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On [[July 11]] [[2008]], Governor Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety, and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/monegan/ Resources from ''Anchorage Daily News'' regarding the Monegan affair].</ref><ref name=monegan>{{cite news | first=Kyle | last=Hopkins | title=Governor offered Monegan a different job | date=[[2008-07-12]] | publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] | url =http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/463204.html | work =Anchorage Daily News | accessdate = 2008-08-21}}</ref> According to Monegan, his dismissal may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an [[Alaska State Troopers|Alaska State Trooper]] who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.<ref name=monegan1>{{cite news | first=Megan | last=Hollan | title=Monegan says he was pressured to fire cop | date=[[2008-07-19]] | publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] | url =http://www.adn.com/politics/story/469135.html | work =Anchorage Daily News | accessdate = 2008-07-22}}: "Monegan said he still isn't sure why he was fired but thought that Wooten could be part of it."</ref> The trooper (i.e. Governor Palin's ex-brother-in-law) had been briefly suspended in 2006 for, among other things, threatening to kill the Governor's father, but the trooper had not been fired.<ref>Demer, Lisa. [http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html Is Wooten a good trooper?], ''Anchorage Daily News'' ([[2008-07-27]]).</ref>
On [[July 11]] [[2008]], Governor Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety, and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/monegan/ Resources from ''Anchorage Daily News'' regarding the Monegan affair].</ref><ref name=monegan>{{cite news | first=Kyle | last=Hopkins | title=Governor offered Monegan a different job | date=[[2008-07-12]] | publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] | url =http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/463204.html | work =Anchorage Daily News | accessdate = 2008-08-21}}</ref> According to Monegan, his dismissal may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an [[Alaska State Troopers|Alaska State Trooper]] who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.<ref name=monegan1>{{cite news | first=Megan | last=Hollan | title=Monegan says he was pressured to fire cop | date=[[2008-07-19]] | publisher=[[The McClatchy Company]] | url =http://www.adn.com/politics/story/469135.html | work =Anchorage Daily News | accessdate = 2008-07-22}}: "Monegan said he still isn't sure why he was fired but thought that Wooten could be part of it."</ref> The trooper (i.e. Governor Palin's ex-brother-in-law) had been briefly suspended in 2006 for, among other things, threatening to kill the Governor's father, but the trooper had not been fired.<ref>Demer, Lisa. [http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html Is Wooten a good trooper?], ''Anchorage Daily News'' ([[2008-07-27]]).</ref>


Palin has asserted that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to her sister or ex-brother-in-law, and instead says that Monegan was dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."<ref name="Sean">Cockerham, Sean. [http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/492964.html “Palin staff pushed to have trooper fired”], ''Anchorage Daily News'' ([[2008-08-14]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref> Members of her administration did contact Monegan's office regarding the ex-brother-in-law, but Palin says that was not a factor in her dismissal of Monegan.<ref name="Sean" />
Palin has asserted that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to her sister or ex-brother-in-law, and instead says that Monegan was dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."<ref name="Sean">Cockerham, Sean. [http://www.adn.com/monegan/story/492964.html “Palin staff pushed to have trooper fired”], ''Anchorage Daily News'' ([[2008-08-14]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref> Members of her administration did contact Monegan's office regarding the ex-brother-in-law, but Palin says that that was not a factor in her dismissal of Monegan.<ref name="Sean" />


In August 2008, the [[Alaska Legislature]] hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal, though lawmakers acknowledge that "Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time."<ref> Quinn, Steve. [http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/jul/28/lawmakers-formally-call-investigation-palins-publi/ "Lawmakers formally call for investigation into Palin's Public Safety firing"], Associated Press via ''Daily News-Miner'' ([[2008-07-28]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref> The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator [[Hollis French]], who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating, and so subpoenas are unnecessary.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/495594.html “Subpoenas uncalled for in Wooten matter”], Anchorage Daily News ([[2008-08-16]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref>
In August 2008, the [[Alaska Legislature]] hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal, though lawmakers acknowledge that "Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time."<ref> Quinn, Steve. [http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/jul/28/lawmakers-formally-call-investigation-palins-publi/ "Lawmakers formally call for investigation into Palin's Public Safety firing"], Associated Press via ''Daily News-Miner'' ([[2008-07-28]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref> The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator [[Hollis French]], who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating, and so subpoenas are unnecessary.<ref>[http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/495594.html “Subpoenas uncalled for in Wooten matter”], Anchorage Daily News ([[2008-08-16]]). Retrieved [[2008-08-24]].</ref>

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Sarah Palin
Governor Sarah Palin
11th Governor of Alaska
Assumed office
December 4 2006
LieutenantSean Parnell
Preceded byFrank Murkowski
Personal details
Born (1964-02-11) February 11, 1964 (age 60)
Sandpoint, Idaho
Political partyRepublican
SpouseTodd Palin
Alma materUniversity of Idaho
ProfessionJournalist

Sarah Heath Palin (born February 11 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska, and a member of the Republican Party. She is the first female governor of Alaska, its youngest, and is the first governor born after Alaska achieved statehood. She was elected by first defeating the incumbent Republican governor in the Republican primary, then a former Democratic Alaskan Governor in the general election.

