Wednesday, September 17, 2008

'Sarah Palin's wasteful ways'

"She poses as a fiscal watchdog, but when Palin was mayor, she grabbed city funds to give her office a pricey 'bordello' makeover." Full story here.

Sarah Palin has been touting herself as fiscal watchdog throughout her political career. But Palin's tenure as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, was characterized by waste, cronyism and incompetence, according to government officials in the Matanuska Valley, where she began her fairy-tale political rise.

"Executive abilities? She doesn't have any," said former Wasilla City Council member Nick Carney, who selected and groomed Palin for her first political race in 1992 and served with her after her election to the City Council. . . .

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