You know how we've seen cronyism and political favoritism from the Bush Administration ("heckuva job, Brownie!) and how McCain and Palin call themselves reformers?
The Wasilla High School yearbook archive now doubles as a veritable directory of state government. Ms. Palin appointed Mr. Bitney, her former junior high school band-mate, as her legislative director and chose another classmate, Joe Austerman, to manage the economic development office for $82,908 a year. Mr. Austerman had established an Alaska franchise for Mailboxes Etc.
At that, he might be better qualified than this lady:
. . .when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of cows as one of her qualifications for running the roughly $2 million agency.
Exactly the kind of competence and good government we need after eight years of Bush, I'd say.
Posted by Linkmeister at September 13, 2008 02:25 PM | TrackBack