Turkey Pardon (Video) Sarah Palin

Only a few Presidents have kept up a tradition of pardoning turkeys at Thanksgiving. John F. Kennedy did it in 1963 starting the sort of tradition. No one else did it until . President George W. Bush has pardoned a turkey every year of his Presidency. Its a lovely tradition even though we all know that thousands upon thousands of the sad birds are slaughtered every year so we can gorge our gluttonous selves on their tender meat on Thanksgiving Day. And, of course, give Thanks for the bounty we have been blessed with in this land of plenty. Yada, yada … lets eat.
In 1963 John F.Kennedy did it President George H. W. Bush did it in 1993 but no one did untle it on thanks giving few of them have kept it a tradition turkey thanks giving. We all know that it is a good tradition but thousands of birds are slaughtered in every year but surely for the bounty we have been blessed with in this land of plenty.
when a reporter asked about it her answer we this "A reporter asked Palin if she was okay with the backdrop. The Alaskan Governor answered, “no worries.” As the bird’s head was removed, the man looked over his shoulder at the governor and reporters and flashed a toothy grin.
“I was happy to be invited to participate in, in this, and, uh, and, you know, for one, you need a little bit of levity in this job, especially with a, uh, so much that has gone on in the last couple of months that has been so, um, political, ah, obviously, that it’s nice to get out and, and do something to promote a local business and, and to uh, just participate in something that isn’t so, um, heavy-handed politics that, uh, invites criticism,” said the governor in what appeared to be a single sentence.
“Certainly we’ll even invite criticism for doin’ this too, but at least this was fun!” she pronounced. thanks..she got spunk. You have to like her for that.I hope every body was Happy Thanksgiving and remember to give Thanks to those who are people who know from where food comes from & try to get it unrecognizable and all packaged up so you can serve it at your table without having to give it a minutes thought.

(Mayor of Wasilla,City council of Wasilla,Governor of Alaska)

MAYOR OF WASILLA
From 1996–2002 Palin served as the mayor of Wasilla. At the end of Palin's tenure as mayor in 2002, the city had around 6,300 residents. Palin defeated three-term incumbent mayor John Stein In 1996, in the name of wasteful spending & high taxes.She ntroduced abortion,gun rights,and term limits as campaign issues.Although the election was a nonpartisan blanket primary, the state Republican Party ran advertisements onbehalf of her.
FIRST TERM : In October 1996 she joined her office , Palin took the position of museum director and leaded wisefully she asked for updated resumes and resignation letters rom some top officials,including the police chief,public works director,finance director,librarian.It was Palins request to find out their intentions and whether they supported her or not.She required concerned department heads temporarly to get her approval before talking to reporters, because she want all officials that they first needed to become acquainted with her administration's policies. After creating the position of city administrator shed reduced her own $68,000 salary by 10%
According to Wasilla librarian Mary Ellen Emmons, Palin inquired two or three times in October 1996 as to how Emmons would handle any request to remove books from the library. John Stein, the former mayor of Wasilla and Palin's 1996 political opponent, said in September 2008 that Palin's "religious beliefs," and the concerns of some voters about language in the books, motivated her inquiries. In December 1996, Palin said she had no books or other material in mind for removal.No books were removed from the library, and Palin stated in 2006 that she would not allow her personal religious beliefs to dictate her political positions.
It was in January 1997, Palin fired Emmons and Police Chief Irl Stambaugh stating that she did not feel they fully supported her efforts to govern the city. The public support for Emmons and a personal meeting, Palin rescinded the firing of Emmons, stating that her concerns had been alleviated, and adding that Emmons agreed to support Palin's plan to merge the town's library and museum operations.Stambaugh, who had supported Palin's opponent Emmons in the election, filed. A wrongful termination lawsuit alleging that his termination violated his contract, reflected gender discrimination, and was for political reasons.He said, that he had opposed a bill in the state legislature, supported by Palin, that would "permit concealed weapons in schools and bars the bill stated that "a permitee may not carry a concealed handgun within or on school grounds."The federal judge who heard the case dismissed Stambaugh's lawsuit, ordering Stambaugh to pay Palin's legal fees, ruling that the mayor had the right to fire city employees for any reason, including a political one.
Palin appointed Charles Fannon as police chief. Fannon later opposed a state law preventing police departments from billing rape victims or their health insurance for evidence collection kits.Fannon said that the Wasilla police had sometimes billed victims' health insurance in the past; Stambaugh said that under his tenure the city had paid. An investigation by the St. Petersburg Times found no evidence that Palin had explicitly supported or opposed the policy.During her first year in office, Palin kept a jar with the names of Wasilla residents on her desk, and once a week she pulled a name from it and picked up the phone; she would ask: "How's the city doing?" Using income generated by a 2% sales tax that was enacted before she was elected to the city council, Palin cut property taxes by 75% and eliminated personal property and business inventory taxes. Tapping municipal bonds, she made improvements to the roads and sewers, and increased funding to the Police Department.She also oversaw new bike paths and procured funding for storm-water treatment to protect freshwater resources. At the same time, she reduced spending on the town museum and blocked construction of a new library and city hall. Palin ran for re-election against Stein in 1999 and won, with 74% of the vote. She was also elected president of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
SECOND TERM : As a mayor, Palin introduced a ballot measure proposing the construction of a municipal sports center to be financed by a 0.5% sales tax increase. The $14.7 million Wasilla Multi-Use Sports Complex was built on time and under budget, an additional $1.3 million caused because of of the failure to obtain clear title to the property before beginning construction. The city's debt grew from about $1 million to $25 million through voter-approved indebtedness of $15 million for the sports complex, $5.5 million for street projects, and $3 million for water improvement projects.
She also joined with nearby communities in jointly hiring the Anchorage-based lobbying firm of Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh to lobby for federal funds. The firm secured nearly $8 million in earmarked funds for the Wasilla city government, and another $19 million for other public and private entities in the Wasilla valley area.Earmarks included $500,000 for a youth shelter, $1.9 million for a transportation hub, $900,000 for sewer repairs, and $15 million for a rail project linking Wasilla and the ski resort community of Girdwood. Term limits prevented Palin from running for a third term as mayor in 2002.

