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Palin vetoes include some stimulus money: Government | adn.com

Palin’s written statement to the press said she was vetoing a total of $80 million. But that includes the $28.6 in energy stimulus money as well as $35 million that was really just a transfer between two accounts within the state budget.

What is it with that woman that prevents her from telling the truth?  Does she really think Alaskans are that stupid, or does she simply have zero respect for her constituents?  Is it only a coincidence that she makes this announcement so close to the first major holiday of the summer?  Think maybe she hopes that by Tuesday Alaskans will have forgotten her being a traitor to the State of Alaska?

The operating budget (government) continues to grow.  She cuts projects that would have provided much needed private sector jobs.  Then has the unmitigated gall and audacity to refuse to accept federal funds because of non-existent “strings”.

Alaskans, we need to ban together, write our representatives and tell them we want them to call themselves into special session and override the Governor’s cuts.  We need to let them know, and the Governor know, that we aren’t going to take a back seat to Palin’s political aspirations.  We need to let them know that we are fed up with Palin’s lies.  They need to know that we expect them to do their jobs and represent their constituents best interests and not allow that megalomaniac continue to ruin our state and our futures.  Even if she still refuses to accept the money, put her on record as thinking she knows better than 2/3 of the Legislature and the majority of Alaskans.

Find your representative here and write them today.  Don’t let her get away with this. Here is what I sent to my representatives:

I’m a constituent in your district, as my representative in Juneau I want you to work with other legislators to call yourselves into special session to override Palin’s vetoes.  To me it is unconscionable to turn down Federal Assistance and cut construction projects that would provide much needed private sector jobs.

Even if she still refuses to accept the federal money, she will be on record as putting her personal ambitions ahead of the citizens of Alaska.  Don’t let her get away with this.

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Let me point out that the state currently has $6.6 billion in reserve due to the prudent fiscal management of Gov. Palin. She vetoed spending when the state’s coffers were overflowing with money — and the very reason they were flush with money was because of her ACES, which allowed Alaska to receive a fair return on their resources in times of high oil prices.

Imagine what shape Alaska would be in now without her prudent leadership. (But, of course, she wore an Arctic Cat jacket, so she’s evil and must be stopped!)

So much disinformation and ignorance in two short paragraphs.

1. Palin has nothing to do with the money in Alaska’s Budget Reserve. “Alaska voters created the Constitutional Budget Reserve in 1990, and lawmakers have drawn money from it several times to cover state spending. High oil prices have negated the need to dip into the fund since 2003.” Anchorage Daily News
2. Palin has increased the operating budget by 20% since taking office. She cut capital projects that would create private sector jobs.  Many of her vetoes were made to punish or reward legislators based on their fidelity, or lack of, to Her Highness. “At roughly $3.6 billion, Palin’s proposed operating budget would be an increase of more than $170 million over this year’s budget.” Anchorage Daily News Dec. 15 2006 .”When the smoke cleared after Gov. Sarah Palin’s big cuts to the capital budget in June, one survivor that stood out was a $630,000 appropriation to the Wasilla Sports Complex.” Anchorage Daily News October 7, 2007
3. It was the Alaska legislature that put aside money. “Lawmakers put an unprecedented $5 billion into two state rainy day accounts. The savings came from billions of surplus dollars the state expects to rake in as a result of high oil prices and last year’s oil tax hike.” Anchorage Daily News.
4. It was Palin who championed the $1200 for every man, woman and child in Alaska under the guise of “energy relief. “If we walk out of this special session and we spend a billion (dollars) on a Band-Aid without fixing the hole, the boat is going to fill up with water next year,” said Rep. Les Gara, D-Anchorage. “What are you going to do about the future so you aren’t going to spend a billion next year and the next year?”. Fairbanks Daily News-Miner. How prophetic.
5. Palin was acting in an official capacity to start the Iron Dog race. Co-Governor Todd is a participant who just happens to be sponsored by Arctic Cat. Her appearing in an official capacity wearing clothing provided by her husbands sponsor amounted to free publicity for Arctic Cat. I understand ethics is a difficult concept for some people to understand, but you would think that someone like Palin who campaigned on restoring ethics to government would have at least a rudimentary grasp of the concept.

But there is more.  It seems contributers want to add to the deluge of ignorance.

DB said…Given Alaska’s fiscal situation, it is more than passing strange that the legislature continues to drag its feet on the gas pipelines.

No DB, the legislature is not dragging their feet. In fact, they moved too fast on Palin’s ill-conceived AGIA “process” that will cost Alaskans half a billion dollars and potentially treble damages, without TransCanada ever putting a shovel in the ground. Palin has refused to consider other options and has put Alaskans last by not moving to use our resources in state first.

