Background on Sarah Palin's "Troopergate" scandal, from the WSJ 7/31/08

Most of the article is devoted to a political bio of Palin--a good read with plenty of inside dirt on Palin.as well as right-wing puffery for one of their own.

From http://online.wsj.com/public/article_print/SB121746477267499109.html?mod=googlenews_wsj :

"The controversy now surrounding Ms. Palin stems from a messy divorce between state trooper Mike Wooten and his wife, Molly McCann, who is Ms. Palin's younger sister. ...

On July 11 of this year, Ms. Palin fired Department of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Mr. Monegan then complained that she and her husband had pressured him to fire Mr. Wooten. Ms. Palin, in a statement, denied that, saying she had removed the commissioner she had appointed 18 months earlier because she wanted "a new direction."

She said she will cooperate with the legislative probe, which is expected to be completed by November."