Sarah Palin, the maverick, the Washington outsider, the 'I've got more experience in my 20 months then you'll ever have,' may have dazzled them in St. Paul but if anyone would bother to take a close look (hell any look would do) at who she is a what she has done, it should be painfully obvious that this woman is obviously nothing more than a PR stunt.
According to a resident of Wasilla, Alaska Sarah Palin is the kind of mayor you just don't want. When she was mayor the population of the town was about 5,000. She had to turn over the running of the office to an administrator she was pressured to hire after she had gotten herself in trouble for precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign.
During her 6 years as mayor she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. At the same time she increased taxes by 38%!
She lowered taxes on property and increased taxes on things like food! Those who benefited from the tax cuts were corporate property owers, I'll give you one guess who suffered from her increase?
Much like the Republicans in Washington, when she entered office, Wasilla had a debt of ZERO and when she left, the little town with a $22 million debt!
What did she spend this money on? Was it for the people, did it help the infrastructure? No, it was unwisely spent on projects that were unneeded. $1m for a park. $15m-plus for construction of a multi-use sports complex which she rushed through to build on a piece of property that the City didn't even have clear title to, that was still in litigation 7 yrs later--to the delight of the lawyers involved! She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.
When the local librarian refused to consider removing books Sarah found inappropriate, she moved to have her fired. Town folk rallied around the librarian and Sarah backed-off.
We all are aware of how loyal "her" people are but what is the reason for that? Is it because she is such outstanding leader? No, the real reason is because she fires anyone she doesn't know and hires her own entourage. She hires or elevates new, inexperienced, obscure people, creating a staff totally dependent on her for their jobs and eternally grateful and fiercely loyal--loyal to the point of abusing their power to further her personal agenda.
They say she is called "Sarah Barracuda" because of her intense, bulldog approach to basketball but according to one Wasilla resident they can her that because of her unbridled ambition and predatory ruthlessness.
C'mon GOP, tell us the truth about the wunderkin you have thrust upon us!
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