Creamery Case Has Palin Critics Taking Aim at Fiscal-Conservative Claim

Source: WSJ

ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin promotes herself as a small-government conservative. But when Alaska government officials wanted to shut down a money-losing creamery, the governor overturned the decision after dairy farmers near her hometown complained the loss of subsidies would cripple them.

On June 8, 2007, a board overseeing the 71-year-old state-run Matanuska Maid creamery announced the business would close after amassing $1.5 million in red ink since 2005, the result of a run-up in milk prices and other essentials. "I feel we are safeguarding the public interest in the decision that has been made," Mac Carter, chairman of the Alaska Creamery Board, said in a letter to the Palin administration.

On June 16, 2007, Gov. Palin attended a rally by dairy farmers near her hometown of Wasilla who pleaded that the creamery stay open to help them and other members of the local dairy industry. "Things are kind of a mess right now with what's happening with Mat-Maid, and we're going to clean it up," the governor said at the event.

She then sacked the creamery board and replaced it. The new board, headed by one of her childhood friends, ordered the creamery kept open. Six months later -- after the business racked up more than $800,000 in additional losses, according to state officials -- the new board ordered it closed again.

The candidate's handling of the matter has been fodder for some critics challenging her credentials as a self-proclaimed fiscal conservative. She has also been criticized for securing federal earmarks as mayor of Wasilla and, as governor, for raising taxes on oil-industry profits. "I think what happened here was her personal desire to satisfy a local constituency, versus what is right for the state," says Lyda Green, president of the Republican-run state senate and a political rival from Wasilla.

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full term as Governor--she ain't getting another. The people of Alaska are having their eyes opened, it seems.

America does not need 4 more years of republicon FAIL.

Old McPalin had a state,
EIEIO
And in her state she had some friends
EIEIO
With classmate here,
a classmate there,
here a classmate,
there a classmate,
everywhere a classmate
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO

Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO
And in her state she abused some power
EIEIO
With an e-mail here
And an e-mail there
Here an e-mail, there an e-mail
Everywhere an e-mail
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO

Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO
And in her state she led some cover-ups
EIEIO
With a scandal here,
and a scandal there,
Here a scandal, there a scandal
Everywhere a scandal
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO

Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO
And in her state she'd say "yes" to pork
EIEIO
With a project here,
and a project there,
Here a project, there a project
Everywhere a project
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO

I suppose I should get back to work now. :yoiks:

Try to work in a little more brush clearing and I think you've got it!

:lol:

:evilgrin:

Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO
And in her state she liked to hunt
EIEIO
With some moose guts here,
and some moose guts there,
Here some moose guts, there some moose guts
Everywhere some moose guts
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO


Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO
And in her state she see
EIEIO
With Canada over here,
and Russia over there,
Here Canada, there Russia
Everywhere foreigners
Old McPalin had a state
EIEIO

:lowerliptrembling:

No breaks for cow love?

( :rofl: )

they *HATE* Palin and admit that McSame fucked up with that one. Obama is an evil Muslim because he is going to raise taxes so he is voting republicon regardless.

and join the Ron Paul Revolution!:evilgrin:

to vote for Barr

... and it still is! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin

I remember seeing it early in the morning when Palin was picked, but by lunch time (GMT -6) it was gone.

I'm sort of shocked that the WSJ picked this up.