i found an article this morning stating that her expenses were lower than several former governors but at the time i did not know that her expemses were in question so i just deleted the article and i have so many that i can't find it in the deleted folder. i do not even know who sent it or anything to help me look. --- On Tue, 9/9/08, KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: KE Cleveland <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Sarah Palin - Fiscal Conservative? > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 6:35 PM > Kendall, > > I have to agree with part of the author's statement > that *per diem *stipends > aren't that unusual--at least they weren't back > when states' coffers were > full. I would agree that $16K is excessive, but I also > know that Anchorage > to Juneau is a haul--and there is no road into Juneau from > the north. It's > only air or water, and in the winter, just water. So why > not stay in the > Governor's Mansion instead of the commute? Maybe > that's what she should > have done. I guess it depends on whether or not it would > have cost Alaskan > taxpayers more to keep the gubernatorial manse up and > running 24/7/365 than > it would to ship the family back and forth. > > *Per diem *stipends are a thing of the past for most civil > servants (like > me). Used to be that you would get your stipend up front > and then make good > money by staying at Motel 6 and eating at McDonalds. > That's not the case > anymore--at least not where I work. Travel has been cut > back--wa-a-a-y > back. If you want to go to a conference, for instance, you > have to write up > a justification that's darn near perfect (I should > know, because I have to > write travel justifications for everyone in my agency--no > kidding.). If the > travel request passes the manager's and director's > red pen then it goes > before a board for approval. If they approve it then you > have to bring > receipts in for reimbursement--meaning that you better have > a lot of slack > in your personal credit card account because you personally > pay for > everything up front and then your application for > reimbursement goes back to > the same board for approval. It can take up to three > months for your > reimbursement to appear, and they don't cover the > interest you're racking up > on your card. That's why I don't use American > Express--I could never afford > to pay off a trip in one month. > > I used to work for OCLC (Online Computer Library Center), a > non-profit > academic library data service in Dublin, Ohio. I travelled > around the globe > installing local library cataloging systems (written in > MIIS--look that one > up!). I almost doubled my salary in *per diem* money while > I was > travelling, but that was almost twenty years ago. I hear > they run a tight > ship these days. > > Anyway, I think we're going to hear that Palin is an > angel and a demon. > Truth is probably somewhere in the middle. I just heard > over the weekend > that some guy accused Obama of doing crack cocaine and > having sex with him > in the back of a limo. Might be true, might not--nobody > knows the truth > except two people. I'm not going to take the word of > some Duluth crackhead > any more than I am the word of some pissed-off Palin > neighbor. No one is > unstained in this world. You just have to pick who you > think will serve the > interests that are closest to your own heart and let the > chips fall. > > Time for chow! > > Kyle > > > > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 1:09 PM, Kendall D. Corbett < > [log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Saw this in the WashPost and thought it was > interesting.... > > > > > > *Palin Billed State for Nights Spent at Home* > > > > Taxpayers Also Funded Family's Travel > > > > > > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/08/AR2008090803088.html?wpisrc=newsletter > > -- > > > > > > Kendall > > > > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's > redundant!) > > > > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the > unreasonable one > > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. > Therefore, all progress > > depends on the unreasonable man. > > > > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950 > > > > ----------------------- > > > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY > list, go here: > > > > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy > > > > ----------------------- > > To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go > here: > > http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy ----------------------- To change your mail settings or leave the C-PALSY list, go here: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?SUBED1=c-palsy