What is your opinion of Anne Kilkenney's e-mail about Sarah Palin's "experience" as an Alaskan Politician?

Question

If you're wondering, Anne is a citizen of Wasilla, Alaska, who has sent out an e-mail to inform us of how Sarah Palin ran their small town and the Alaskan Government. Apparently, Palin left the town a 22 million dollar debt, ran her gubernatoral campaign in support of the "bridge to nowhere", and has drained a state surplus.

Here is an excerpt:

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.

Please read the rest here and voice your opinion:

http://www.andrys.com/palin-kilkenny.html

Answer 1

I read this last night.  I hope the NEW good old boys up there dont go after this woman.  Palins people have a rep for bullying people that stand up to them.  I don't know if you have seen this website, but I think you will enjoy it.

Answer 2

ahhh the daily Kos machine is out in force... an email on a left wing site... Credibilty shot