Sarah Palin Biography & Background

Sarah Palin Bio & Biographical Timeline

Date Added	Type	Summary
07/06/2009	Decision	Republican Governor Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania laid into Palin's decision to resign: "To resign after two-and-a-half years in off...
05/29/2008	Decision	Palin vetoed a $1.5 million state and matching federal appropriation for a new energy reseach center at the University of Alaska...
09/02/2008	Decision	Palin approved an initiative allowing hunters to shoot wolves from airplanes -- also attempting to add a $150 per wolf incentive...
08/23/2008	Decision	She opposed a "clean water" proposition to help prevent open pit mines from contaminating local drinking water and threatening...
08/31/2008	Decision	Palin opposed efforts to protect beluga whales (only 375 estimated) located in a specific Alaskan inlet deeming it a threat to...
08/29/2008	Decision	As governor, Palin vetoed a 50-megawatt wind farm and a clean coal facility.
08/29/2008		Pat Buchanan stated that Sarah was one of his "brigaders" in 1996 and was at a fundraiser for him.
09/11/2008	Decision	Wasilla was only town in Alaska that charged victims for their own rape kits ($500 - $1200) after Palin fired the police chief...
09/02/2008	Decision	Palin cut funding for a transitional home for teen moms in Alaska with a line item veto.
09/02/2008	Decision	She tried to fire highly respected city librarian who refused to remove books that Palin found to be "morally or socially objecti...
09/01/2008	Decision	As Mayor, she fired Wasilla’s Police Chief because she claimed that he “intimidated” her, but the Police Chief says it was becaus...
08/29/2008	Decision	She fired members of the Alaska Agriculture Board in order to replace Creamery Board members who she could not fire.
05/23/2008	Decision	She sued the Department of Interior on its decision to list polar bears as threatened species because “it would hamper drilling...
09/04/2008		Palin was mayor of a very small town (5500 approx) where she received only 616 votes in her first election and 909 in her second...
09/04/2008		Palin attended five different colleges over six years receiving a single degree (journalism).
09/02/2008		Sarah and Todd were part owners of a failed car wash company in Anchorage.
09/02/2008		Palin has only visited four countries in her life before 2008: Germany & Kuwait (briefly), Mexico and Canada.
09/02/2008		Her husband Todd Palin was a member of the controversial Alaskan Independence Party