Editorial from the Frontiersman:

We no longer have a bipartisan group of state legislators using its power of checks and balances to make sure Alaska is being led responsibly. We have state legislators who are aligning themselves fully behind their party stances. We have all the power of the national Republican and Democratic committees brought to bear on what had been first a family dispute and then a relatively small state issue.
The fact has always been Monegan was an at-will employee appointed by Palin, and her right to dismiss him has never been questioned, only her motivation and its appropriateness. No matter how the evidence shapes up, the issue would have been just a blip on the screen.
But that was before Alaska mattered in worldwide politics. That was before every bed Sarah Palin has slept in during her 44 years was shaken for fleas.
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n an election where huge issues loom — economy, global security, health care, education — Troopergate has become a no-see-um buzzing around our heads, not only as Alaskans, but as Americans. Should Palin be exonerated, the process will be labeled a Republican cover-up; if wrongdoing is found, the governor will be painted a victim of a Democratic hatchet job attempting to derail her candidacy.
If this Troopergate probe cannot give the people of Alaska what they deserve — an untainted explanation and conclusion — then somebody needs to just squash it.

Do you even remember a time when the Frontiersman wasn’t required reading?