[Vision2020] On Sarah Palin

[Jeff Harkins]

Probably should read the bio again Tom

She was elected as chairwoman of the Alaska Conference of Mayors - 
some tough competition there - Juneau, Anchorage ......

Hmmm

Cut property taxes by 60%
Cut her salary
Sold the Governor's plane
Pressed on several ethical challenges and prevailed.

She has more executive experience than all three male candidates combined.

A UI Journalism grad -

Oh, did I mention Palin is a WOMAN?

Has an 80% approval rating by constituents

WOW - a great decision.

Congrats again to Sarah Palin

At 08:35 AM 8/29/2008, you wrote:
>As proud as I am to see a UI alum advance her career, Sarah Palin, outside
>of two years as Governor of Alaska and two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska,
>City Council, has not held any other elected position.
>
>Now, what was McCain saying about Obama?
>
>Sarah Palin's political experience as reflected in Wikipedia at:
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin
>
>"Palin served two terms on the Wasilla City Council from 1992 to 1996. In
>1996, she challenged the incumbent mayor, criticizing wasteful spending
>and high taxes. The ex-mayor and sheriff tried to organize a recall
>campaign, but failed. Palin kept her campaign promises, reducing her own
>salary, as well as reducing property taxes by 60%. She ran for reelection
>against the former mayor in 1999, winning by an even larger margin. Palin
>was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
>
>In 2002, Palin made an unsuccessful bid for Lieutenant Governor, coming in
>second to Loren Leman in a four-way race. After Frank Murkowski resigned
>from his long-held U.S. Senate seat in mid-term to become governor, Palin
>interviewed to be his possible successor. Instead, Murkowski appointed his
>daughter, then-Alaska State Representative Lisa Murkowski.
>
>Governor Murkowski appointed Palin Ethics Commissioner of the Alaska Oil
>and Gas Conservation Commission, where she served from 2003 to 2004 until
>resigning in protest over what she called the "lack of ethics" of fellow
>Alaskan Republican leaders, who ignored her whistleblowing complaints of
>legal violations and conflicts of interest. After she resigned, she
>exposed the state Republican party's chairman, Randy Ruedrich, one of her
>fellow Oil & Gas commissioners, who was accused of doing work for the
>party on public time, and supplying a lobbyist with a sensitive e-mail.
>Palin filed formal complaints against both Ruedrich and former Alaska
>Attorney General Gregg Renkes, who both resigned; Ruedrich paid a record
>$12,000 fine."
>
>It should be noted, owever, that Sarah Palin is responsibile for exposing
>(and subsequently cleaning up) poliotical corruption of Alaskan politics,
>which begs the question now that McCain has selected her as his VP
>runniing mate . . .
>
>HUH?
>
>Seeya at Farmers' Market, Moscow.
>
>Tom Hansen
>Moscow, Idaho
>
>"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
>students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
>
>- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
>
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