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It wasnt enough to quit on Alaska mid-term. Sarah Palins strange exit strategy could cost the state hundreds of thousands of dollars as it tries to sort out the mess she left behind.
Since her sudden resignation from the Alaskan governors office on July 3, Sarah Palin has created a constitutional crisis that could cost state legislators hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money to resolve. Palin appointed Lt. Governor Sean Parnell to succeed her, and tapped Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell, the commissioner of the Alaskan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to fill Parnells post. However, the state legislature had already chosen someone to succeed Parnell in case of an emergency: State Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt. To resolve the conflict Palin created, the legislature will almost certainly have to call a special session, an event that could require at least $200,000 to administer.
The legislative sources heaped scorn on Palin for saddling them with a new and potentially expensive crisis while she made plans to pursue lucre and celebrity in the lower 48.
Honestly, Sarahs resignation was complete bullshit and Im saying that as a Republican, a Republican political veteran working in the legislature told me. In all my years in politics, nobody has left Alaska in such a mess. Everyone here is just shocked. The Republican added, Theres no choice but to hold a special session. The conflict has to be handled in an orderly way.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-12/palins-final-insult/?cid=hp:mostpopular1
Since her sudden resignation from the Alaskan governors office on July 3, Sarah Palin has created a constitutional crisis that could cost state legislators hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers' money to resolve. Palin appointed Lt. Governor Sean Parnell to succeed her, and tapped Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell, the commissioner of the Alaskan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, to fill Parnells post. However, the state legislature had already chosen someone to succeed Parnell in case of an emergency: State Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt. To resolve the conflict Palin created, the legislature will almost certainly have to call a special session, an event that could require at least $200,000 to administer.
The legislative sources heaped scorn on Palin for saddling them with a new and potentially expensive crisis while she made plans to pursue lucre and celebrity in the lower 48.
Honestly, Sarahs resignation was complete bullshit and Im saying that as a Republican, a Republican political veteran working in the legislature told me. In all my years in politics, nobody has left Alaska in such a mess. Everyone here is just shocked. The Republican added, Theres no choice but to hold a special session. The conflict has to be handled in an orderly way.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-12/palins-final-insult/?cid=hp:mostpopular1