Moving The Capitol? Palin Changes Stands...Again

August 31, 2006 

As Mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin was always publicly supportive of moving the capitol. When she filed to run for Lt. Governor in 2002 and was looking for votes in Southeast Alaska she changed her stand and didn't support moving the capitol.

Now she's back running again in 2006 and has changed her stand...yet again.

In a recent KTUU interview, her spokesman said she doesn't support moving the capitol but has no objections if the legislature passes legislation to move the legislative session. 

"If the legislature made it clear that they wanted to move and sent it to Sarah. she would not veto it. She thinks it would be irresponsible to do so", said her campaign spokesman.

Seems like a good time for a refresher course on government.

Our system of governance is based on three separate but equal branches of government. If the legislature passes a law that the governor objects to, he or she has the constitutional right to veto that legislation.

For Sarah Palin to say that it would be irresponsible to veto  legislation just because the legislature passes it, leads me to believe two things:

Palin is not going to think for herself and rubber stamp every piece of legislation that the legislature passes and she obviously has no intention of actually having a say in managing the state's business.

Moving the legislative session would have tremendous financial impacts on the state budget as well as the economy of Southeast Alaska.

http://www.andrewhalcro.com/capitol_move_would_be_a_costly_action

The fact is that this isn't the first time that Palin has said she will roll over for the legislature. 

During an interview on Alaska Public Radio last month a caller asked Palin about possible legislation concerning a woman's right to choose.

If the legislature sent you a bill that completely outlawed a woman's right to choose, would you sign it?, the caller asked.

If the legislature sent me that bill I would view it as the will of the people and I would sign it, she replied.

For a candidate who has wrapped herself in the state's constitution for the last eight months, she obviously hasn't read the article about personal privacy rights.

With critical management decisions facing Alaska in the very near future, we need a governor who can think independently on all issue facing our great state.