Cruella DeVille, er, Sarah Palin, is reported to have charged the state of Alaska, (of which she's the governor, btw) for per diem expenses for 312 days.
Well, what's the big deal, you ask?
She was staying at her home those 312 days.
Yeah, get it while it's hot, you inbred far-northern hillbilly.
(from the Washington Post)
"In September, after The Washington Post reported that the GOP vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had charged the state per diem expenses when she was staying in her own home, her office issued statements claiming that the practice was fine. "The governor is entitled to a per diem, and she claims it," gubernatorial spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said at the time.
Palin billed the state for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home during her first 19 months in office, according to The Post's review of expense reports between late 2006 and August 2008. Though the story caused a bit of a sensation at the time, The Post could find no record that Palin had ever been asked about the per diem, which officials justified by saying that Juneau was her "duty station" and any time spent in Wasilla meant she was allowed the state alottment of $60 a day for meals and sundries."
What nerve.
Well, what's the big deal, you ask?
She was staying at her home those 312 days.
Yeah, get it while it's hot, you inbred far-northern hillbilly.
(from the Washington Post)
"In September, after The Washington Post reported that the GOP vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had charged the state per diem expenses when she was staying in her own home, her office issued statements claiming that the practice was fine. "The governor is entitled to a per diem, and she claims it," gubernatorial spokeswoman Sharon Leighow said at the time.
Palin billed the state for 312 nights spent in her Wasilla home during her first 19 months in office, according to The Post's review of expense reports between late 2006 and August 2008. Though the story caused a bit of a sensation at the time, The Post could find no record that Palin had ever been asked about the per diem, which officials justified by saying that Juneau was her "duty station" and any time spent in Wasilla meant she was allowed the state alottment of $60 a day for meals and sundries."
What nerve.
