revealed to Palin that there had been a letter from Kenai's City's council not to hug woman employees in the future, which letter was later removed from Kopp's personnel files AT THE CITY'S DIRECTION!
ReplyDeleteSo, it is more than absurd to tag a failure to know about that on Palin (if Kopp elected not to tell Palin about it). In fact, Palin would have been unable to find that letter on her own had she wanted to or even knew of its existence (which she did not).
And based on your blog, I'm assuming you a Dem and an Obama supporter. Gee, how does this Palin molehill (if that) compare to Obama's mountain of Tony Rezko and Reverand Wright pick for political financial backer and 20 year mentor?!?
ReplyDeleteWell I would have to argue that I don't find the Rezko or Reverend Wright matter anymore then a "molehill" . Nor so I really think that this Palin matter amounts to a "mountain".
ReplyDeleteI am simply drawing attention to it because it certainly seems that Palin's dismissal of Walt Monegan and the hiring of Kopp were both ill advised decisions.
We still have not really been given a good excuse for letting Monegan go. And yes I know he serves at the "Governor's pleasure" but what did he do to displease her so?
And if it really was connected to his refusal to fire her sisters ex-husband, which he could not legally do, then isn't that an indication that Sarah may be using poor judgment?
Well then, why don't you make inquiry on these questions:
ReplyDelete1. Who paid for Trooper Wooten's sudden extended vacation out of the coutry and unavailable for comment, that is, seeing he was on a State Trooper's salary reportedly complaining about child support arising from his divorce custody proceedings with Sarah Palin's younger sister? Is there a record of Wooten asking for leave from work?
2. Did the Democrats do some vetting of their own on the more than ethically clean Governor Palin, and the sum total of their sleuthing was that Palin's younger sister had been married to and later involved in a contentious divorce and custody proceeding with a State Trooper who made a death threat against the Palin sisters' dad if he retained a lawyer to represent his younger daughter in the proceedings, and because of that and other threats, Sarah Palin and her husband reported their concerns (at Public Safety Dept. direction) to the State Trooper's boss, Public Safety Commissioner Monegan, who happened to be a Governor appointee?
3. Why would Sarah Palin, manifesting great political skills throughout her career and is widely reported and acknowledged by her to being considered as a VP running mate for Senator McCain, choose to replace Commissioner Monegan prior to an imminent announcement by Senator McCain as to his running mate, rather than, if at all, after that announcement?
4. Why would Monegan, through a known political foe of Palin, facilitate to be known his contention that he was removed, in part, because he would not fire Trooper Wooten when the events surrounding the threats being reported to Monegan occurred some time in the past and Gov Palin was careful never to call for Wooten's firing, reiterating that personnel and disciplinary matters are not a regular part of her duties?