AP Investigation: Palin got zoning aid, gifts

[maddezmom]

AP Investigation: Palin got zoning aid, gifts
By BRETT J. BLACKLEDGE – 18 minutes ago

WASILLA, Alaska (AP) — Though Sarah Palin depicts herself as a pit bull fighting good-old-boy politics, in her years as mayor she and her friends received special benefits more typical of small-town politics as usual, an Associated Press investigation shows.

When Palin needed to sell her house during her last year as Wasilla mayor, she got the city to sign off on a special zoning exception — and did so without keeping a promise to remove a potential fire hazard.

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That year, records show, she tried to help a neighbor and political contributor fighting City Hall over his small lakeside development. Palin wanted the city to refund some of the man's fees, but the city attorney told the mayor she didn't have the authority.

more:http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ijvcK8P0ztXwMgir7NnkIy4rcI0AD93FQIA81

[SpiralHawk]

1. Typical republicon sleazebagger

Ptooey on republicon 'special' treatment for self & cronies. Ptooey.