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Sarah Palin Controversial Votes & Decisions

Republican Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania laid into Palin's decision to resign: "To resign after two-and-a-half years in office and somehow to say that she was going to be a lame duck...is ridiculous". Adding that, "She's really abandoning her state at a very difficult time" and that "she made the wrong decision to leave her state. If you want to help Alaskans, lead during tough and challenging times".

07/06/2009 from huffingtonpost.com

Wasilla was only town in Alaska that charged victims for their own rape kits ($500 - $1200) after Palin fired the police chief and approved a new budget without the line item for it.

09/11/2008 from huffingtonpost.com

She tried to fire highly respected city librarian who refused to remove books that Palin found to be "morally or socially objectionable to her".

09/02/2008 from nytimes.com

Palin cut funding for a transitional home for teen moms in Alaska with a line item veto.

09/02/2008 from voices.washingtonpost.com

Palin approved an initiative allowing hunters to shoot wolves from airplanes -- also attempting to add a $150 per wolf incentive that was rejected as illegal by a state judge.

09/02/2008 from slate.com

As Mayor, she fired Wasilla’s Police Chief because she claimed that he “intimidated” her, but the Police Chief says it was because he was not loyal to her.

09/01/2008 from opednews.com

Palin opposed efforts to protect beluga whales (only 375 estimated) located in a specific Alaskan inlet deeming it a threat to the oil and gas industry.

08/31/2008 from gristmill.grist.org

As governor, Palin vetoed a 50-megawatt wind farm and a clean coal facility.

08/29/2008 from politico.com

She fired members of the Alaska Agriculture Board in order to replace Creamery Board members who she could not fire.

08/29/2008 from thelibertypapers.org

She opposed a "clean water" proposition to help prevent open pit mines from contaminating local drinking water and threatening salmon.

08/23/2008 from gristmill.grist.org

Palin vetoed a $1.5 million state and matching federal appropriation for a new energy reseach center at the University of Alaska that would have focused on developing new renewable energy technologies.

05/29/2008 from newsminer.com

She sued the Department of Interior on its decision to list polar bears as threatened species because “it would hamper drilling for oil and gas”.

05/23/2008 from timesonline.co.uk

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