Posted on 04/15/2009 1:52:22 PM PDT by steve-b
Alaska Democrats on Monday accused Republican Gov. Sarah Palin of abdicating her duties with her decision to travel outside the state this week as the state Legislature’s session winds down.
"She is putting her national political ambitions ahead of the needs of Alaska," Alaska Democrat Party Chairwoman Patti Higgins said at a news conference.
The Legislature must conclude its work by Sunday, with the federal stimulus package and the capital budget yet to be approved. Palin is scheduled to leave the state later this week to attend a right-to-life fundraiser Thursday in Indiana....
(Excerpt) Read more at bostonherald.com ...
Let these Dims ride with Princess Pelosi on Air Head One!
Sarah’s enemies never cease to amaze me!
Alaska Democrats sure are a bunch of whining weenies.
You know there’s PDS when Boston papers are reporting on Alaskan state ‘rats attacks on Sarah. LOL...
Somehow they never seem to get upset with the Pres__ent.
The more reasonable explanation is that the RATS can’t get the job done before Sunday, and thereby focusing their agenda via the media on her. She can sign whatever they send to her on Monday. The RAT legislators can work with the PUB legislators. She’s only a phone call away. Why do their need her in town? This smells to high heaven.
....in the Boston Herald. Yeah, that’s credible.
When Alaskans have to use a Boston compost heap owned by the NYT to attack Sarah Palin, I think we’ve pretty much established that Sarah has no problem in Alaska which can’t be solved by ignoring the beltway media.
Sarah Palin is traveling to Evansville, IN for a pro-life rally and a Downs Syndrome meeting.
I can understand why the demoncraps are so scared of her travels. My God, she might actually do something good and we demoncraps can’t allow that.
As they used to say in old-time gangster films: “The orders are coming out of Chicago now”.
Actually it’s the Globe that is owned by the NYT. The Herald is now independently owned and is considered the less liberal of Boston’s two newspapers.
Anyway this story is from Monday, and it doesn’t include Gov. Palin’s reply. Here’s the press release from her office:
Political Adversaries Allow Politics to Cloud Judgment in Final Week
April 13, 2009, Juneau, Alaska - Governor Sarah Palin will attend the Vanderburgh County Right to Life dinner in Evansville, Indiana on Thursday as well as a breakfast the next morning for S.M.I.L.E., a nonprofit organization for families with members who have Down Syndrome. Governor Palin had previously personally informed the legislative leadership of her upcoming event and asked if legislators had any problem with her attendance at an event outside the Capitol building. None expressed concerns.
And this event doesn’t cost the state a dime – the governor has no staff, not even state security, with her, though her predecessors did travel with state security even on vacations.
This morning the Alaska Democrat Party held a press conference suddenly expressing concern about the governor’s well-publicized short absence from Juneau.
“It is nothing more than a politically charged shot in the dark,” said Governor Palin’s chief of staff, Mike Nizich. “We view the legislative session as a very serious state issue. This isn’t politics for us; this is Alaska’s future. I have worked for seven governors. Every governor has traveled during the legislative session. Had this group done its homework, they would have realized that Governor Palin has had numerous meetings with lawmakers this session and has been in constant communication with them.
“During the final week of session, legislators rarely want governors around stirring things up,” Nizich said. “We did not anticipate that the governor’s political opponents would want their hands held in the final hours of the session.”
Thus far during the 26th Alaska Legislature, Governor Palin has laid out a forward-looking agenda, including initiatives and bills to progress such issues as an in-state natural gas pipeline and a consolidation plan for Railbelt utilities. She also has focused on reducing state spending and providing assistance to cash-poor villages in Western Alaska that are facing high energy costs. The governor has made her spending priorities clear, including the use of federal stimulus dollars.
A historical review shows that Governor Palin has spent the vast majority of time working in Juneau during the legislative session especially when compared with other governors. Governor Knowles traveled an average of 38 days during session and Governor Murkowski traveled an average of 45 days during session. Governor Palin has only been out of Juneau 14 days as she worked in other communities around Alaska this session. Governor Palin has spent only two days out of state.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1747
Nice to see Alaska Democrat Party Chairwoman Patti Higgins testifying on how much Alaska needs Governor Sarah Palin.
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