Levi Johnston, the 18 yr old boyfriend of Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol, quit his job in an Alaskan oil field after questions of his eligibility surfaced, the Anchorage Daily News reports.
Johnston had been working for ASRC Energy Services Inc. in North Slope County, Alaska, since the fall.
In his column, radio talk show host Dan Fagan said that federal regulations require members of the program to have a high school diploma – which Johnston does not. He also questioned Gov. Palin's involvement in securing the job for Johnston.
The governor has denied any help in securing Johnston the job. Palin, in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News said she considered Fagan's column "a political potshot taken at me," one that threatens to "destroy a young man's opportunity for work."
Johnston's father Keith tells the newspaper: "He felt it was the best thing to do to kind of calm the waters, so to speak."
Keith Johnston, who also works as a construction engineer for the company, called the diploma discrepancy an oversight. "It's just something that slipped through the cracks," he says.
Johnston's father also said he felt like the media was focused too severely on his son, who became a father with Bristol Palin on Dec. 27.
"You guys are watching him so tightly," Johnston said. "He's being treated different than an average 18-year-old kid. He has to do everything by the book now."
GV Says: Did you peep what the father said, "He has to do everything by the book now." WTF...what is he saying....that he's been cutting corners and getting over up until now.
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