Unbelievable news today.
In a rambling statement, using words reminding one of a Tina Fey parody, Governor Palin announced she would not seek reelection as Alaska's Governor. And, further, she will resign the office.
The explanation given for her pending resignation sounded lame. One wonders what she is really thinking. Did the (mostly justified) criticism of her finally get to her? Is she really thinking of higher office? Did the governor of South Carolina "vacation" in Alaska? Is there some as yet undisclosed scandal yet to be reported? Time will tell.
I hope Alaska's Lieutenant Governor is more qualified than Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor. If not, the State of Alaska is in for even more pain than they've endured since Ms. Palin's failed Vice Presidential folly.
I note that news organizations are still trying to obtain copies of Ms. Palin's email messages. As I recall, they were originally told they'd have to pay - in some cases tens of millions of dollars - to see these public documents. One can only imagine why the state wants to continue to stonewall such requests. My take is that the release would further embarrass Ms. Palin and subject her to further (justified) criticism.
So much for Ms. Palin's promise of honest and transparent government.
I found myself chuckling that the State of Alaska says that its systems are so bad that her email messages aren't readily available. If the state's systems are truly that bad - and I doubt it - perhaps they should contract with the Republican's "beloved" private sector to provide the service. I hear that Google provides reliable email service with loads of disk space.
The State of Alaska has also indicated that if and when they provide the requested copies of the email messages, they must do so on paper. It reminds me of at least one major Minnesota company's response to periodic visits from government auditors. They would print reams of paper reports. Box upon box of computer printouts would be delivered by forklift to a conference room and stacked against the walls for use by the auditors. When a young employee asked why the data wasn't provided electronically, the answer was "We don't want to make it easy for them."
It would appear that Governor Palin has attempted to run Alaska as if it were a business.
In a rambling statement, using words reminding one of a Tina Fey parody, Governor Palin announced she would not seek reelection as Alaska's Governor. And, further, she will resign the office.
The explanation given for her pending resignation sounded lame. One wonders what she is really thinking. Did the (mostly justified) criticism of her finally get to her? Is she really thinking of higher office? Did the governor of South Carolina "vacation" in Alaska? Is there some as yet undisclosed scandal yet to be reported? Time will tell.
I hope Alaska's Lieutenant Governor is more qualified than Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor. If not, the State of Alaska is in for even more pain than they've endured since Ms. Palin's failed Vice Presidential folly.
I note that news organizations are still trying to obtain copies of Ms. Palin's email messages. As I recall, they were originally told they'd have to pay - in some cases tens of millions of dollars - to see these public documents. One can only imagine why the state wants to continue to stonewall such requests. My take is that the release would further embarrass Ms. Palin and subject her to further (justified) criticism.
So much for Ms. Palin's promise of honest and transparent government.
I found myself chuckling that the State of Alaska says that its systems are so bad that her email messages aren't readily available. If the state's systems are truly that bad - and I doubt it - perhaps they should contract with the Republican's "beloved" private sector to provide the service. I hear that Google provides reliable email service with loads of disk space.
The State of Alaska has also indicated that if and when they provide the requested copies of the email messages, they must do so on paper. It reminds me of at least one major Minnesota company's response to periodic visits from government auditors. They would print reams of paper reports. Box upon box of computer printouts would be delivered by forklift to a conference room and stacked against the walls for use by the auditors. When a young employee asked why the data wasn't provided electronically, the answer was "We don't want to make it easy for them."
It would appear that Governor Palin has attempted to run Alaska as if it were a business.
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