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Alaska Union Suing Palin Administration
The Alaska Correctional Officers Association filed a lawsuit today against Governor Palin's administration. They claim the administration purposefully dragged its feet in getting the legislature to appropriate pay increases, thereby sabotaging new contract arbitration.
The Palin Administration says their introduction of the funding request was late in the session, but that there was plenty of time to act. The state claims the arbitrator's findings are now null and void and must be restarted. The money was not included in the governor's budget.
Last year, Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt earned a union vote of no-confidence. Schmidt allegedly dated Sarah Palin in high school. He is now second in line for the highest office in Alaska behind Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell should Palin be unable to finish her term. Palin appointed him to replace Walt Monegan of Troopergate fame. The no-confidence vote came as a result of correctional officers' exposure to the MRSA virus and hours being cut for essential prison guards.
Union president Sgt. Danny Colang told Jason Moore of KTUU, "It's still a raw issue. We're always willing to talk with the administration, but I always think there is an underlying issue there with that no-confidence vote that was taken last year, and I think they still hold that against us. There is still some vengeance, because we had a no confidence vote against one of (Palin's) good friends from high school, who is now our commissioner."
If Palin's track record were void of vengeance and retribution on a regular basis, this wouldn't be a story. Palin's administration denies the charge.
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Where there is smoke there is f i r e. She was already found guilty of ethics violations by a Legislative Council comprised of 8 Repubs and 4 dems. She got caught trying to s t e a l clothes by the RNC. She is well documented and inveterate l i a r.
Not that hiring Steven Silver (former Ted Stevens chief of staff and Jack Abramoff crony) to help her lobby for $14m to build a train-line from Wasilla to Girdwoond was a clue!
LauraAgain ....... Ann, is that you? Same delusional theories of Palin competence? Check. Same disregard for fact. Check.
That's interesting. Another complaint
What's next? Another complaint, and another, and another, and so on... and so forth...
See Shannyn Moore's Profile
This is not an ethics complaint. This is a lawsuit. Different.
Thanks, Shannyn. Please continue your fine work.
Since her cronies are all working for her, someone needs to rally the public to work for them, get that female out of the office before it goes to dirt.
Surprise, Surprise... What is really going on up there in Alaska? Then again, I don't care.
I'd like to gloat about the 13 frivolous ethics complaints against Palin that were thrown out. Smell the glove, libs!
Apparently you guys keep digging and digging and coming up with nothing. The same will happen with this lawsuit story. Like everything else Palin haters do, the exercise in time wasting will amount to another dismissal.
How much taxpayer money did Obama use again for his fundraising trip to California and Nevada?
Well ReganTman, don't be so sure that throwing out the ethics complaints by people appointed by Palin won't come back to bite them all in the behind.
It's about as meaningful as having Bush's campaign head for Florida being in charge of who gets to vote!
Attempting to compare POTUS to this nitwit is like comparing an All-Star Major Leaguer to a tyke who can't even hit a ball off a tee. Don't even try, because it is embarassing for you and even more embarassing for her...I could give a rat's a z z about her or her duplicitious attempts to wriggle free of the posse chasing her; I sleep well knowing that she will NEVER hold national office because she continues to prove that she is completely incompetent.
Whatever he used it was legal, you are so short-sighted that you don't feel that, that woman is stealing? Think again, that woman is buying her and Bristol's baby pampers and clothes and everything else that they need, not what the people need.
Remember that Palin needed to leave Alaska before the Legislature was through so she could attend some right-wing convention in the Midwest? I'm sure of the general statement, and I'm not going to spend any time verifying the details here, but, yeah she stalled a lot more state time than this. No merit to her ethics complaints, eh?
Yet what a lackey on the job she is!! I seem to recall Obama leaving town many times during the deliberations of the stimulus bill. I bet it just kills you that she is sooo squeaky clean doesn't it.
She appoints people who will defend her and that makes her squeaky clean? Obama leaves town on the business of the people - it's his job and that means that he isn't working? Besides, the President doesn't take part in deliberations of the House and Senate.
I appreciate all you do to let the world in on what is really going on there in Alaska! Shannyn you said it the best! "If Palin's track record were void of vengeance and retribution on a regular basis, this wouldn't be a story."
