Subject: [big campaign] "Palin on Earmarks"
From: "David S. Bennahum" <[email-masked]>
To: Big Campaign <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 20:11:59 -0400
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http://www.washingtonindependent.com/4328/more-on-palins-true-stand-on-earmarks
Palin on Earmarks: ‘We Did Well!!!’
By Mike Lillis 9/3/08 7:42 PM

Digging through Wasilla’s municipal records is a lesson in the very  
essence of tedium. You’ve got pages of proposals to rename streets,  
assess sewers, build skateboard parks, buy lawnmowers, rent “pop”  
machines, carve snowmobile trails, congratulate high school football  
teams — the kind of stuff that makes small towns run, but leaves you  
glad that someone else is running them.

Every once in awhile, though, something pops up and grabs your  
attention. Take, for example, Wasilla City Council Informational  
Memorandum 99-62, prepared on June 14, 1999. This little gem outlines  
some of the state-funded projects that Wasilla City secured that year,  
including $1.2 million for storm water treatment and $605,000 for  
pedestrian pathways.

Then, slapped in the margin, former Mayor Sarah Palin — reformer  
extraordinaire — scribbled the following message:

     FYI This does not include our nearly one million Dollars from the  
Feds for our Airport Paving Project.

     We did well!!!

As Laura pointed out earlier, John McCain didn’t think so. Indeed, The  
LA Times reported today that McCain was criticizing Palin’s earmarks  
at the time that his now-running mate was securing them. It’s  
revelations like these that can quickly erode candidates’ maverick  
reputations.

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