Time To Go Tom!

BECOME A FAN OF FIRE TOM IRWIN ON FACEBOOK

fblogo

 

Running from issues.....

NEW! Subscribe to RSS Feed

                             Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin runs on the Hillside trails near Service High during one of the Tuesday Night races in October 2007.

Marc Lester / Daily News archive 2007

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin runs on the Hillside trails near Service High during one of the Tuesday Night races in October 2007.

On October 16, 2006, the gubernatorial campaign landed at a forum held by the ARC of Anchorage. A private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting community integration and quality of life for children and adults who experience developmental disabilities, behavioral health issues, or deafness.

During the forum, the moderator asked if all if the candidates agreed that if they got elected, they would return the following October to give the group an update on what they've done for the developmentally disabled. All three candidates including Sarah Palin agreed.

In October of 2007, Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich showed up at the forum but Governor Sarah Palin did not. When someone from the crowd yelled out, "Where's the governor?", another attendee answered, "She's out running."

Marc Lester of the Anchorage Daily News snapped the above photo of Palin at the Tuesday Night Races, at the same time a room full of people across town wondered why she didn't show up as promised.


Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.

Was she invited?

Alright, I have to ask these questions...was she invited? If she was, did she physically receive the invite? I bet it was thrown out by Bailey!! I bet he spoke on behalf of the Gov...agian... and that's why she didn't go. Baiely is such a b-word, and a cancer to the State. *wink*


This is just another cited

This is just another cited incidence of Governor Palin's selfish attitude. She is only out to promote herself. At least the national media is now exposing the lies she has told the American public. Stretching the truth may be okay in familiar company, but now Sarah has dropped the line about the Bridge to Nowhere in her speech to Alaskans. Honestly, is there any sense of accountability and responsibility in this woman. The Democrats are calling her a "cocky wacko" and as a registered Republican, I believe them!


Manipulating the Press

Andrew, I believe of the Sara Palin's most effective strategies in gaining popularity and power in Alaska was the hiring of some key folks from the local press to high paid state jobs. These folks had personal relationships with news managers/editors as well as sending the message that if you play nice with the Palin administration you may get a big fat state job. I know she hired the woman who used to do the Native issues reporting on KTUU and the wacky unethical situation with Bill McCalister. I have heard there were a bunch more from the ADN, KTUU and other news outlets. I suspect it is pretty effective when you just casually mention to someone making a $30,000 or $40,000 salary that Sara Really Really Really likes their work and someday her administration may have another $100,000 plus job open up. I've even heard that Megan Baldino's sudden leaving was linked to her trying to gain favor innapropriately with the Palin gang. Can you or another blogger summarize all the Palin Administration and Alaska Press links and nonsense ? The carrot for Sara to dangle to the Alaska press folks just got a whole lot richer.


Some of the B.S. on this site...

From a post on 9/14... "I've even heard that Megan Baldino's sudden leaving was linked to her trying to gain favor innapropriately with the Palin gang." Complete BS, her contract was up and she moved to a bigger market just a stones throw from her home. She came from Fairbanks (DMA #203), then to Anchorage (DMA #150) and now South Bend (DMA #89) - someday she will be in a top 10 market if she wants to. My bet is soon she'll be in Chicago - the place she calls home. You obviously don;t know what you're talking about because Megan would never do anything to jeopardize her credibility. She is a very well respected journalist. Where do people get this crap from?


That strategy didn't always work

Palin hired Sharon Leighow from the Dan Fagan radio show. Since then Dan has been one of Palin's biggest critics.


But Dan Fagen Does Wimp Out

I can see your point but even Dan turns into a wimp when he is reporting on Leighow, his buddy Jason Moore or John Tracy when he was spewing out the KTUU trash. Leighow lies her head off for Palin and Dan just seems to think this is fine. How phony is that. This fraternity of journalist is pitiful. The two most unethical examples we have seen are Jason Moore running the Fran Ulmer campaign in hopes of a fat State job and then being back working for John Tracy at KTUU the next day with "unbiased"reporting. The other was of course the Bill Mcallister stenchfest.


But Dan Fagen Does Wimp Out

I can see your point but even Dan turns into a wimp when he is reporting on Leighow, his buddy Jason Moore or John Tracy when he was spewing out the KTUU trash. Leighow lies her head off for Palin and Dan just seems to think this is fine. How phony is that. This fraternity of journalist is pitiful. The two most unethical examples we have seen are Jason Moore running the Fran Ulmer campaign in hopes of a fat State job and then being back working for John Tracy at KTUU the next day with "unbiased"reporting. The other was of course the Bill Mcallister stenchfest.


