Palin In Some Doo Doo Over Taxes
$18,000 under scrutiny; governor also charged state for children’s travel
Gov. Sarah Palin must pay back taxes on nearly $18,000 in expenses she charged the state for living in her home outside Anchorage instead of at the state capital…Palin had collected nearly $17,000 in per diem payments before she was named to the Republican ticket. The expenses were paid for more than 300 nights she slept at her home in the Anchorage suburb of Wasilla and commuted 40 miles to her Anchorage office instead of living in the governor’s mansion in Juneau, the state capital. The practice started up again shortly after last fall’s general election.
Palin returned to work on Nov. 7 — three days after McCain’s loss to Barack Obama in the general election. From then until Dec. 14 — the last date for which records were available — she continued to charge the state for meals and incidentals, amounting to $1,168….
Charging for children’s travel costs
Palin also previously charged the state for having her children travel with her — amounting to $21,012 for her three daughters’ 64 one-way and 12 round-trip commercial flights since she took office through last fall. She also charged for hotel rooms for the girls in some cases…Her office has claimed the girls were acting on state business….Full Article
In other words, our would be VP is a currupt twit.