That yipping you hear coming from way up north is the sound of Governor Hockey Mom whipping the huskies to make a quick u-turn. GHM vowed she would not let those independent and maverick residents of her state to eat more than 2/3rds of the Socialist Obama’s vile plate of stimulus arugula.
Palin has found out that her mavericks don’t want to step away from the federal trough and that she has mismanaged her state so well that she can not control her GOPER dominated legislature. This GOPER presidential front-runner will sign bills accepting most of the federal stimulus funds available to the state.
Palin had warned about the state having to finance projects created by the stimulus funds after the federal money runs out. She earlier called the stimulus package “an unsustainable, debt-ridden package of funds.”
Alaska’s Legislature conducted more than 20 public hearings on the federal stimulus package, and legislative leaders said they couldn’t find any of the strings attached to the funds that Palin had warned about.
They passed bills accepting nearly all the funds.
Tthe legislative bills covering the stimulus will be sent to Palin by early next week. She will have 20 business days to sign or veto them.