SARAH PALIN

Palin Signed Resolution Supporting Areawide Leasing Program. In 1998, Palin signed a resolution in
support of Alaska’s Areawide Leasing program for the Cook Inlet, North Slope and Beaufort Sea regions.
The resolution was in reference to HB 388, which was signed by the Governor. [Resolution 98-01, 1/12/1998]
All-Alaska Pipeline
Palin Said She’d Never Said There Needed to Be an All-Alaska Pipeline and That She’d Always
Been Open to Other Options. In 2006, during a debate, Palin was asked whether her take on how Alaska
should get its natural gas to market had changed. According to the Anchorage Daily News, “Palin said
she’s never said that it has to be an all-Alaska pipeline route -- as opposed to a highway route through
Canada, which Murkowski favors -- and that she’s always been open to other options.” [Anchorage Daily
News (Alaska), 8/18/06]
Palin Supported Natural Gas Pipeline Running from the North Slope to Valdez. Palin advocated a
natural gas pipeline running from the North Slope to Valdez, rather than through Canada to the
Midwestern United States. “We need in-state use of this gas. That should have been the foundation of our
negotiations,” she said. [Anchorage Daily News, 7/27/06]
• Palin Appeared in Newspaper and TV Advertisements to Promote an All-Alaska Natural
Gas Pipeline. After resigning as chairwoman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation
Commission in January 2004, Palin became the spokeswoman for the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline
movement. The movement “semi-collapsed” when Sempra, a California energy company,
withdrew its financial support. Sempra claimed that there was no secure natural gas supply to ship
to the West Coast. [Anchorage Daily News, 6/8/05]
Palin Said “Of Course” Pipeline Needs to be All Alaska, Saying It Sent Revenue and Jobs to
Alaskans, not a Foreign Country. Asked how she came to be a spokesperson for the All-Alaska
pipeline, Palin said, “Of course, my position is, all things being equal, of course it needs to be all Alaska.
It’s constitutionally mandated that our resources be developed for the benefit of all Alaskans. It’s not a
difficult decision for me to make when asked, would you rather see the jobs, the revenue derived go more
towards a foreign company and foreign country, Canada, or keep it all in Alaska? And I look forward also
to seeing how, what kind of compromises in the best interest of Alaskans will come from this. I trust that
there will be decisions that will be made, we better be able to trust that there are decisions that will be
made by the administration that are open to public scrutiny. And that’s the concern I have right now, the
lack of open government that we see in state government.” [Anchorage Daily News (Alaska), 6/8/05]
Palin Was Spokesperson for All-Alaska Pipeline in “Expensive Advertising Campaign.” “The all-
Alaska line has broad public support, thanks in part to its key players being the Fairbanks North Star
Borough and the city of Valdez. Its spokespersons in an expensive advertising campaign are former
governors Walter Hickel and Jay Hammond, former Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin and former state Sen.
Rick Halford.” The ads were paid for by the Alaska Natural Gasline Port Authority (ANGPA). [Anchorage
Daily News (Alaska), 6/4/05]
Property
Palin Broke Tie in Vote Against Building Codes. In 1997, broke a tie in the city council to kill building
codes in Wasilla. The Mat-Su homebuilders had supported the building codes for residential structures.
[Frontiersman, 2/19/97]