|
|
"A comprehensive, collaborative elections resource."
|
Sarah Palin's Constitutional Train Wreck
|
|---|
| Parent(s) |
Container
|
| Contributor | Craverguy |
| Last Edited | Craverguy Jul 13, 2009 06:35am |
| Logged |
0
|
| Category | Blog Entry |
| Author | Shannyn Moore |
| News Date | Monday, July 13, 2009 12:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | When Senator Bill Wielechowski came on my radio program this week, he dropped a bomb I wasn't ready for; in order for Alaska to avoid a constitutional crisis, "The real solution...is for the governor to say...'I will withhold my resignation until the legislature can meet.'"
Dead air...please explain, Senator.
Wielechowski pointed out that this was the first summer in years that the legislature was not called into a special session. Lawmakers made plans. Plans to fish, plans to visit friends and relatives Outside, plans to just enjoy an Alaskan Summer. Getting everyone together prior to July 25 (Palin's last day as governor), is almost next to impossible. "...we estimate we can (meet) first-second week in August..."
For some reason, nothing seems simple in Alaska. It would seem with the governor's resignation, the Lieutenant Governor, Sean Parnell, could simply take his seat. The appointed third-in-line would then slip into Sean's chair and we could get back to business.
Sorry. According to both parties, Alaska sits on the edge of a constitutional crisis because of the "chain of command vacuum" created by the governor's abrupt resignation. |
| Share |
|
|
2¢
|
|
| Article | Read Full Article |
|
| Date |
Category |
Headline |
Article |
Contributor |
|
|
