Sarah Palin Fired City Employees for No Cause and Suggested Burning Books
In October of 1996, Sarah Palin asked the Wasilla police chief, librarian, public works director, and finance director to resign, and instituted a policy requiring department heads to get her approval before talking to reporters. Sarah Palin was reportedly upset about things these city employees had said about her. In January 1997, Sarah Palin notified the police chief, Irl Stambaugh, and the town librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, that they were being fired as a result of not heeding her warning to step down. Sarah Palin said in a letter that she wanted a change because she believed the two did not fully support her administration! She rescinded the firing of the librarian, but not the police chief. The chief filed a lawsuit, but a court dismissed it, finding that the mayor had the right to fire city employees for nearly any reason. According to Anne Kilkenny, a Democrat who observed the City Council, Sarah Palin also brought up the idea of banning some books at one city council meeting, but did not follow through with the idea.
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