I can hardly even talk about what is about to happen in a few weeks...(the election that should not be named)...but this song sums it up for me. Thanks mama CM from NO.
Check out the Oct 22nd post.
http://supercenter.blogspot.com
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Pumpkin Frenzy
When Joan was asked how her husband managed to grow such big pumpkins she replied "throw a seed on a manuer pile."
This can only mean one thing....my favorite holiday is approaching...
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Palin FYI
Subject: Dispatch from Wasilla
> >
> >
> > Below is an email letter from a Wasilla resident, Anne Kilkenny, who
> > summarized her thoughts on Barracuda Sarah for her friends. The email letter
> > went viral overnight and onto the web. She was interviewed on NPR's All
> > Things Considered this evening.
> >
> > ABOUT SARAH PALIN
> >
> > I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
> > Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
> > first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
> > father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
> > first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
> > City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
> > residents of the city.
> >
> > She is enormously popular; in every way she's like the most popular
> > girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and
> > won't vote for her can't quit smiling when talking about her because
> > she is a "babe".
> >
> > It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She
> > kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents
> > for seven months.
> >
> > She is "pro-life". She recently gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby.
> > There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby.
> >
> > She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym.
> >
> > She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out
> > there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.
> >
> > Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a
> > champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin's kind of job is highly
> > sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his
> > work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or
> > so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their
> > major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything
> > like that of native Alaskans.
> >
> > Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters.
> >
> > She's smart.
> >
> > Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000
> > (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about
> > 670,000 residents.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
> > weren't enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
> > money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
> > with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
> > the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
> > she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
> > new library? No. $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! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the
> > community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it
> > would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that
> > could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.
> >
> > While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office
> > redecorated more than once.
> >
> > These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.
> >
> > As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus
> > in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will
> > make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she
> > proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.
> >
> > In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she
> > recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while
> > she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's
> > surplus, borrow for needs.
> >
> > She's not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas
> > or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren't generated by
> > her or her staff. Ideas weren't evaluated on their merits, but on the
> > basis of who proposed them.
> >
> > While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected
> > City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from
> > the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents
> > rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's
> > attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew
> > her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the
> > Librarian are on her enemies list to this day.
> >
> > Sarah complained about the "old boy's club" when she first ran for
> > Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin
> > fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as
> > Governor she hired or elevated 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, as she has acknowledged happened in the
> > case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below).
> >
> > As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he "intimidated"
> > her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top
> > cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure
> > and she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that
> > an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't
> > fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation
> > for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen
> > contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she
> > later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to
> > replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded
> > for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew
> > her support.
> >
> > She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in
> > help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town
> > introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council
> > became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She
> > abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn't
> > like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness.
> >
> > Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything
> > publicly about her.
> >
> > When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got
> > the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one
> > of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no
> > background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great
> > job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the
> > high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the
> > structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this
> > Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party)
> > engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some
> > undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all
> > her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and
> > garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a
> > gutsy fighter against the "old boys' club" when she dramatically quit,
> > exposing this man's ethics violations (for which he was fined).
> >
> > As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from
> > Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel
> > politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the "bridge to
> > nowhere" after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.
> >
> > As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget
> > guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing
> > projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative
> > action restored most of these projects--which had been vetoed simply
> > because she was not aware of their importance--but with the unobservant
> > she had gained a reputation as "anti-pork".
> >
> > She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party
> > leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated
> > them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a
> > fiscal conservative.
> >
> > Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah.
> > They call her "Sarah Barracuda" because of her unbridled ambition and
> > predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly
> > stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made
> > point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's
> > mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and
> > experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.
> >
> > As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package
> > of legislation known as "AGIA" that forced the oil companies to march
> > to the beat of her drum.
> >
> > Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
> > Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to
> > global warming. She campaigned "as a private citizen" against a state
> > initiaitive that would have either a) protected salmon streams from
> > pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the
> > state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State's
> > lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior's decision to list polar
> > bears as threatened species.
> >
> > McCain is the oldest person to ever run for President; Sarah will be a
> > heartbeat away from being President.
> >
> > There has to be literally millions of Americans who are more
> > knowledgeable and experienced than she.
> >
> > However, there's a lot of people who have underestimated her and are
> > regretting it.
> >
> >
> > CLAIM VS FACT
> > *"Hockey mom": true for a few years
> > *"PTA mom": true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
> > school, not since
> > *"NRA supporter": absolutely true
> > *social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
> > that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
> > (said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
> > *pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
> > promote it.
