Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

Mitchell on Palin and Violation of the Alaska Personnel Act

Alaska Statute 39.25.160(f) bars action affecting the employment status of a classified Alaska state employee on the basis of “a reason not related to merit.”  Anchorage attorney Don Mitchell argues, in an article at The Alaska Dispatch, that Palin violated that statute in allowing (or encouraging) subordinates to pressure then-Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monehan to fire […]