Posted on 02/19/2009 3:48:30 PM PST by Al B.
In September, after The Washington Post reported that the GOP vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had charged the state per diem expenses when she was staying in her own home, her office issued statements claiming that the practice was fine. "The governor is entitled to a per diem, and she claims it," gubernatorial spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said at the time.
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Obtaining further information on the governor's taxes was difficult.
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When The Post followed up, asking if Palin thought it was important to pay all her taxes, Leighow responded:
"Nothing I have said can be construed to say that the governor will not pay her taxes, or has not paid her taxes. She has paid what she understood she owed, and she is the one who asked for a review of the per diem situation when the subject surfaced last fall. She has done nothing wrong and will comply, of course, with all pertinent IRS regulations and rulings. It is amazing that you would even pose this question, and it seems indicative of a hostile bent to your story."
The Post asked Kreitzer for a copy of the report outlining the per diem issue. Kreitzer said, "No, it is legal advice and subject to privilege."
The Post also asked Leighow for the report. So far, no reply. In the meantime, The Post has filed a request under the Alaska public records act to obtain the review.
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When it gets to the level of Obama’s last three choices for cabinet positions, I MIGHT even read the whole article....
We can’t live with the people anymore.
What a load of sh!t. The Gremlin autor has some serious mental issues. It’s digusting.
They desperately want this to become a story.
Rage against the machine....especially the MSM machine.
Gov. Palin must really scare the Obamma out of these liberals. They are keeping Mrs.Palin in the spotlight for over 4 months now. Remind me to send some pampers over to that twit Emanuel’s den.
She could have stayed on a hotel next to her home and the per Diem would be paid.
The creep James Grimaldi... let him know what you think and send him a mail:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/james+v.+grimaldi/
This is a non story, the taxes they are talking about aren’t due until April 19th, back taxes my ass LOL
Last night I was sitting in a local bar, having drinkies and appetizers and watching the evening shadows fall across the inlet, when I happened to glance up at the TV. It had a huge banner that read “Palin didn’t pay taxes.”
Incredible. It wasn’t until I got home that I found out that this was an Alaska matter, it had just been decided that day (at her request!), and was essentially a non-story. But everybody else in that bar thinks of Sara Palin as a tax evader now.
Read Gremlinmaldis pathetic portfolio of anti-Palin tripe... a Pullitzer Putz no less:
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/articles/james+v.+grimaldi/
LOL! When the **** are they going to ask that of Democrat politicians who have DEMONSTRABLY avoided taxes in previous years? No, it's much more important to insult Republicans who have never had a tax problem.
Why don’t they investigate Rahm Emanual’s listing of his residence as a charity that saves him $6000 in property taxes per year?
She needs to respond to this.
They won't be happy until can see Palin dead.
On TV!
Yep. One, if not all of the late night hosts will pick this up tonight.
I really can’t say what I want to do to these people.
She should write a letter to Tim Geithner and DEMAND that he personally issue an IRS ruling on this. Make the letter public.
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