Biography

Palin was born as Sarah Louise Heath in Sandpoint, Idaho, U.S.A..

Palin was the point guard for the Wasilla High School Warriors when they won the Alaska small-school basketball championship, in 1982.[1] In 1984, Palin competed in the Miss Alaska beauty pageant after winning the Miss Wasilla contest earlier that year.[2] In the Wasilla pageant, she played the flute and also won Miss Congeniality.

Details of Palin's personal life have contributed to her political image. She eats moose burgers and rides snowmobiles.[3] She admits that she used marijuana when it was legal in Alaska, but says that she did not like it.[4]

Palin holds a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Idaho. She briefly worked in the media and utility industries.[citation needed]

Palin holds a lifetime membership with the National Rifle Association. Her husband, Todd, works for BP at an oil field on the North Slope[5] and is a commercial fisherman.[citation needed] On September 11, 2007, the Palins' son Track joined the Army. Age 18 at the time, he is the eldest of her five children.[6] She also has three daughters, Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7.[7] On April 18, 2008, Palin gave birth to her second son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome.[8] The Palin family lives in Wasilla, about 40 miles (64 km) north of Anchorage.[6]

Pre-gubernatorial political experience

Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 1996 and became a two-term mayor and city manager of Wasilla, one of Alaska's fastest-growing communities. She was in office from 1996 to 2002.[9] Palin was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.[7]

In 2002, Palin made a failed bid for Lieutenant Governor, coming in second to Loren Leman in a four-way race. After Frank Murkowski became governor (resigning his long-held U.S. Senate seat in mid-term), some considered Palin to be his possible successor.[citation needed] However, Murkowski appointed his daughter, then-Alaska State Representative Lisa Murkowski.

Then-Governor Murkowski appointed Palin Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission[10], where she served from 2003 to 2004 -- until resigning in protest over what she perceived to be the "lack of ethics" of fellow Alaskan Republican leaders.[citation needed] Her critics included the state Republican party's chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her fellow Oil & Gas commissioners (who was accused of doing work for the party on public time, and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail).[11] Palin filed formal complaints against both Ruedrich and former Alaska Attorney General Gregg Renkes (who was eventually acquitted). Palin also served an elected term on the Valley Hospital board.[citation needed]

Governorship

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Governor Palin with Alaska's At-large U.S. Representative Don Young

In 2006, Palin executed an upset victory over then-Gov. Murkowski in the Republican gubernatorial primary. She went on to win the general election in November 2006, defeating former Governor Tony Knowles. Palin said in 2006 that education, public safety, and transportation would be three cornerstones of her administration.[4]

When elected, Palin became the youngest governor in Alaskan history (42 years old upon taking office), and the first woman to be Alaska's governor. Palin was also the first Alaskan governor born after Alaska achieved U.S. statehood. She was also the first Alaskan governor not to be inaugurated in Juneau, instead choosing to hold her inauguration ceremony in Fairbanks. She took office on December 4 2006. Her Lieutenant Governor was Sean Parnell.

Palin supports holding occasional legislative sessions outside the state capital, and municipal revenue sharing to help local governments.[citation needed]

In August 2008 a former state worker filed an ethics complaint against Palin and many in her staff. The charge accuses Palin, her acting chief of staff and others of breaking executive ethics branch and hiring rules, the complaint has been disputed.[12]

Energy policies

Shortly after taking office, Palin rescinded the appointment of former chief of staff Jim Clark to the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority, reversing an appointment made in the closing days or hours of Frank Murkowski's Administration. [13] Clark later pled guilty to conspiring with a defunct oil-field-services company to channel money into Frank Murkowski's re-election campaign. [14]

In April 2007, Palin announced plans to create a new sub-cabinet, to address climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions within Alaska. [15]

In March 2007, Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA) as the new legal vehicle for building a natural gas pipeline from the state's North Slope.[16] Only one legislator, Representative Ralph Samuels, voted against the measure,[17] and in June Palin signed it into law.[18][19] On January 5, 2008, Palin announced that a Canadian Company, Transcanada Corp, was the sole AGIA-compliant applicant.[20][21]

In response to high oil and gas prices, and in response to the resulting state government budget surplus, Palin proposed giving Alaskans $100-a-month energy debit cards. She also proposed providing grants to electrical utilities so that they would reduce customers' rates.[22] She subsequently dropped the debit card proposal, and in its place she proposed to send Alaskans $1,200 directly.[23]

Same sex rights and abortion

Palin is strongly pro-life and belongs to Feminists for Life.[4] She opposes same-sex marriage; but, she has stated that she has gay friends, and is receptive to gay and lesbian concerns about discrimination.[4] While the previous administration did not implement same-sex benefits, Palin complied with a state Supreme Court order and signed them into law. [24]

