you got a link for that figure I would love to include it in my future fiscal talking points on Palin...
There was a very glowing news article of Palin before she was picked for VP. The media used to love her, because she was a thorn against the corrupt AK gop, earning her a 90% approval rating. Its difficult to find, but I fell in love with her because of that article. I remember that articled talked about how she was the whistle blower against corruption in the gop, many of who ended up fined or in jail. She left her high salary as Chief Regulator of Oil and Gas over the corruption and was vindicated a year later
She fired the gov’s chef telling her kids not to get used to having someone cook for you. Sold gov’s jet.
but what I can find for now
summary
http://www.scribd.com/doc/35447297/Governor-Palin-s-Accomplishments
about the 80% spending cut on herself as gov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin