Well perhaps if anyone had bothered to take a bit of a closer look at
the situation and weigh both sides of the story (now there's a novel
idea . . .) you would see it tends to be a tad bit different.<br>
<br>
The funding in question was part of a facilities expansion (new
building construction, NOT operational funding) Federal Grant to the
Covenant House, a private organization whose "sole purpose is to be of
value to this community by remaining open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
for kids in crisis", and was more than 3 times the amount received in
2006 ($1,194,788) from Federal sources. <br>
(<a href="http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgive&npoId=332976">http://www.guidestar.org/pqShowGsReport.do?partner=justgive&npoId=332976</a><br>
<br>
Please note that with resepct to operational funding (food, clothing,
counseling, schooling, job searching etc) "Approximately 90% of
our (Covenant House) funding comes from the generous donations of
friends like you"<br>
(<a href="http://covenanthouseak.org/about.htm">http://covenanthouseak.org/about.htm</a>). <br>
<br>
Seems like the kids in question might be a bit more crowded (I guess a
"shortfall" of 1.1 mil may mean buddying up in a room) but even so it
falls far short of "damage to other young women, unmarried and
pregnant", and certainly does not seem to indicate any lack of
"common sense or compassion'" once the total picture is seen.<br>
<br>
All in all this seems to be a fairly health shot in the financial arm
since, according to the State of Alaska SB231
(<a href="http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/07_OMB/SB231bill.pdf">http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/07_OMB/SB231bill.pdf</a>) Covenant House
was to receive only $155,000 in 2007.<br>
<br>
What a monsterous sociopath is this unknown Govenor Palin!!<br>
<br>
Keep swinging Mix and Hansen - I wouldn't expect any less of you.<br>
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GS<br>
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">keely emerinemix</b> <<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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It's not fair to criticize her parenting skills or Christian morality
just because her daughter is pregnant. It's absolutely fair --
nay, necessary -- to criticize her legislation, judgment, and Christian
morality on the basis of votes like this. <br><br>Palin
won't last through September, but the damage to her daughter will
linger, although perhaps not for as long as the damage to other young
women, unmarried and pregnant, whose situations seem to not have
beckoned forth the governor's common sense or compassion . . . <br><br>Keely<br><a href="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/</a><br>
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> Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 12:58:31 +0000<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms<div><span class="e" id="q_11c293902e4b0f67_1"><br>> <br>> "Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who <br>
> revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this <br>> year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program <br>> benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live."<br>
> <br>> - From the Washington Post at:<br>> <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6ndx4g" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://tinyurl.com/6ndx4g</a><br>> <br>> Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>
> <br>> Tom Hansen<br>> Moscow, Idaho<br>> <br>> "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college <br>> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
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