Todd Palin, the "Shadow Governor" of Alaska?

[ColonelTom]

Well, the fundies will like that apparently Sarah Palin's husband still appears to be the "man of the house" - the Governor's mansion, that is:

In the aftermath of the Walt Monegan firing, one question keeps surfacing over and over again; why does the governor's husband, Todd Palin appear to hold so much power?

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The stories started last year when Representative Ralph Samuels told me about going into a meeting, he thought would be private, with Governor Sarah Palin. Much to his surprise, Todd Palin was there and proceeded to sit through the entire meeting.... Other lawmakers have shared similar stories and were shocked at how inappropriate Todd's presence was at meetings with the governor.

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The most alarming indication of Todd Palin's reach into state government came just yesterday. Last month, a group of Alaskans filed a freedom of information act for emails sent from the computers of both Frank Bailey and Ivey Frye. Along with several boxes of documents, they received a cover letter along with 78 pages detailing the emails that were not released due to "Deliberative Process and Executive Privilege".... The serious concern about these emails is that they were prohibited from being released to the public due to executive privilege, even though Todd Palin was copied on these same emails.

Todd Palin is not a member of the executive branch, nor is he even a government employee. Todd Palin is a member of the general public.

More at: http://www.andrewhalcro.com/shadow_governor

(I felt this item deserved its own thread - original link is from this post on another thread).