Yep dems are so void of vengence and retribution arent they!! Blago, Rahm - dead fish- Emanuel, Burris, Sharpton, Jackson, etc, etc,etc. You may want to look up your facts on how many of the ethics commitee people she appointed. I believe the number is one. Didnt Obama fly out on the taxpayer dime to support Harry Reid this week?? I bet you think that is a good use of taxpayer dollars though dont you. Ohh wait, I forgot. That was Bush's fault too.
People who do not live in Alaska have no idea how bizarre and ineffectual The Palin's "governance" really is. They only know what they read in the papers and tabloids. Multiply what you read/hear by a gazillion, and you still don't come close to the vindictive pettiness, untruths and incompetence of the Palin "administration."
Palin only speaks to Alaskans in press releases or via uber shrill spokesbot Meg Stapletongue.
That's why we need people like Shannyn to get the truth out.
So I went to the Alaska Correction Officers website, and lo and behold, IT'S A UNION!! A union is suing the ADMINISTRATION alleging a holdup on approving a pay increase!!!
So, a union is getting its feet dirty. What else is new? Unions are basically bullies, anyway. Kind of like a legal mafia.
I just love how Joe Schmidt "allegedly" dated Sarah Palin in high school. They both went to Wasilla High School, that hardly makes them fomer squeezes. Another example of Shannyn s t r e t c h i n g her truths.
Shannyn, since you're in the public eye (so to speak), I wonder how many male classmates tell their buddies that you and he were "friends"????
Ignorance is bliss . . . in some cases, dismal bliss.
It's shocking that someone would actually DE>FEND Palin. Wow!
Why shocking? Sarah Palin is attacked every minute of the day by posters on HuffPo. She's been called everything from *stupid* to being accused of flashing a crowd. Palin Derangement Syndrome is rampant on this site.
If you were to leave HuffPo and check out some other sites you might find that there actually are Americans who like Sarah Palin: we think she's worked very hard to get where she is; she is optimistic and easy-going; she doesn't let people like Shannyn get under her skin.
Yes, we number in the millions. We defend her because people like Shannyn take every single opportunity to slam her, and people who post here just call her names, they have nothing really to say except that *wow, she's stupid!* .
Leave this comfy site and go out into the world, you might be surprised.
L o L... interesting that you would so quickly ' jump to conclusions'.... and then you blame Shannyn for 'jumping to conclusions'...? Have you looked in the mirror lately..?
Hypocrisy is looking back at You.
And if you spent 5 minutes doing a Google search on this guy his history would come up. But why let the facts get in the way of your 'conclusions'. No fun in that is there.
I'm LOL at Obama. : ^D
Where do I jump to conclusions? Shannyn herself wrote "Schmidt allegedly dated Sarah Palin in high school".
Oh, and I did do a Google search on Joe Schmidt, and read at least 5 different sites. Not a single one confirmed that Schmidt and Palin ever went out on a single date.
Heh.
Laura, non-stories that become stories to smear a person is an Alinsky tactic. I'm sure these libs are happy that Sarah Palin was so unqualified to be vice president that we got Joe Biden instead. That really makes the Palin bashers look smart! I can see my teleprompter from Delaware!
Hey ReaganTMan! Nice to have some company. Your point about Biden is valid. Can you imagine what would happen if Sarah Palin revealed the VP "hiding room" as Biden did last month?
As an Alaskan who is really fed up with Palin's actions and behavior you can have her OK.
Tell me sense you are so smart as to be able to go to a web site what are Joe Schmidts' credentials?
Palin and her followers are foolish and prove it over and over again.
OMG! Who is going to finally nail her on something and WHEN????? This woman is a whackjob and should have never been introduced to the National Political Arena. She is in over her head and that head has no coherent thoughts or ideas. Let's not forget her beliefs on history where men walked with dinosaurs and End Days is near. She has been excorcised (sp?) and was voted in the "Top 5 Most Corrupt Politicians of 2008". Quite a list.
Her high school boyfriend is 2nd in line to the govenorship? I wonder what his qualifications were, hall monitor?
Your comment may be more fact than fiction.
The Woman in her Cabinet in charge of Agriculture was appointed by Palin.
Why was she qualified when asked.... " She does like Cows"...? MOOOOOO !
Glad she was fully vetted by Palin. Wouldn't want somebody unqualified in THAT position.
Interesting that you should say that.
At the height of the 'Troopergate' drama, I read that Sarah Palin's administration featured a veritable 'Who's Who' of Guv's high school yearbook. Keep your friends close, as they say ...
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