rssLive Updates from Wasilla
Tuesday, September 02, 2008 at 5:32 pm
- 4 Comments
Laura McGann is twittering live from a press conference with Sarah Palin’s successor as mayor of Wasilla, Dianne Keller. First, a little background on Keller: when Palin was completing her term as mayor in 2002, she backed Keller to replace her over her husband’s stepmother, Faye Palin, who supports abortion rights. Keller’s term as mayor has not been without controversy; she barely survived a vote of no confidence after she refused to heed the city council’s 4-2 vote asking her to resign, following a scandal in which Keller allegedly violated city policy by unfairly favoring a local developer over the competition. She’s also the Chair for the Statewide Moose Safety & Rebuilding Task Force, in case you were wondering.
Here’s what Laura’s telling us:
Gearing up for a press conference with the mayor. Only four other reporters here. (5:31 PM EST)
City of Wasilla site got 686k hits on Friday. (5:42)
City council members are not full time. (5:55) (Palin served on the council from 1992-1996.)
Press conference over. (6:05)
Evidently, it wasn’t terribly eventful. But what do you expect, when the biggest story on the front page of Wasilla’s top newspaper is about a thwarted piglet theft?
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4 Comments
Comment posted September 3, 2008 @ 9:18 am
What????? Nothing in the newspaper about how BAD Ms. Palin is for the state of Alaska!!! City councils vote to ask their mayors to step down all the time. You don't want the mayor and city council agreeing on everything. Where was the other developer from? So she chose to do business with someone who would generate revenue and keep the money in the town. And that's bad how???
Comment posted September 9, 2008 @ 4:12 am
Was mayoral job full-time? And what about Anne Kilkenny's email saying that Palin was forced to hire an administrator to help with managing Wasilla?
Comment posted October 11, 2008 @ 11:35 am
No and you wonder why? Do disrespect to the Governor; but she is a time bomb just waiting to explode. We do no need a pi-bull with lipstick. This will help bring our Country together in one of its most troubling times. It is not time for back biting,
Comment posted October 11, 2008 @ 6:35 pm
No and you wonder why? Do disrespect to the Governor; but she is a time bomb just waiting to explode. We do no need a pi-bull with lipstick. This will help bring our Country together in one of its most troubling times. It is not time for back biting,
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