Alaskans will stick up for Alaskans despite party. When it's ten below and snowing sideways, you don't check bumper stickers to see if you'll help someone by the road. Walt Monegan and many other Alaskans have been thrown under McCain's Straight Talk Express Bus. A bi-partisan team is now formally asking for an apology. The Branchflower Report found Sarah Palin did abuse her power, even though she apparently hasn't read it. I will know life is back to normal when Republican Gail Phillips and I can get back to arguing about mining issues and I can keep rooting for Chancy Croft's son Eric in his mayoral run. Right now, we are trying to salvage all the collateral damage caused by the McCain/Palin campaign.
BI-PARTISAN CALL ON McCAIN CAMPAIGN FOR APOLOGY
TO FORMER ALASKA PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSIONER
Campaign Attacks on Career Law Enforcement Office Called
"Unconscionable"
ANCHORAGE - Today a bi-partisan call was made on the McCain Campaign for an apology to former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The bi-partisan call was made by former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Gail Phillips and former Senate President Chancy Croft. Both legislators expressed dismay at the negative characterizations made by McCain's campaign staff that traveled to Alaska in September and October in an unsuccessful attempt to derail the Legislature's bi-partisan "Troopergate" investigation. That investigation resulted in a report that was released, on a unanimous vote of the Alaska Legislature's Legislative Council, on October 10th.
Mr. Monegan, as conceded by Governor Palin in hiring him for the position, earned great respect throughout Alaska for his dedicated law enforcement work.
Former Speaker Phillips offered the following statement about Mr. Monegan, a former U.S. Marine, widely-respected career police officer, Anchorage Police Chief and State Public Safety Commissioner: "It's unconscionable that an outside campaign organization which had no knowledge of the history, background or understanding of an Alaskan issue would come to our State to destroy the reputation and life of a dedicated Alaskan public servant, Walt Monegan. Senator McCain's attempt to insert his campaign into action taken by the Alaska Legislature was wrong and poorly thought out".
Former President Croft noted "Walt's good reputation has become a casualty because of people who never met him, don't live in Alaska and who valued political attack over honor. Gail and I are speaking for thousands of Alaskans of all political loyalties and we would like to help Walt get back his earned reputation for honesty and dedicated public service".
To read the full text of their demand, go to shannynmoore.wordpress.com