50 Gs to redo Palin's mayors office
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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.
By David Talbot
Sarah Palin in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2002. Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, from 1996-2002.
Sept. 17, 2008 * WASILLA, Alaska -- 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.
Four years later, the ambitious Palin won the Wasilla mayor's office -- after scorching the "tax and spend mentality" of her incumbent opponent. But Carney, Palin's estranged former mentor, and others in city hall were astounded when they found out about a lavish expenditure of Palin's own after her 1996 election. According to Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council's authorization.
"I thought it was an outrageous expense, especially for someone who had run as a budget cutter," said Carney. "It was also illegal, because Sarah had not received the council's approval."
According to Carney, Palin's office makeover included flocked, red wallpaper. "It looked like a bordello."
Although Carney says he no longer has documentation of the expenditures, in his recollection Palin paid for the office face-lift with money from a city highway fund that was used to plow snow, grade roads and fill potholes -- essential municipal services, particularly in weather-battered Alaska.
Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.
"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"
"I'll never forget it -- it's one of the few times in my life I've been speechless," Carney added. "It would have been easier for her to finesse it. She had the votes on the council by then, she controlled it. But she just pushed forward. That's Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations."
She poses as a fiscal watchdog, but when Palin was mayor, she grabbed city funds to give her office a pricey "bordello" makeover.
By David Talbot
Sarah Palin in Anchorage, Alaska, Aug. 8, 2002. Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, from 1996-2002.
Sept. 17, 2008 * WASILLA, Alaska -- 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.
Four years later, the ambitious Palin won the Wasilla mayor's office -- after scorching the "tax and spend mentality" of her incumbent opponent. But Carney, Palin's estranged former mentor, and others in city hall were astounded when they found out about a lavish expenditure of Palin's own after her 1996 election. According to Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council's authorization.
"I thought it was an outrageous expense, especially for someone who had run as a budget cutter," said Carney. "It was also illegal, because Sarah had not received the council's approval."
According to Carney, Palin's office makeover included flocked, red wallpaper. "It looked like a bordello."
Although Carney says he no longer has documentation of the expenditures, in his recollection Palin paid for the office face-lift with money from a city highway fund that was used to plow snow, grade roads and fill potholes -- essential municipal services, particularly in weather-battered Alaska.
Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.
"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"
"I'll never forget it -- it's one of the few times in my life I've been speechless," Carney added. "It would have been easier for her to finesse it. She had the votes on the council by then, she controlled it. But she just pushed forward. That's Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations."
OMG, a has been City councilman, getting his 15 minutes of fame because she remodeled her office for 50,000 and he did not like the wallpaper.
Why don't we talk about the millions of dollars Obama gave to his convicted pal Tony Rezko, who was supposed to use it to manage public housing projects in Illinois, but stole the money. Leaving the poor with rat infested shitholes.
Why don't we talk about the millions of dollars Obama gave to his convicted pal Tony Rezko, who was supposed to use it to manage public housing projects in Illinois, but stole the money. Leaving the poor with rat infested shitholes.
Oh yes, he may not have gotten his hands dirty enough for them to prove he is nothing more than a scumbag, but this is another chapter in who Obambi surrounds himself with, crooks, terrorists, and racists.
charver
You lookin' at my pint?
As it notes, Carney is a formal political mentor of Palin, from the time before she started to challenge the party establishment in Alaska. I also note there that there appears to be no contemporaneous recognition of this, and in fact there are no stories about it except the very recent one, quoting Carney.
Interestingly, I can’t find any mention of this in any source before the Salon story. In particular, neither the Anchorage Daily News nor the Wat-Su Frontiersman seem to have it. In such a small town, this would be big news if it were true.
I think this one has to go into the “Salon will print anything if it fits their agenda” category.
Interestingly, I can’t find any mention of this in any source before the Salon story. In particular, neither the Anchorage Daily News nor the Wat-Su Frontiersman seem to have it. In such a small town, this would be big news if it were true.
I think this one has to go into the “Salon will print anything if it fits their agenda” category.
ib1yysguy
Junior Member
It should be noted that Webbway did not write this so don't confuse this with critical thinking.
http://explorations.chasrmartin.com/2008/09/18/87-palin-spent-50000-redecorating-her-office/
FUCK THE POLICE
911 EVERY DAY
I don't care as long as she loses.
evince
Truthmatters
It is 625.00 for every man woman and child in this town.
evince
Truthmatters
Dear complete fucking assclown,
He served on the board of a non profit with this guy.
Under your same criteria John and Cindy McCain should be in prison for the Keating five shit.
uscitizen
Villified User
yeah but the sad tyhing is we have about 51 million of them out there.
An office has minimum costs, dumbass, and the size of the community has nothing to do with it