> > *"Pro-life": mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby
> > BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
> > legislation
> > *"Experienced": Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
> > residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
> > No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
> > supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
> > administrator to run town of about 5,000.
> > *political maverick: not at all
> > *gutsy: absolutely!
> > *open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
> > explaining actions.
> > *has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
> > *"a Greenie": no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
> > and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
> > *fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
> > *pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
> > without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
> > streets to early 20th century standards.
> > *pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
> > residents
> > *pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
> > government in Wasilla's history.
> > *pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
> > doesn't make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
> > that she is pro-labor/pro-union.
> >
> > WHY AM I WRITING THIS?
> >
> > First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed
> > voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting
> > programs in the schools. If you google my name (Anne Kilkenny +
> > Alaska), you will find references to my participation in local
> > government, education, and PTA/parent organizations.
> >
> > Secondly, I've always operated in the belief that "Bad things happen
> > when good people stay silent". Few people know as much as I do because
> > few have gone to as many City Council meetings.
> >
> > Third, I am just a housewife. I don't have a job she can bump me out
> > of. I don't belong to any organization that she can hurt. But, I am no
> > fool; she is immensely popular here, and it is likely that this will
> > cost me somehow in the future: that's life.
> >
> > Fourth, she has hated me since back in 1996, when I was one of the 100
> > or so people who rallied to support the City Librarian against Sarah's
> > attempt at censorship.
> >
> > Fifth, I looked around and realized that everybody else was afraid to
> > say anything because they were somehow vulnerable.
> >
> > CAVEATS
> > I am not a statistician. I developed the numbers for the increase in
> > spending & taxation 2 years ago (when Palin was running for Governor)
> > from information supplied to me by the Finance Director of the City of
> > Wasilla, and I can't recall exactly what I adjusted for: did I adjust
> > for inflation? for population increases? Right now, it is impossible
> > for a private person to get any info out of City Hall--they are
> > swamped. So I can't verify my numbers.
> >
> > You may have noticed that there are various numbers circulating for the
> > population of Wasilla, ranging from my "about 5,000", up to 9,000. The
> > day Palin's selection was announced a city official told me that the
> > current population is about 7,000. The official 2000 census count was
> > 5,460. I have used about 5,000 because Palin was Mayor from 1996 to
> > 2002, and the city was growing rapidly in the mid-90's.
> >
> > Anne Kilkenny
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Below is an email letter from a Wasilla resident, Anne Kilkenny, who
> > summarized her thoughts on Barracuda Sarah for her friends. The email letter
> > went viral overnight and onto the web. She was interviewed on NPR's All
> > Things Considered this evening.
> >
> > ABOUT SARAH PALIN
> >
> > I am a resident of Wasilla, Alaska. I have known Sarah since 1992.
> > Everyone here knows Sarah, so it is nothing special to say we are on a
> > first-name basis. Our children have attended the same schools. Her
> > father was my child's favorite substitute teacher. I also am on a
> > first name basis with her parents and mother-in-law. I attended more
> > City Council meetings during her administration than about 99% of the
> > residents of the city.
> >
> > She is enormously popular; in every way she's like the most popular
> > girl in middle school. Even men who think she is a poor choice and
> > won't vote for her can't quit smiling when talking about her because
> > she is a "babe".
> >
> > It is astonishing and almost scary how well she can keep a secret. She
> > kept her most recent pregnancy a secret from her children and parents
> > for seven months.
> >
> > She is "pro-life". She recently gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby.
> > There is no cover-up involved, here; Trig is her baby.
> >
> > She is energetic and hardworking. She regularly worked out at the gym.
> >
> > She is savvy. She doesn't take positions; she just "puts things out
> > there" and if they prove to be popular, then she takes credit.
> >
> > Her husband works a union job on the North Slope for BP and is a
> > champion snowmobile racer. Todd Palin's kind of job is highly
> > sought-after because of the schedule and high pay. He arranges his
> > work schedule so he can fish for salmon in Bristol Bay for a month or
> > so in summer, but by no stretch of the imagination is fishing their
> > major source of income. Nor has her life-style ever been anything
> > like that of native Alaskans.
> >
> > Sarah and her whole family are avid hunters.
> >
> > She's smart.
