Palin children traveled on state

[jasmeel]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_el_pr/palin_family_travel

"ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Gov. Sarah Palin charged the state for her children to travel with her, including to events where they were not invited, and later amended expense reports to specify that they were on official business.

The charges included costs for hotel and commercial flights for three daughters to join Palin to watch their father in a snowmobile race, and a trip to New York, where the governor attended a five-hour conference and stayed with 17-year-old Bristol for five days and four nights in a luxury hotel.

In all, Palin has charged the state $21,012 for her three daughters' 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office in December 2006. In some other cases, she has charged the state for hotel rooms for the girls.

Alaska law does not specifically address expenses for a governor's children. The law allows for payment of expenses for anyone conducting official state business."

Sounds pretty ethical to me. Those kids are the best prop, tax write off and money maker a mom could ever want!

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. Think this will get noticed?

I ain't holding my breath.

[Hand]

2. Crooked as a dog's hind leg. nt

[chelsea0011]

3. Palin loves the taxpayer to cough it up. I think she is a socialist.

[florida08]

4. thought she was against wasteful spending

Sounds like monkey business

[michelekibbler]

5. Palin

I hate to break it to you, but they sold the Governor's private jet and saved Alaska over $400,000.00 in travel expenses per year. The Palin family flies commercial.