Sarah Palin's Accomplishments

Palin to resign as Alaska governor

Some of Sarah Palin's Accomplishments will be listed and detailed here. She has been the Governor of Alaska for two years and Mayor of Wasilla Alaska for ten years. She also served as President of Alaska Conference of Mayors and was also a City Council member (1992-1996).

AGIA License bill signed August 27, 2008. Energy Package signed August 25, 2008. Administrative Order 242 signed August 20, 2008.

These are just a few of her more recent accomplishments since taking office as Governor of Alaska. I do not endorse McCain and Palin, nor do I endorse Obama and Biden. This hub is not about campaigning for someone, but to simply state a few facts about Palin who has been judged unjustly in my opinion by many. I may even do a hub about Obama's accomplishments.

When an official is elected to office, he/she should be elected according to past history and accomplishments.

House Bill 3001 for awarding a contract to TransCanada Alaska for developing and building a pipeline stretching for 1,715 miles from the Prudhoe Bay treatment plant to Alberta Canada.

Natives of Alaska have dreamed of a pipeline for more than 30 years. Sarah Palin in less than two years got the bill passed and the framework is now laid for them to move forward with the project.

Governor Palin said. “This legislation brings us closer than we’ve ever been to building a gas pipeline and finally accessing our gas that has been languishing for so many decades on the North Slope.”

More than 36,000 miles of pipeline is now operated by TransCanada Corporation in North America. They have built many pipelines also and are appreciative of the Governor's suport.

House Bill 4001 and Senate bill 4002 were signed into law by Governor Palin on August 25, 2008. SB 4002 pays $1,200 to each resident who qualifies. The money for these payments comes from the state's natural resource revenue. This bill also suspends the state's tax on gasoline.

“Alaskans who signed up for direct deposit will see these funds on September 12, along with their dividend,” said Governor Palin. “In rural Alaska, particularly, many people are facing a choice between feeding their families and heating their homes, and they could use this payment from the state's energy-generated surplus to cover some of those bills.”

She also signed a proclamation declaring September to be energy efficiency month in Alaska. She encourages residents to use energy more efficiently during this month.

This order puts together a co-op of the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Revenue to work with organizations who wish to commercialize Alaska's North Slope natural gas.

"This solidifies our commitment to facilitating an LNG project that is a product of market interest,” Governor Palin said. “By committing both project capital and natural gas resources to a pipeline that would transport North Slope natural gas to tidewater, an LNG project can remain an integral element of the state’s effort to deliver Alaska’s gas to market"

The Order encourages the departments to support any who are pursuing development of natural gas projects which are liquefiable and economic.

A copy of this order is available here.

The jet was purchased on payments by the former governor as a person would buy an automobile. Payments of $62,492.79 were made quarterly.

New information that was pointed out to me indicates that the jet didn't actually sell on Ebay. I apologize for the misinformation.

It was sold to a businessman from Valdez named Larry Reynolds, who paid $2.1 million for the jet, shy of the original $2.7 million purchase price, according to contemporaneous news reports, including a story in the New York Times.

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Upon entering office as Governor, the first thing Palin did was fire the chef. She said she is able to make meals for her children and the chef is no longer necessary.

It seems to me that one thing she is against, is wasteful spending of taxpayers dollars. I think she has integrity, if nothing else to bring to the position of Vice president of the USA. Her campaign for Governor centered around corrupt politics.

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Internet rumors have been going around claiming Palin cut funding for Special Needs Education by 62%. The rumor has been found to be false and the funding in fact tripled for these special needs children education.

Rumors have been going all over the Internet charging Palin with many misdeeds.

She supposedly demanded that certain books be banned by the library at Wasilla. This is a false rumor. Many of the books that were mentioned in the rumor weren't even published yet. The librarian said that Palin asked a what if question. The original rumor also stated that the librarian was fired, but she in fact worked at the same library through most of Palins first term.

She was charged with being a member of the Alaskan Independence Party which has pushed for succession from the United States. Fact is that she was never a member of that party.

She never endorsed Pat Buchanan. She merely wore a Buchanan pin during his visit to Wasilla.

She has not pushed for teaching creationism in Alaska's schools. She has said that students should be allowed to "debate both sides" of the evolution question, but she also said creationism "doesn't have to be part of the curriculum"

Much of the above in this capsule can be found here.

Originally the report told was that Sarah Palin was against the bridge to Nowhere. After doing some digging around I found out the truth of the bridge. Sarah Palin originally was for the bridge and even made a statement to that affect which has been recorded.

Palin, Sept. 2006: The money that's been appropriated for the project, it should remain available for a link, an access process as we continue to evaluate the scope and just how best to just get this done. This link is a commitment to help Ketchikan expand its access, to help this community prosper.

When the proposal came before the senate, the bill was passed with a vote of 91 for and 4 against it, with 5 senators not voting. John McCain was one of the 4 who voted against it. Barak Obama and Joe Biden both voted for it.

The Bridge to Nowhere became a symbol of Pork Barrel spending and earmarks, which is something John McCain is against.

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It seem Palin may possibly be in a little trouble. Ethics investigation finds Palin abused power.  Might not be in trouble but it could hurt McCain's campaign.