The first thing Palin did after being elected was fire six department heads in the City, including the Police Commissioner and the librarian. As The Anchorage Daily News put it: "the newly elected mayor of Wasilla has asked all of the city's top managers to resign in order to test their loyalty to her administration." It added:

She's also been criticized by the local semiweekly newspaper for a new policy requiring department heads to get the mayor's approval before talking to reporters. An editorial in The Frontiersman labeled it a "gag order."
In January of 1997, Palin seemed actually to lie about what she did, as the same paper reported:
Palin said she planned to meet with [Police Chief Irl] Stambaugh and [librarian Mary Ellen] Emmons this afternoon. She also disputed whether they had actually been fired. "There's been no meeting, no actual terminations," she said.
Stambaugh's response was to read part of the letter given to him.

"Although I appreciate your service as police chief, I've decided it's time for a change. I do not feel I have your full support in my efforts to govern the city of Wasilla. Therefore I intend to terminate your employment. . . . "

"If that's not a letter of termination, I don't know what is," he said.

Perhaps the most disturbing revelation about Palin yet appeared in the Time article linked above -- that one of the very first things she did after being elected Mayor was pressure the librarian to ban books which she found offensive in some way:
Stein says that as mayor, Palin continued to inject religious beliefs into her policy at times. "She asked the library how she could go about banning books," he says, because some voters thought they had inappropriate language in them. "The librarian was aghast." That woman, Mary Ellen Baker, couldn't be reached for comment, but news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor.

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hahaha.

She took out the libbie trash.

Gotta love it.

90% APPROVAL RATING AS GOV.

virtually every city in the United States when a new mayor comes in?

KA

I have reason to believe you fools will rationalize ANYTHING unless she took your guns, or approved of a womans right to choose.

Is it too strong a statement to say, yes they do? Palin too is proving to be like Bush in politicizing job requirements and curtailing first ammendment rights.

She cleaned house....swept the liberal trash out the door. Yes, indeed....that IS what we want.

Be careful what you wish for Hitleretta.

couldn't you respond to my question?

KA

I answered your "question", fool.

which is not really an answer, but rather an admitance that you have no response.

So, I'll simplify my question. Here in San Francisco, incoming Mayor Gavin Newsome told every department head that they had to reapply for their job, and he ended up replacing nearly every one, including the Fire Chief and the Police Chief. The same thing happened when Mayor Ron Delums took over for Jerry Brown in Oakland.

It is common practice for a new mayor to install their own people as heads of city government, so why is this even an issue for you libs in the case of Mayor Palin?

KA

It may occur some places but it is not common place also how often are librarians and police chiefs told they cannot speak to the press without permission. You also approve of book banning in a public library? Sound familiar? Yes, the Nazi's did it, so did the communists.

I consult for a State Agency, we have policy memos which state that all inquiries from the public and the media need to be directed to the press office.

It's common for all public agencies to have a press office such that policy set by the agency, city, locality and State to be consistant.

KA

Sorry, Chev, but that's a reality of life.

Not in most AMERICAN cities. BTW If you want Chev, idiot, email him. You buy into msmike and brujas paranoia too?

all cities have a press office. Now you're just making things up, Chevy, my friend.

KA

seriously, you need to admit, at least to yourself, you are way off base on this. For your mental health, at the very least.

Now you're wrong three ways (1) the issure of censorship of officials by hick town mayors, (2) I am not your friend and (3) I am JesseD, not Chevy. So far Chevy has been at least 8 posters on this board according to one of the biggest posers here, MsMike and his faithful HO, Bruja.