SARAH PALIN

Frontiersman Editorial Wrote Mayor’s Cronies May Be Running City Hall. A Frontiersman editorial
wrote, “We find it interesting that political cronies of the mayor may be tacitly running city hall or trying
to make staffing decisions.” [Frontiersman editorial, 3/7/97]
Frontiersman Editorial Criticized Cronyism and Political Maneuvering in City Hall. A Frontiersman
editorial wrote, “Palin promised to change the status quo, but at every turn we find hints of cronyism and
political maneuvering. We see a woman who has long-since surrendered her ideals to a political
machine.” [Frontiersman editorial, 2/7/97]
Palin Said She Would Only Support Annexations If the Majority of the People in the Area
Supported the Annexations. The Frontiersman wrote, “Wasilla Mayor Sarah Palin wants any proposals
for expansion of the city through annexation to come from the public. And Palin said she will only
support annexations where a majority of residents in an area favor the move. Palin wants the city council
to make that a formal policy. ‘The bottom line is that we don’t want forced annexations,’ Palin said.” The
Frontiersman added, “Palin said Tuesday that she has never backed forced annexations and voted against
the city’s 1995 annexation of an 83 acre parcel along the Wasilla Lake shoreline.” [Frontiersman, 12/11/96]
• Palin Was Accused by Councilman of Changing Position on Annexation After Receiving
Contributions. The Frontiersman reported that “[Councilman] Carney said Palin’s political
supporters might have helped change her mind on the annexation, adding that Palin received
campaign contributions from several business owners outside the city limits. The business owners
didn’t want to join the city, citing the sales tax as a disadvantage for their businesses, Carney said.
‘No, that’s not true,’ Palin said Monday of Carney’s allegations. ‘That was never a
consideration.’” [Frontiersman, 9/30/92]
Lying
Palin Discontinued Liquor Task Force—Then Denied She Had Until She Was Confronted. In 1996,
the Frontiersman reported that Wasilla’s “Liquor Task Force was dissolved by Mayor Sarah Palin on Oct.
17—three days after she took office.” When asked, Palin said she was not aware the group was not still
meeting, but, according to the Frontiersman, the outreach coordinator said that “on Thursday, Oct. 17,
Mug-Shot Saloon owner Ted Anderson informed the group the task force would not be meeting
again…Wasilla Police Chief Irl Stambaugh said Wednesday he specifically recalled Palin telling him in a
conversation in her office on Oct. 17 that the task force would not be meeting anymore.” The
Frontiersman added, “Confronted with these conflicting stories Wednesday afternoon, Palin dropped the
denials she had made earlier in the day. ‘When the (Wasilla City) council, the borough and the City of
Palmer voted on the bar closure issue, the question was answered on bar closures,’ Palin stated. ‘What
came to mind then was whether there was a need for continuation of the task force.’” [Frontiersman,
12/13/96]
Palin Exaggerated Work Experience for Mayoral Campaign. In 1997, Frontiersman columnist Paul
Stuart wrote that after Palin had criticized her opponent for using City Hal resources for political gain,
“when Palin was asked back then (by me) why the lodge where she claimed, in her campaign, to have
gained her management experience, had no record of a borough business license or of paying any bed tax,
she paused and said it might have been because the place had no clients for a year or so.” In an article
describing the possibility of recalling Palin, the Frontiersman wrote the “reasons include Palin’s alleged
falsification of her credentials during the campaign last fall.” [Frontiersman, 1/22/97, 2/5/97]