Palin's Government in Alaska is Beginning to Look Like the Bush Admin. - Subpoenas to be Ignored [View All]

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The Associated Press
Tuesday, September 16, 2008; 10:55 PM


Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas

JUNEAU, Alaska -- Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the attorney general said state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case.

In a letter to state Sen. Hollis French, the Democrat overseeing the investigation, Republican Attorney General Talis Colberg asked that the subpoenas be withdrawn. He also said the employees would refuse to appear unless either the full state Senate or the entire Legislature votes to compel their testimony.

Colberg, who was appointed by Palin, said the employees are caught between their respect for the Legislature and their loyalty to the governor, who initially agreed to cooperate with the inquiry but has increasingly opposed it since McCain chose her as his running mate.
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"This is an untenable position for our clients because the governor has so strongly stated that the subpoenas issued by your committee are of questionable validity," Colberg wrote.

Last week, French's Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenaed 13 people. They include 10 employees of Palin's administration and three who are not: her husband, Todd Palin; John Bitney, Palin's former legislative liaison who now is chief of staff for Republican House Speaker John Harris; and Murlene Wilkes, a state contractor.

read: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/16/AR2008091600265_pf.html


republicans think they're above scrutiny and accountability and can just pick and choose which subpoenas they honor. So much for the 'reformers'

This is what we can expect from a MCCain/Palin administration. More of the same old obstructionism.