dKos: Sarah Palin left Wasilla's finances 'in tatters' due to poor decision making

[Coexist]

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/29/183255/841/290/579394

Sarah Palin left the finances of her town Wasilla in tatters when she moved on in 2002 (h/t xgz). She wanted a legacy as mayor, it seems, and pushed hard for the town to build a hyper-expensive sports complex. But Palin screwed the process up badly. Instead of buying the land for the complex when it was offered, her administration allowed a developer named Gary Lundgren to snap it up. Then Wasilla tried to seize the land from Lundgren through eminent domain. In the end, what with court costs Wasilla paid at least $ 1.7 million for land it could have bought for less than one tenth that sum - if the purchase had been handled properly. For this incompetence, Wasilla is still paying a steep price: higher taxes and cutbacks in services. In other words Palin is about as efficient as Michael Brown, onetime head of FEMA.

[peacebird]

1. did Gary Lundgren give money to Palin's campaign by any chance? Anyone know?

[speedoo]

2. At the rate people are coming up with dirt on her, Palin might not make it thru next week!

Incredible. Was she vetted at all?

[Motown_Johnny]

4. I think McGaffe just wanted a beauty queen.. fuck the rest of the vetting

[DainBramaged]

13. This is so much fun

Even Senator Blutarsky had more experience

[libnnc]

3. kick

[Thrill]

5. We need to keep digging. I don't think she has been fully vetted

[roguevalley]

16. there is more to the wasilla stuff. I remember her baracading herself

into her office, packing a gun and firing everyone in town. I wish I could remember the story and were to find it. It was a long time ago. I will keep looking. John didn't vet her. He just kneejerked. :)

[depakid]

6. Heck of a job, Sarah!

and as I recall- there's a similar mangement issue with a Dairy.

[kestrel91316]

7. Bloggers have become the new investigative journalists,

a job abandoned by the MSM years ago. Wheeee!!!!!!!!

[Franks Wild Years]

8. Some more...

"The environment. As governor, Palin vetoed wind power and clean coal projects, including a 50-megawatt wind farm on Fire Island and a clean coal facility in Healy that had been mired in a dispute between local and state governments."

and, of course

"Stevens and Young, redux. Palin has distanced herself from the state’s two most popular politicians, but both appeared at Palin fundraisers during her 2006 gubernatorial bid."

[Graybeard]

9. Heck of a job Sarah!

Once again an incompetent Repuke in a position to do real harm to real peoples lives.

[tanyev]

10. Just like everything George W. has ever been in charge of.

Imagine that.

[AzDar]

11. kick

[pleah]

12. It just keeps getting deeper and smellier.

I am not surprised. When it was announced that this woman was the pick for McCrazy I laughed out loud.
I couldn't believe some of the reactions of people. Fretting over this woman like she was a real threat. LOL I can't wait for the debates.

[Eric J in MN]

14. K & R

NT

[Eric J in MN]

15. K & R

NT

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

17. Hey, she's a screw up - she's established her genuine Republican credentials