Palin and Financial Management

[mikesilvia]

Secondly, if the "claim" at hand is so outlandish, then why not address it?

He did address it. He pointed out things that the blogger conveniently left out facts. Where there is smoke there is fire. There is a reason why this story is on a blog and the mainstream media haven't touched it. You have shown us two bloggers as sources. I wouldn't send you the the "2006 Conservative Blogger" of the year to point out how bad Obama is so please don't point us to a DNC worker and 2006 Liberal Blogger of the year. If you sent you to the National Enquirer to show you how Obama has 2 illegitimate children would you discuss it?

[walt55054life]

I think you need a couple more exclamation marks, and maybe a few more words capitalized so we can get the full amount of emphasis you are going for.

Just for the record I personally love the logical fallacy game.....And your quote is a fallacy but thats here nor there.

LOL I'm too tried to play that game tonight....but yanks I'm not discrediting the other articles you posted because to be honest I didn't look but the original article can not be talked aobut because what is written in the article dances around other articles and chops them up just follow the link at "$5.8 million" and read that article aobut her! then tell me what you scared of ...deal?

[walt55054life]

WASILLA TAX CUTS


This year, an accomplishment mentioned perhaps most often by Palin's supporters is that she cut taxes as mayor of Wasilla. Ironically, she took her first steps into local politics with the intent of preserving a controversial new tax and expanding local government.
In 1992, when Palin first ran for city council, Wasilla had just adopted a 2 percent sales tax and was setting up a police department. The 28-year-old Palin was approached by several council members to help them fight off anti-tax elements, who were saying no new stores would ever come to Wasilla if it had a sales tax. A 1992 Palin ad called her a "new face, new voice," who would work for "a safer, more progressive Wasilla."
As it turned out, the new sales tax built the infrastructure that turned Wasilla into the Mat-Su area's commercial hub. Booming sales tax revenues also made possible Palin's other tax cuts after she became mayor in 1996.
To become mayor, however, Palin had to bump off three-term incumbent John Stein, who had ushered in the sales tax and police force. Three terms were enough, she said. He had lost touch with the community. It was time for a change. The voters agreed.
Wasilla's growth was taking off, and Palin pushed for bonds to build sewer, water and roads. New big-box stores wanted to be in the city so they could get sewer, water and police protection, even if it meant being annexed. Palin's city was not necessarily an aesthetic crown jewel, especially along the Parks Highway, but the long snake of stores was doing good business. Sales tax revenues grew by half a million dollars a year. Much of the revenue was coming from people who lived outside the town.
Palin was able to cut property taxes by three-quarters while eliminating small taxes such as the personal property tax and the business inventory tax. She wasn't doing this by shrinking government, however: The cost of running the growing city, apart from capital projects and debt, rose from $3.9 million in fiscal 1996 to $5.8 million in fiscal 2002. Excess sales tax revenues went to paying for capital improvements such as roads and government buildings, says city finance director Ted Leonard.
Palin had priorities. She shrank the local museum's budget and deterred talk of a new library and city hall. But she also put in bike paths and obtained funds for storm-water treatment to protect the area's many lakes. She successfully pushed a half-percent sales tax increase to build a $15 million multi-use indoor ice arena. The popular sports complex is not breaking even, as its advocates projected, but the city's subsidy has been cut from $600,000 to $125,000 a year.
A like-minded majority on the city council smoothed her way. That's not to say her six years as mayor went smoothly, especially at first.
After turning out the three-term incumbent, Palin brought in an outside attorney, with city funds, to advise on the transition. She asked for resignation letters from six top department heads, saying they'd signed a letter supporting their former boss. She fired two of them -- the police chief and the museum director -- but within a year two others had quit. With the local newspaper, the Frontiersman, upset about the uproar, a citizens group started meeting to discuss a recall of the new mayor. The idea was eventually dropped.
Palin has cited her mayoral work as a central part of her qualification to serve as governor. But at the beginning of her term, asked by the local newspaper how she would run the city without experienced department heads, she made the job sound like no big deal: "It's not rocket science. It's $6 million and 53 employees."
Battling over appointments to vacant city council seats, Palin said at the time, "Some of the things I'm doing, it's obvious I'm not running for Miss Congeniality. I'm running the city."

[walt55054life]

or just read this this is the grunt of the article you gave...except this is the whole article not chopped up....now i'm off to bed have a gnite all and god bless

[mikesilvia]

I guess what the main point of the blogger is that people in Alaska are the dumbest people on the planet. After doing such a terrible job as mayor of a small town and running them into debt, did Alaska citizens run her out of town? No they elected he mayor! I guess people in Alaska aren't too bright huh? Or could it be the blogger posted the truth, he just left of the other 90% of the truth. :)

[Yanksfan396]

Did my last source go overlooked? Also, I first heard about this from Larry King tonight. It was brought up a few times, actually.

[Rockman]

LOL I'm too tried to play that game tonight....but yanks I'm not discrediting the other articles you posted because to be honest I didn't look but the original article can not be talked aobut because what is written in the article dances around other articles and chops them up just follow the link at "$5.8 million" and read that article aobut her! then tell me what you scared of ...deal?

Stampedes of Elephants, Bird Flu, Oompa Loompas, Drowning in a pool of Styrofoam peanuts.....Oh and Church and State no longer being separate. (Not saying this is related to a town of 9000 people budget or this topic)

Also, that was the first time I had posted in this topic. You meant to address Yanksfan.

[walt55054life]

Stampedes of Elephants, Bird Flu, Oompa Loompas, Drowning in a pool of Styrofoam peanuts.....Oh and Church and State no longer being separate. (Not saying this is related to a town of 9000 people budget or this topic)

Also, that was the first time I had posted in this topic. You meant to address Yanksfan.

I said I was too tired and then said...."yanks"

[Rockman]

I said I was too tired and then said...."yanks"

My mistake. Well now you know what I'm afraid.