Palin-vetting and earmarks...

Rocketman95 · Sep 3, 2008

Is that for real? Seriously?

Oski2005 · Sep 3, 2008

Rocketman95 said:

Is that for real? Seriously?
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Yep, pulled from municipal records. Look how much Houston got that year

Digging through Wasilla’s municipal records is a lesson in the very essence of tedium. You’ve got pages of proposals to rename streets, assess sewers, build skateboard parks, buy lawnmowers, rent “pop” machines, carve snowmobile trails, congratulate high school football teams — the kind of stuff that makes small towns run, but leaves you glad that someone else is running them.

Every once in a while, though, something pops up and grabs your attention. Take, for example, Wasilla City Council Informational Memorandum 99-62, prepared on June 14, 1999. This little gem outlines some of the state-funded projects that Wasilla City secured that year, including $1.2 million for storm water treatment and $605,000 for pedestrian pathways.

Then, slapped in the margin, former Mayor Sarah Palin — reformer extraordinaire — scribbled the following message:

FYI This does not include our nearly one million Dollars from the Feds for our Airport Paving Project.

We did well!!!

As Laura pointed out earlier, John McCain didn’t think so. Indeed, The LA Times reported that McCain was criticizing Palin’s earmarks at the time that his now-running mate was securing them. It’s revelations like these that can quickly erode candidates’ maverick reputations.
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http://www.washingtonindependent.com/4328/more-on-palins-true-stand-on-earmarks

Rocketman95 · Sep 3, 2008

Oski2005 said:

Yep, pulled from municipal records. Look how much Houston got that year.

http://www.washingtonindependent.com/4328/more-on-palins-true-stand-on-earmarks
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That's probably Houston, Alaska, pop 1,000 or so.

Oski2005 · Sep 3, 2008

Rocketman95 said:

That's probably Houston, Alaska, pop 1,000 or so.
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I know, I should have put a smiley there.

Oski2005 · Sep 3, 2008

EDIT my mistake

JeopardE · Sep 3, 2008

Oski2005 said:

Interesting, Sarah Palin celebrating earmarks:
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Eh. I find it extremely hard to criticize a mayor for being pleased at receiving state funding for city projects.

It's called being a mayor. Unless those projects were wasteful and unnecessary projects, this is petty at best.

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