blogs.guardian.co.uk - 8/30/2008
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Less than two years ago GOP vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin , now governor of Alaska, was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town outside Anchorage. Much has been made of how small the town is, as Democrats and pundits use it to cast doubt on her preparedness to run for office and, if necessary, ...
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... By contrast, Palin took office as Governor in December, 2006, less than two years ago. Before that, she served two terms on the city council and then as mayor from 1996-2002 of Wasilla, Alaska, a town with a population under 9,000. That's less than 1/20th the size of the Illinois State Senate district Barack Obama represented for eight years before he was elected to the U.S. Senate. ...
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... .” During her tenure, the budget of Wasilla (population 5,469 in 2000) “apart from capital projects and debt, rose from $3.9 million in fiscal 1996 ...
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