> >
> > Her experience is as mayor of a city with a population of about 5,000
> > (at the time), and less than 2 years as governor of a state with about
> > 670,000 residents.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > The huge increases in tax revenues during her mayoral administration
> > weren't enough to fund everything on her wish list though, borrowed
> > money was needed, too. She inherited a city with zero debt, but left it
> > with indebtedness of over $22 million. What did Mayor Palin encourage
> > the voters to borrow money for? Was it the infrastructure that she said
> > she supported? The sewage treatment plant that the city lacked? or a
> > new library? No. $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! The sports complex itself is a nice addition to the
> > community but a huge money pit, not the profit-generator she claimed it
> > would be. She also supported bonds for $5.5m for road projects that
> > could have been done in 5-7 yrs without any borrowing.
> >
> > While Mayor, City Hall was extensively remodeled and her office
> > redecorated more than once.
> >
> > These are small numbers, but Wasilla is a very small city.
> >
> > As an oil producer, the high price of oil has created a budget surplus
> > in Alaska. Rather than invest this surplus in technology that will
> > make us energy independent and increase efficiency, as Governor she
> > proposed distribution of this surplus to every individual in the state.
> >
> > In this time of record state revenues and budget surpluses, she
> > recommended that the state borrow/bond for road projects, even while
> > she proposed distribution of surplus state revenues: spend today's
> > surplus, borrow for needs.
> >
> > She's not very tolerant of divergent opinions or open to outside ideas
> > or compromise. As Mayor, she fought ideas that weren't generated by
> > her or her staff. Ideas weren't evaluated on their merits, but on the
> > basis of who proposed them.
> >
> > While Sarah was Mayor of Wasilla she tried to fire our highly respected
> > City Librarian because the Librarian refused to consider removing from
> > the library some books that Sarah wanted removed. City residents
> > rallied to the defense of the City Librarian and against Palin's
> > attempt at out-and-out censorship, so Palin backed down and withdrew
> > her termination letter. People who fought her attempt to oust the
> > Librarian are on her enemies list to this day.
> >
> > Sarah complained about the "old boy's club" when she first ran for
> > Mayor, so what did she bring Wasilla? A new set of "old boys". Palin
> > fired most of the experienced staff she inherited. At the City and as
> > Governor she hired or elevated 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, as she has acknowledged happened in the
> > case of pressuring the State's top cop (see below).
> >
> > As Mayor, Sarah fired Wasilla's Police Chief because he "intimidated"
> > her, she told the press. As Governor, her recent firing of Alaska's top
> > cop has the ring of familiarity about it. He served at her pleasure
> > and she had every legal right to fire him, but it's pretty clear that
> > an important factor in her decision to fire him was because he wouldn't
> > fire her sister's ex-husband, a State Trooper. Under investigation
> > for abuse of power, she has had to admit that more than 2 dozen
> > contacts were made between her staff and family to the person that she
> > later fired, pressuring him to fire her ex-brother-in-law. She tried to
> > replace the man she fired with a man who she knew had been reprimanded
> > for sexual harassment; when this caused a public furor, she withdrew
> > her support.
> >
> > She has bitten the hand of every person who extended theirs to her in
> > help. The City Council person who personally escorted her around town
> > introducing her to voters when she first ran for Wasilla City Council
> > became one of her first targets when she was later elected Mayor. She
> > abruptly fired her loyal City Administrator; even people who didn't
> > like the guy were stunned by this ruthlessness.
> >
> > Fear of retribution has kept all of these people from saying anything
> > publicly about her.
> >
> > When then-Governor Murkowski was handing out political plums, Sarah got
> > the best, Chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission: one
> > of the few jobs not in Juneau and one of the best paid. She had no
> > background in oil & gas issues. Within months of scoring this great
> > job which paid $122,400/yr, she was complaining in the press about the
> > high salary. I was told that she hated that job: the commute, the
> > structured hours, the work. Sarah became aware that a member of this
> > Commission (who was also the State Chair of the Republican Party)
> > engaged in unethical behavior on the job. In a gutsy move which some
> > undoubtedly cautioned her could be political suicide, Sarah solved all
> > her problems in one fell swoop: got out of the job she hated and
> > garnered gobs of media attention as the patron saint of ethics and as a
> > gutsy fighter against the "old boys' club" when she dramatically quit,
> > exposing this man's ethics violations (for which he was fined).
> >
> > As Mayor, she had her hand stuck out as far as anyone for pork from
> > Senator Ted Stevens. Lately, she has castigated his pork-barrel
> > politics and publicly humiliated him. She only opposed the "bridge to
> > nowhere" after it became clear that it would be unwise not to.
