Washington Post
There was $500,000 for a youth shelter, $1.9 million for a transportation hub, $900,000 for sewer repairs, and $15 million for a rail project -- all intended to benefit Palin's town, Wasilla, located about 45 miles north of Anchorage.
Seems like a lot of federal assistance for a town of 6700 (not counting moose). Especially for someone who has boasted of rejecting earmarks.
But she obviously wasn't against earmarks when she hired Robertson, Monagle & Eastaugh, an Anchorage law firm with links to Ted Stevens and Don Young, to lobby for the cash.
All told, Wasilla benefited from $26.9 million in earmarks in Palin's final four years in office.
"She certainly wasn't shy about putting the old-boy network to use to bring home millions of dollars," said Steve Ellis, vice president of Taxpayers for Common Sense. "She's a little more savvy to the ways of Washington than she's let on."
No wonder she's no longer with the AIP secession party... with federal funds pouring in like that, why would anyone want to get off the gravy train?!