Palin on Earmarks: ‘We Did Well’

[RamboLiberal]

Source: Washington Independent

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!!!



Read more: http://www.washingtonindependent.com/4328/more-on-palins-true-stand-on-earmarks

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[mcg]

1. It would save U.S. money if Alaska did seceed.

What is the Alaska Independence Party complaining about?
Alaska takes all this money from the U.S. and then the
AIP complains about the U.S.

[Deny and Shred]

2. Small government? Earmark crusader? Joke! EOM

[Supersedeas]

3. and yet the Media Free Ride continues

[AzDar]

4. Kick!

:kick:

[redqueen]

5. I bet she was proud... it was her decision to hire the lobbyist to get that federal $$$ wasn't it?

I'm pretty sure I read it was her decision.

[jberryhill]

6. She Hunts PORK Too!

Mooseburgers AND Pork.

[not fooled]

7. Where's the smiley face?

The only thing missing from her scribbles.

[mhatrw]

8. Porklin! n/t