While mayor Palin had Wasilla purchase a $24,000 SUV for her. Yet Palin brags that when she became governor, she sold the state's private plane for $2.1 million. The per capita cost of the plane divided by 670,053 Alaskans is $3.13. On the other hand, the per capita cost of the SUV divided by Wasilla's 7,025 residents is $3.42. Palin's thrift is just a part of her fable.