The Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation was going to close the state-owned, money-losing Wasilla-based Matanuska Maid Dairy, but after Palin (former mayor of Wasilla) was elected governor, things changed – abruptly:

“Certainly, it would be good news to see a turnaround for the company because Matanuska Maid is a great part of Alaska's history,” Gov. Sarah Palin said in a written statement. “But evidence shows that outside competition has undercut Mat Maid's ability to continue the way it has been operating. The Board of Agriculture's request provides the time it wants for corporate planning – whether that means greater solvency or closing its doors.”

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But when the board that ran the dairy still thought it should be shut down:

Mat Maid board rejects Palin plea to stay open.

Byline: S.J. Komarnitsky

Jun. 13–The Matanuska Maid dairy is still on track to shut down early next month despite pleas and $600,000 in already-promised state money from Gov. Sarah Palin.

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So Palin started thinking “how do I get what I want?”

Governor Palin is looking for a way to keep the doors of Alaska's oldest creamery open

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 So she fired the agriculture and conservation board and replaced it with people from the Wasilla area:

Palin looks to Mat-Su for board.

Byline: S.J. Komarnitsky

Jun. 19–WASILLA — Gov. Sarah Palin appointed new faces Monday, almost all from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, to replace seven state agriculture board members she dismissed over the weekend after a decision to shut down the state-owned Matanuska Maid dairy.

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Who then fired the chief executive of the dairy, who had been on a track to shut down the money-hemorrhaging state-owned business:

Creamery board cuts loose longtime chief.

Byline: S.J. Komarnitsky

Jul. 3–PALMER — The state Creamery Board, which last month overturned a decision to close the Matanuska Maid dairy, moved Monday to remove long-time chief executive Joe Van Treeck. In a unanimous decision that followed a two-hour closed meeting, the seven-member board voted to begin an immediate search for Van Treeck's replacement. Van Treeck, 53, started work at the 71-year-old Anchorage-based dairy in 1985 and has headed it since 1986.

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Reforminess: “Fire people who disagree with my desires”.