> >
> > As Governor, she gave the Legislature no direction and budget
> > guidelines, then made a big grandstand display of line-item vetoing
> > projects, calling them pork. Public outcry and further legislative
> > action restored most of these projects--which had been vetoed simply
> > because she was not aware of their importance--but with the unobservant
> > she had gained a reputation as "anti-pork".
> >
> > She is solidly Republican: no political maverick. The State party
> > leaders hate her because she has bit them in the back and humiliated
> > them. Other members of the party object to her self-description as a
> > fiscal conservative.
> >
> > Around Wasilla there are people who went to high school with Sarah.
> > They call her "Sarah Barracuda" because of her unbridled ambition and
> > predatory ruthlessness. Before she became so powerful, very ugly
> > stories circulated around town about shenanigans she pulled to be made
> > point guard on the high school basketball team. When Sarah's
> > mother-in-law, a highly respected member of the community and
> > experienced manager, ran for Mayor, Sarah refused to endorse her.
> >
> > As Governor, she stepped outside of the box and put together of package
> > of legislation known as "AGIA" that forced the oil companies to march
> > to the beat of her drum.
> >
> > Like most Alaskans, she favors drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife
> > Refuge. She has questioned if the loss of sea ice is linked to
> > global warming. She campaigned "as a private citizen" against a state
> > initiaitive that would have either a) protected salmon streams from
> > pollution from mines, or b) tied up in the courts all mining in the
> > state (depending on who you listen to). She has pushed the State's
> > lawsuit against the Dept. of the Interior's decision to list polar
> > bears as threatened species.
> >
> > McCain is the oldest person to ever run for President; Sarah will be a
> > heartbeat away from being President.
> >
> > There has to be literally millions of Americans who are more
> > knowledgeable and experienced than she.
> >
> > However, there's a lot of people who have underestimated her and are
> > regretting it.
> >
> >
> > CLAIM VS FACT
> > *"Hockey mom": true for a few years
> > *"PTA mom": true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
> > school, not since
> > *"NRA supporter": absolutely true
> > *social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
> > that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
> > (said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
> > *pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
> > promote it.
> > *"Pro-life": mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down's syndrome baby
> > BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
> > legislation
> > *"Experienced": Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
> > residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
> > No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
> > supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
> > administrator to run town of about 5,000.
> > *political maverick: not at all
> > *gutsy: absolutely!
> > *open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
> > explaining actions.
> > *has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
> > *"a Greenie": no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
> > and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
> > *fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
> > *pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
> > without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
> > streets to early 20th century standards.
> > *pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
> > residents
> > *pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
> > government in Wasilla's history.
> > *pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
> > doesn't make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
> > that she is pro-labor/pro-union.
> >
> > WHY AM I WRITING THIS?
> >
> > First, I have long believed in the importance of being an informed
> > voter. I am a voter registrar. For 10 years I put on student voting
> > programs in the schools. If you google my name (Anne Kilkenny +
> > Alaska), you will find references to my participation in local
> > government, education, and PTA/parent organizations.
> >
> > Secondly, I've always operated in the belief that "Bad things happen
> > when good people stay silent". Few people know as much as I do because
> > few have gone to as many City Council meetings.
> >
> > Third, I am just a housewife. I don't have a job she can bump me out
> > of. I don't belong to any organization that she can hurt. But, I am no
> > fool; she is immensely popular here, and it is likely that this will
> > cost me somehow in the future: that's life.
> >
> > Fourth, she has hated me since back in 1996, when I was one of the 100
> > or so people who rallied to support the City Librarian against Sarah's
> > attempt at censorship.
> >
> > Fifth, I looked around and realized that everybody else was afraid to
> > say anything because they were somehow vulnerable.
> >
> > CAVEATS
> > I am not a statistician. I developed the numbers for the increase in
> > spending & taxation 2 years ago (when Palin was running for Governor)
> > from information supplied to me by the Finance Director of the City of
> > Wasilla, and I can't recall exactly what I adjusted for: did I adjust
> > for inflation? for population increases? Right now, it is impossible
> > for a private person to get any info out of City Hall--they are
> > swamped. So I can't verify my numbers.
> >
> > You may have noticed that there are various numbers circulating for the
> > population of Wasilla, ranging from my "about 5,000", up to 9,000. The
> > day Palin's selection was announced a city official told me that the
> > current population is about 7,000. The official 2000 census count was
> > 5,460. I have used about 5,000 because Palin was Mayor from 1996 to
> > 2002, and the city was growing rapidly in the mid-90's.
> >
> > Anne Kilkenny
> >
> >
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