So who are you voting for?

Give the disaster that Sarah in the Whitehouse presents....are you willing to do what's best for hte country and vote for Obama to keep her out? I sure am.


No to Obama

I know you are a out of stater who is on Halcro's blog because you can't find another place to whine but I answer no to you anyway. Check records, do you think Biden and his coziness with the credit card companies (Delaware has readily accepted them) and their lobbyist (his son) should be in the White House- Hell no! Americans who are suffering because of the housing collapse cannot file bankrupcy anymore because of Biden's bill (the bill was supported by the very same Credit companies). Come on Halcro take a look at everyone in this race.


You mean the "bankruptcy bill" that McCain voted for?

McCain supported the bankruptcy bill, as well, while Obama voted against it. Plus, McCain's economics advisor and long-time ally Phil Gramm is largely responsible for the banking meltdown, due to his repeal of critical provisions of the Glass-Steagall act. Your Biden criticism rings hollow.


Not voting for Obama OR Palin...

I live in Alaska where the people are so blinded by our Queen, that they are going to give this incompetent boob Alaska's 3 electoral votes. I can vote for neither of these unacceptable kooks and nothing will change. I at least will be able to sleep at night, knowing that whichever of these Republican or Democrat disasters gets elected, I won't have helped. I feel sorry for those in the battleground states, where the votes really count. They will ultimately have to decide which of these horrors the American people will be subjected to for the next 4 years...


Obama is lucid, erudite, and

Obama is lucid, erudite, and eloquent. He is well-educated. Does it make me a bad person if I want someone with those qualities in the White House?


Thank you for pointing this

Thank you for pointing this out. It's not surprising Palin ducked out of being held accountable. Governor Palin also vetoed funding for the Special Olympics. Palin's administration has continued to allow children with disabilities to languish on a wait list for basic services. Palin's promise in her RNC speech to be an advocate in the White House for children with disabilities is just more empty pandering. Palin is an advocate for Palin. Children with disabilities only come into that equation when she thinks it will score her some points.


Check the facts

How can you say that "the Palin administration has contintued to allow children with disabilities to languish" waiting for basic services? She actually increased funding for special needs kids, not slashed them as erroneously reported. There is a lot of information about this issue on factcheck.org "According to Eddy Jeans at the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, funding for special needs and intensive needs students has increased every year since Palin entered office, from a total of $203 million in 2006 to a projected $276 million in 2009." And there's a lot more to read about the increases she made this year. She may have vetoed some spending on the Special Olympics but she certainly is an advocate for these kids as evidenced by her record.


Doing state business in Anchorage instead of Juneau

I've heard several comments about the thousands of extra dollars it has cost state agencies to conduct official business in Anchorage instead of in Juneau, due to Palin's insistence that she remain closer to home. That means lots of to/from air travel by state staff who are dislodged from their Juneau headquarters, plus hotels, meals, etc. Has anyone computed those extra costs to the state of AK (besides Palin charging the state per diem for staying at home)??


It's All About Sara - No Surprises Here

This does not surprise anyone who has been paying attention to Sara over the years. It is always about Sara, what Sara wants and what fits for Sara's political future. Her Children are used as Props, Her Husband is used as a Prop and her Parents are used as Props. Even Saturday Night Live poked fun at her using her Children as Props and then whining about people leaving her family alone. SNL compared her nonsense at the Republican Convention to the scene in the Lion King Movie where the new royal baby is held up to the cheering masses. Going back to her stint as Mayor of Wasilla whe would always drag her kids out in front to the camera and play the feel sorry for the mom card. Sara has always been a devisive person. As the Anchorage paper recently eluded to she is a vindictive and nasty punisher of her percieved foes even for subtle slites. She holds a grudge and she will go out of her way to cause very real problems for her foes and their families. The poor folks who got caught between Sara and her cronies like Kristin Cole on the Mat Maid Dairy debacle. Some of those folks we just trying to get the failing dairy shut down before it cost the state more money. When the old Dairy board did not salute the new queen quickly enough they ere attacked in the most punitive and personal way by Sara's own "good old boy and gal network". Many in Alaska truly fear Sara and her family having access the resources of the VP position like the Secret Service and the IRS.


NEW! Subscribe to RSS Feed


copyright 2007 Andrew Halcro, All Rights Reserved.