Looks like Palin is not above abusing her position to politicize government:

Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin fired the city's police chief and the library director without warning Thursday, accusing them of not fully supporting her efforts to govern. Irl Stambaugh and Mary Ellen Emmons said letters signed by Palin were dropped on their desks Thursday afternoon telling them their jobs were over as of Feb. 13 and that they no longer needed to report to work.

Police Chief Stambaugh was evidently fired because he did not support Palin for reelection, and sued her for breach of contract.  He lost because a judge said Palin had the right to fire him for any reason.

It might be legal, but perhaps not so comforting to those who think a major cleanup in Aisle 5 is going to be necessary after the Bush administration made the government disfunctional by stacking it with incompetent crony hacks willing to sign some sort of loyalty oath to the king.