The Alaska Constitution doesn't allow legislators to accept jobs created while they were in office.
Dahlstrom announced in May that she was resigning from the state House to take a newly created position as Parnell's senior military adviser. The Parnell administration has maintained Dahlstrom's $96,000 job was legal because it wasn't technically created until she resigned from the Legislature. The same thing happened when Parnell created an energy advisor job for Sen. Gene Therriault last August. Previous administrations also used the practice to hire legislators.
The attorney general told Anchorage talk radio host Dan Fagan on KFQD 750 AM in Anchorage Friday that he would look deeper into the Dahlstrom hire.
"I know it's become a big issue with you and your listeners. And I think that given the numerous questions that have been raised...the issue I think merits a more thorough legal analysis. We did some review, it wasn't like very thorough and I've asked my team to conduct a more thorough analysis," Sullivan said.
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