Alaska

Wasilla Councilman Recalled After He Drunkenly Trashed Hotel Room

Jillian Rayfield | February 8, 2012, 12:14PM

Members of an Alaska Tea Party group successfully pushed for a recall of Wasilla City Councilman Steve Menard, after he admitted to drunkenly trashing a hotel room he was staying in during a trip on city business.

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Steve Menard

Wasilla City Councilman Won't Resign After Drunkenly Trashing Hotel Room

Jillian Rayfield | August 24, 2011, 3:58PM

Steve Menard, a City Councilman in Wasilla, Alaska, is being forced to repay the city for damages to a Sitka hotel room that was found trashed after his stay there.

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Sarah Palin

Alaska Journo: Palin's Banned Media List Written By Todd Palin

Eric Kleefeld | December 24, 2009, 4:59PM

Further details have emerged about the banning of undesirable reporters from the Sarah Palin book tour event in Palin's hometown of Wasilla, after Alaska-based photojournalist and videographer Dennis Zaki found himself on the list.

We reported that Zaki was turned away from Palin's homecoming event in Alaska on Tuesday. Zaki checked in at the media window with a blogger friend, and they were told they had to leave. "They were anxious to get us out the door quickly," blogger Jesse Griffin told TPMmuckraker. The two men didn't fight the decision.

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Topics: Alaska, Dennis Zaki, Sarah Palin, Todd Palin, Wasilla

Alaska

Media On Palin's 'Banned List' Ejected From Going Rogue Event

Justin Elliott | December 23, 2009, 12:45PM

Sarah Palin's war on the media continues?

The woman who once called on the press to "quit makin' things up" took it a step further yesterday by allegedly banning four members of the media from a book event in Wasilla, Alaska.

On a four-person "banned list" -- yes, that term was actually used by police -- were a blogger, a videographer, a local radio host, and another person who hasn't been identified. TPMmuckraker reached two of the four by phone in Alaska this morning. Here's what happened.

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Topics: Alaska, Dennis Zaki, Going Rogue, Jesse Griffin, Sarah Palin, Wasilla