Posted on 05/21/2009 3:30:57 PM PDT by redk
Gov. Sarah Palin is coming to Auburn June 6.
The Alaskan governor and former Republican vice presidential candidate will travel to Auburn for what the city organizers call Founders Day, which this year will celebrate 50 years of Alaskan statehood.
Auburn's Meghan Stapleton, Palin's former press secretary who continues to work for her as a spokesman in nongovernment matters, confirmed the visit with Auburn officials in recent days.
Alaska and Auburn are linked through William H. Seward, who lived much of his adult life in Auburn and was secretary of state under Presidents Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Seward negotiated the deal with Russia in which the U.S. bought Alaska on March 30, 1867, for $7.2 million.
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About 30 miles away from us. Whoohoo!
Auburn is located in west-central NY, about 30 miles south-west of Syracuse. Right in the heart of beautiful upstate NY.
Darn! Thought it was about Auburn Alabama.
I’m sure someone will file ab ethics complaint. Hope this does not mean she’s agreed to help Hillary pay off her campaign debt.
This is very good news. It will generate a lot of very positive local coverage. During the campaign the local news outlets always covered her rallies very well. That postiive local coverage will spread via the internet, and help beat back some of the negative national coverage.
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