More on the Governor of Alaska

Getting tired of this stuff yet? I am - and yet I am drawn to it like a moth to a flame. Goota know all there is.

The two paragraphs I've posted below are just a small bit from a much longer article by someone who lived in Wasilla and knows Sarah Palin. Read the whole thing at Air America by clicking on the link.

During her mayoral administration most of the actual work of running this small city was turned over to an administrator. She had been pushed to hire this administrator by party power-brokers after she had gotten herself into some trouble over precipitous firings which had given rise to a recall campaign.

Sarah campaigned in Wasilla as a "fiscal conservative." During her 6 years as Mayor, she increased general government expenditures by over 33%. During those same 6 years the amount of taxes collected by the City increased by 38%. This was during a period of low inflation (1996-2002). She reduced progressive property taxes and increased a regressive sales tax which taxed even food. The tax cuts that she promoted benefited large corporate property owners way more than they benefited residents.