Palin resignation costs Alaska at least $40,000

[question everything]

Source: AP

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Early estimates put the cost of Sarah Palin's midterm resignation as Alaska governor at a minimum of $40,000, not including a special legislative session partly linked to her departure.

The preliminary figures obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show it cost the state almost $14,100 for the July 26 swearing-in ceremony of new Gov. Sean Parnell.

The price tag for moving Palin — the former GOP vice presidential candidate — and her family from the governor's mansion in Juneau amounted to roughly $3,328. Palin's spokeswoman, Meghan Stapleton, says suggesting the resignation cost the state is "incredibly misleading." She says the resignation ceremony was added to a previously scheduled governor's picnic and was organized by the lieutenant governor's office.

The tally doesn't include the estimated $100,000 it cost for a one-day special session last month in which lawmakers approved Palin's pick to replace Parnell as lieutenant governor and overrode her veto of federal stimulus funds intended for energy efficiency projects.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090904/ap_on_re_us/us_palin_resignation_cost

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Money well spent.

[UpInArms]

2. a bargain at twice the price

way to go, Alaska!

[Richard D]

3. But imagine what it saved.

[Lasher]

15. She liked that government expense account.

I wonder how much she charged in per diem and other expenses compared to her predecessor.

[TheEuclideanOne]

4. Not having Palin in office=====PRICELESS!!!

[Deja Q]

18. For everything else, there's Mastercard.

[bemildred]

5. Worth every penny. nt

[groundloop]

6. Heck of a return on investment.

[Bravo Zulu]

7. republicans waste all the government money they can!

[LuckyLib]

8. They need to think of this as a start on regaining their credibility as a state.

We lower 48'ers can't imagine they elected such a nimrod. Then we remember Chimpy McFlightsuit and it all makes sense!

[TygrBright]

9. Cheap at TWICE the price. n/t

[DissedByBush]

10. Oh come on

At some point we have to stop beating a dead horse. Just be glad she's gone.

How much did Obama, Biden and Clinton quitting the Senate cost the government?

[DebbieCDC]

11. The last time I looked, Obama and Biden didn't "quit" the Senate

Did you forget your sarcasm emoticon?

[DissedByBush]

12. You don't remember Obama resigning his Senate seat? n/t

[Critters2]

13. 53% of American voters gave him a promotion.

Not the same as quitting.

[DissedByBush]

19. There is no difference

Leaving the seat cost the taxpayers money in all of these cases. A replacement needed to be found, legal stuff needed to be worked out.

And in Clinton's case the taxpayers didn't give her a promotion. She quit to pursue other career opportunities.

And there is nothing wrong with any of this.

[DebbieCDC]

20. Uh, getting elected president and giving up his senate seat

are a JUST little bit different than Moosebreath deciding to quit in the middle of her term.

[DissedByBush]

23. Not different in relation to the subject of the thread n/t

[joeycola]

14. I agree.

[Spazito]

16. LOL! I find your posts....

quite ......fascinating and consistent as well. I get a sudden urge for fast food upon reading them!

[No Elephants]

17. A few very consistent posters on this thread.

[Spazito]

24. Yes, there certainly are, some more verbose than other for sure n/t

[JI7]

21. it was worth it

[TheCowsCameHome]

22. Who says you can't find a good bargain these days?

40k and on her way.