Iowa Independent » Wasilla http://iowaindependent.com Iowa politics, news, and commentary Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:51:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 As mayor, Palin boasted of earmarks she won http://iowaindependent.com/5026/as-mayor-palin-boasted-of-earmarks-she-won http://iowaindependent.com/5026/as-mayor-palin-boasted-of-earmarks-she-won#comments Thu, 04 Sep 2008 01:13:17 +0000 Chase Martyn http://iowaindependent.com/?p=5026 Staff at the Washington Independent has poured over documents from GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s time as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska.  Mike Lillis found a document in which Palin, who claims she opposes earmarks, boasts — in her own handwritten note — that her town of 9,000 won over $2.5 million in state money and over $1 million in federal funds in one year.

The story is here, and the document is here.

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