She supported a democratic advisory vote from the public on whether there should be a constitutional amendment on the matter.[25] Alaska was one of the first U.S. states to pass a constitutional ban on gay marriage, in 1998, along with Hawaii.[26]

Palin's first veto was used on legislation that would have barred the state from granting benefits to gay state employees and their partners. In effect, her veto granted State of Alaska benefits to same-sex couples. The veto occurred after Palin consulted with Alaska's attorney general on the constitutionality of the legislation.[27]

Matanuska Maid Dairy closure

Matanuska Maid Dairy was a state-owned business. When the Alaska Dairy Board recommended closing the unprofitable business, Palin fired the board and appointed long-time Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska associates to replace the ousted boardmembers -- including influential real estate businesswoman Kristan Cole.[28] The new board quickly approved raising the price of milk offered by the dairy, in an attempt to control fiscal losses, despite the fact that milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices.[29] In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts, but no bids were received.[30][31]

Budget

In the first days of her administration, Palin followed through on a campaign promise to sell the Westwind II jet purchased (on a state government credit account) by the Murkowski administration. The state placed the jet for sale on eBay three times. In August 2007, the jet was sold for $2.7 million.[32]

Shortly after becoming governor, Palin canceled an 11 miles (18 km) gravel road outside of Juneau to a mine, reversing a decision made in the closing days or hours of the Murkowski Administration.[33]

In June 2007, Palin signed into law the largest operating budget in Alaska's history ($6.6 billion).[34] At the same time, she used her veto power to make the second-largest cuts of the construction budget in state history. The US$237 million in cuts represented over 300 local projects, and reduced the construction budget to nearly US$1.6 billion.[35]

Commissioner dismissal

On July 11 2008, Governor Palin dismissed Walter Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety, and instead offered him a position as executive director of the state Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, which he subsequently turned down.[36][37] According to Monegan, his dismissal may have been partly due to his reluctance to fire an Alaska State Trooper who had been involved in a divorce and child custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly McCann.[38] The trooper (i.e. Governor Palin's ex-brother-in-law) had been briefly suspended in 2006 for, among other things, threatening to kill the Governor's father, but the trooper had not been fired.[39]

Palin has asserted that her dismissal of Monegan was unrelated to her sister or ex-brother-in-law, and instead says that Monegan was dismissed for not adequately filling state trooper vacancies, and because he "did not turn out to be a team player on budgeting issues."[40] Members of her administration did contact Monegan's office regarding the ex-brother-in-law, but Palin says that that was not a factor in her dismissal of Monegan.[40]

In August 2008, the Alaska Legislature hired Steve Branchflower to investigate Palin and her staff for possible abuse of power surrounding the dismissal, though lawmakers acknowledge that "Monegan and other commissioners serve at will, meaning they can be fired by Palin at any time."[41] The investigation is being overseen by Democratic State Senator Hollis French, who says that the Palin administration has been cooperating, and so subpoenas are unnecessary.[42]

High approval ratings

In July 2007, Palin had an approval rating often in the 90s.[43] A poll the following month had her approval rating at 84 percent, with five percent disapproving.[44]

A poll published by Hays Research on July 28, 2008 showed Palin's approval rating at 80%. [45]

Vice-presidential prospects

Main article: Republican Party (United States) vice presidential candidates, 2008

Palin has been rumored as a unique and viable candidate for the vice-presidency with Republican presumptive nominee Senator John McCain in the 2008 election.[46][47]

Due to her female status, youthful image, background in government reform, pro-life stance, fiscal and social conservatism, and an approval rating in Alaska generally in the range of 80 to 90 percent, Palin could become the ticket to solidify the GOP's conservative base and garner independent support, as well as win over some of the disenchanted Hillary Clinton supporters. Furthermore, Palin has a strong and growing community of online supporters lobbying for her.[48][48][49][50][51] [52]

Electoral history

Election results

2006 Gubernatorial Election, Alaska
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Sarah Palin 114,697 48.33 -7.6
Democratic Tony Knowles 97,238 40.97 +0.3
Independent Andrew Halcro 22,443 9.46 n/a
Independence Don Wright 1,285 0.54 -0.4
Libertarian Billy Toien 682 0.29 -0.2
Green David Massie 593 0.25 -1.0
Write-ins 384 0.16 +0.1
Majority 17,459 7.36
Turnout 238,307 51.1
Republican hold Swing
Alaska Republican Gubernatorial Primary Election, 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Sarah Palin 51,443 50.59 n/a
Republican John Binkley 30,349 29.84 n/a
Republican Frank Murkowski, Incumbent 19,412 19.09 n/a
Republican Merica Hlatcu 211 0.21 n/a
Republican Gerald Heikes 280 0.28 n/a
Majority 21,094 20.75 n/a
Turnout 101,695 n/a n/a
2002 race for Lieutenant Governor (primary)[53]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Loren Leman 21,076 29% n/a
Republican Sarah Palin 19,114 27% n/a
Republican Robin Taylor 16,053 22% n/a
Republican Gail Phillips 13,804 19% n/a
Republican Paul Wieler 1,777 2% n/a

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