Miss Wasilla 1984, Sarah Palin
From Sarah Palin’s wikipedia account:
Matanuska Maid Dairy closure
When the Alaska Creamery Board recommended closing Matanuska Maid Dairy, an unprofitable state-owned business, Palin objected, citing concern for the impact on dairy farmers and the fact that the dairy had just received $600,000 in state money. When Palin realized that the Board of Agriculture and Conservation appoints Creamery Board members, she simply replaced the entire membership of the Board of Agriculture and Conservation.[13][36] The new board, led by businesswoman Kristan Cole, reversed the decision to close the dairy.[36] The new board approved milk price increases offered by the dairy in an attempt to control fiscal losses, even though milk from Washington was already offered in Alaskan stores at lower prices.[37] In the end, the dairy was forced to close, and the state tried to sell the assets to pay off its debts but received no bids.[38][39]
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So she fired everyone, installed a puppet board and had them do her bidding which ultimately cost tax papers money? Sounds like a George W Bush-style neo-con to me!
Cheers,
Tom
4 Comments
August 29, 2008 at 4:11 pm
So what’s the relevance of the old pageant photo to this story? Just curious.
August 29, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I thought it was humorous. I’m trying to find pictures of Palin that aren’t what the AP are using. I found one of her playing basketball in high school for another entry. Of course I could run ones with her look stoic and vice presidential… I have 67 days to do that…
Cheers,
Tom
August 31, 2008 at 11:02 am
Tom,
I think the picture is fitting. Let’s face it Miss Congeniality is a runner-up that all the beauty queens liked. I don’t think women in general identify with beauty queens. She did go a little farther than drug manufacturer rep. taking doctors to lunch while showing more clevage than other professional women. Working moms don’t identify with former beauty queens or cheerleaders (I know she was a basketball player) but she looks like a former cheerleader
August 31, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Oh oh, the Wikipedia page is “fixed”. Apparently, someone made the sole winning bid a week before her VP nod was given. Convenient, right? Our great Wikipedia editors also decided it wasn’t even worth its own section anymore.