Greg said…The dems are deliberately trying to force Alaska to become just like the rest of the country, state income tax, state sales tax, debt, the whole works. Dems can’t get enough of taking peoples money from them, and spending it on what they want.

No Greg. In Alaska it’s the Republicans that champion the sales tax. “House Speaker Pete Kott predicts a statewide sales tax proposal will emerge sometime this week in the state Legislature.  Kott, an Eagle River Republican, said such as plan has “a good possibility” of success as lawmakers seek new revenues to reduce the state’s budget deficit.” AlaskaLegislature.com

At the very least is it too much to ask that people who want to comment on Alaska put in a little effort to research what the are writing about?  It seems that these folks are acting more like members of a cult, refusing to listen to anyone that isn’t a fellow believer.  Yes, I know that the same can be said of many Obama supporters, and I would say the same to them.  Open your mind, heart and ears to the perspective of others.  You never know, you might learn something.

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The TIME 100: Sarah Palin by Ann Coulter – TIME

Sarah Palin was arguably the most influential person in 2008, but no one notices because she wasn’t influential enough to overcome the deficits of her running mate and win the election.

Seriously Ms. Coulter you need to step away from the keyboard, you have officially lost your mind. Which is understandable considering the apparent size of your brain it could be easily misplaced.

Governor Palin was successful in bringing out the radical religious right, the homophobes, the closet KKK members, and the “I’m votin’ fer her cuz she’s hot” segment of the do nothing party.  But ultimately she hurt more than help.  As the campaign wore on and people learned more about Palin, saw her in action, listened to her respond to questions her popularity went on a steady decline.  The McCain/Palin ticket lost because they couldn’t separate themselves from the Bush administration.  Voting for them was a vote to continue the previous eight years and people had finally had enough of what Bush did to our country.

John McCain was so preposterous a candidate (at least on a Republican ticket) that Palin was responsible for far more votes than the usual vice-presidential candidate.

What is really preposterous is that McCain was forced to accept somebody without ANY credentials to be one heartbeat away from the Oval Office.  She was a hail mary pass that was supposed to bring in the supposed “disenfranchised” Hillary Clinton supporters.  Guess what, women were insulted by the move, and rightly so.

The biggest red flag proving her popularity with normal Americans is that liberals won’t shut up about her. Palin is a threat to liberals because she believes in God and country and family — all values liberals pretend to believe in but secretly detest.

The reason people don’t stop talking about her is because she doesn’t quit doing and saying stupid things. The reason people don’t stop talking about her is because of empty headed talking heads like Coulter won’t shut up about her. I think most “normal Americans” would be just fine not ever talking about or hearing from Palin ever again.

By the way, I’m curious how Ms. Coulter would define “normal Americans’? I suspect that normal would be just like her, because she is the standard we should all be measured by right?  We get a clue with the “God, Country and Family” phrase.  That would be her God as she defines it, love it or leave it country, and family of the 1950′s television variety.  If we accept her definition of “normal Americans” that means that anyone that doesn’t share her myopic view of the world is “abnormal”.  The sad thing is that I fear Palin shares that view.

The American voter can be hornswoggled occasionally, but we can generally spot a real American, and that’s what Sarah Palin is. She really was a housewife who went into politics because she didn’t like the way her taxes were being spent. She really did take on the old-boy network — the oil companies and her own party — and won. And yes, she really did walk the walk on abortion when she found out she was carrying a Down-syndrome baby.

Sure, she’s a genuine American, as is Obama. Obama has spent his life working to improve his community, his state and now our country. Palin on the other hand has been on one long ego trip. She went from second rate Beauty Queen contestant, to failed sportscaster on a local TV channel, then began her political career as a way to feed her insatiable appetite for attention.

Palin was swept into the Governor’s office in a political “perfect storm”. The oil companies are still going forward with their own plan for the gas pipeline. The Alaska GOP leadership hasn’t changed. The old boys network backed her campaign mostly privately because they were toxic in that political climate. She had nothing to do with rooting out corruption. She has failed to live up to her promises of ethics, open and transparent government. She has been guilty of cronyism of the highest order.

Why is it ok to praise Palin for having a Down-syndrom baby, but we’re not allowed to criticize her for the train wreck that is the rest of her children?

The combination of Palin’s attractiveness as a candidate and her ability to expose liberals made her a celebrity among Republicans. The only thing I have against her is that she threatens to surpass me in attracting the left’s hatred.

Expose liberals? As if they weren’t liberals until Palin says so? She’s a celebrity among Republicans because they are so bereft of leadership, intelligence and vision. Seriously, if Palin is the best the GOP has to offer, then put a fork in them, they are done.

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