Sarah Louise Heath Palin

PALIN BIRTH
Sarah Louise Heath Palin was born in February 11, 1964 Sandpoint, Idaho, the third of four children of Sarah Heath, a school secretary, and Charles R. Heath, a science teacher and track coach. As a child, she sometimes went moose hunting with her father before school. The family regularly ran 5 km and 10 km racesPalin studies Wasilla High School, located 71 km. north of Anchorage. She leaded the Fellowship of Christian Athletes chapter at the school and the point guard,captain of the school's girls' basketball team.the team won Alaska state championship in 1982.
PALIN EDUCATION
She enrolled at Hawaii Pacific College in 1982 after her first semester she left the college and moved to North Idaho community college, there Palin studies two semesters as a general studies major. Then she moved to the University of Idaho for two semesters. During the same time Palin won the Miss Wasilla Pageant. Later she finished third in the 1984 Miss Alaska pageant, at which she won a college scholarship and the "Miss Congeniality" award. Afterwards, Palin attended the Matanuska-Susitna community college in Alaska for one term. The next year she returned to the University of Idaho where she spent three semesters completing her Bachelor of Science degree in communications-journalism, graduating in 1987.Palin worked as a sports reporter for KTUU-TV AND KTVA-TV, MAT-SU VALLEY FRONTIERSMAN as a sports reporter in 1988. And also helped her husbant commercial fishing business.
ELECTORAL HISTORY OF SARAH PALIN (CITY COUNCIL OF WASILLA)
It was in 1992, she has 28-year-old” Wasilla city council against John Hartrick” a telephone company worker. She won 530 votes against to John Hartrick’s 310. On the council, she successfully opposed a measure to curtail the hours at Wasilla's bars by two hours, which surprised Hartrick because she was then a member of a church that advocated abstinence from alcohol. After serving on the city council for three years, she ran for re election against R’nita Rogers in 1995, winning 413 votes to Rogers' 185.Palin was elected twice to the city council of Wasilla, in 1992 and 1995. Palin says she entered politics because she was concerned that revenue from a new Wasilla sales tax would not be spent wisely.Palin has been a registered Republican.