re: #179 Slumbering Behemoth

Fulton said that as a security guard he is familiar with state law, and he believes he has the legal authority to police “private events” no matter where might take place. He refused to answer how exactly a member of the public attending Miller’s town hall meeting at a public school was supposed to know it was a private event, but said the Joe Miller sign outside was the giveaway.

The meeting was open to the public. There were no names taken at the door. Reporters were not asked to apply for credentials.

The event really does not sound like it was a private event.

As for the bathroom part, Hopfinger’s version of it is that he exchanged pleasantries with Miller while they were in the bathroom. I really don’t get how following someone into the bathroom would be so amazingly over the line, either.

As for the security guard’s saying they were required to be hired:

“He was contractually required to have us there,” Fulton said. “In their contract with the school district, they’re required to have security.”

But spokespeople for Murkowski and Democrat Scott McAdams each told RealClearPolitics that they had held several events at Anchorage public schools and have never had to provide their own security guards.

“Senator Murkowski last year during the health care debate held town halls where there were hundreds of people there at public schools in the Anchorage school district, and she was never required to have security, nor did we hire security,” Murkowski spokesperson Steve Wackowski said. “They just had to have a security plan.”

Should be easy to check up on.