20080418 Gov Palin gives birth to son Trig Anchorage Daily News

Gov. Palin gives birth to son Trig

By KYLE HOPKINS April 18th, 2008

Gov. Sarah Palin gave birth to her fifth child at 6:30 this morning at Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, her spokeswoman said today.

The boy's name is Trig Paxson Van Palin. He's 6 pounds, 2 ounces.

"The governor's labor began while she was in Texas, and I do know that she got on a plane and landed in Anchorage late last night," said Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow.

[…]

Palin and her husband, Todd, had been in Texas since Tuesday for a Republican Governors Association convention, Leighow said.

The Palin family issued a statement that read: "Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.

[…]

Earlier this year, Palin joked to a Daily News reporter that "we've always liked the middle name Van because, you know, growing up in the '80s, Van Palin would be a really cool name."

Read the entire article here: Gov. Palin gives birth to son Trig

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20080331 GOPAC Chair Michael Steele’s brief web site bio

GOPAC Chair Michael Steele’s brief web site bio

April 3, 2008

In this past Wednesday’s Tentacle[1] column (The McCain Vice President Decision) I said that of my top three dream choices for the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Senator John McCain’s vice presidential running mate; one of the three is former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele.

The other two were Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

When I researching the column I re-read my latest Tentacle column, I came across the brief bio for Mr. Steele pasted below for the couple of folks I heard from who not familiar with him…

Related: 20080402 Campaign 2008: Past Tentacle columns about Sen. John McCain or former Maryland Lt. Gov. Steele

McCain - John McCain, Presidential election 2008, Steele - Michael Steele, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

The Honorable Michael Steele

GOPAC Chairman Michael Steele was born on October 19, 1958 at Andrews Air Force Base in Prince George's County and was raised in Washington, DC. He graduated from Archbishop Carroll High School, earned his bachelor's degree in International Relations from Johns Hopkins University in 1981 and his law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1991. Mr. Steele also spent three years as a seminarian in the Order of St. Augustine in preparation for the priesthood.

In 2003, Chairman Steele earned a place in history when he became the first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland. He was the nation's highest-ranking African American Republican elected official and the only sitting African American Lt. Governor in the country.

In 2002, President George W. Bush appointed Chairman Steele to serve a term on the Board of Visitors of the United States Naval Academy. Other affiliations include the State House Trust, the East Baltimore Development Corporation, the Export-Import Bank Advisory Committee and the Prince George's County Chapter of the NAACP.

Among the distinguished awards and honors received by Chairman Steele, he has been named a 2005 Aspen Institute-Rodel Fellow in Public Leadership and was awarded a Bethune-DuBois Institute 2005 Award for his work in the ongoing development of quality education in Maryland.

Chairman Steele is a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church in Landover Hills, MD, where he attends mass regularly with his wife Andrea and their two sons, Michael and Drew.

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[1] April 2, 2008

The McCain Vice President Decision

Kevin E. Dayhoff

Speculation persists as to who presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain will choose as a running mate. This upcoming decision has sparked a growing debate among many political pundits for a number of reasons…

20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

March 17, 2008

Hat Tip: Colonel B5

This post is for my Anchorage brother-in-law… And yes, the East Coast is slowly but surely discovering Alaska Governor Sarah Palin…

20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency

Speculation continues to persist as to whom Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain will choose as a running mate.

One person frequently mentioned in the mix is the popular Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin, 44. Many of us feel that she would do a great job as vice-president.

Then in an interview with the Washington Post in late February 2008; “When asked about whether she would consider the number-2 spot in the country -- the vice presidency… Pursing her lips, Palin calls it an ‘impossibility’ this time around, but not altogether out of the question.

Many folks did not pick up on her use of the words “impossibility this time around, but not altogether out of the question.”

In the video, carried by ABC Alaska News http://www.aksuperstation.com/, also notice the quick cameo appearance of former Maryland Governor Robert L. Ehrlich…

And do not overlook her quick take on the candidacy of Senator Barack Obama…

Then, on or about March 6^th, 2008, the matter of the curious words, “impossibility” was explained. Many media outlets carried the news, including the Anchorage Daily News http://www.adn.com/ and ABC Alaska News http://www.aksuperstation.com/; which carried the second half of this video:

“Gov. Sarah Palin dropped a day-ending bombshell. She's pregnant. Palin said Wednesday that she and her husband Todd are expecting their fifth child sometime in mid-May.”

When asked about how this new child would affect her, the Governor said, "This is one of those circumstances that has kinda shifted our way of thinking. It certainly makes me very much more so committed to even wanting to stay in Alaska, you know wanting to raise kids in Alaska and at some point in the future I don't know how far off in the future but in some point maybe there will be other doors open."

We certainly look forward to Governor Palin’s future national leadership; meanwhile congratulations are in order for the impending birth of her fifth child.

For other posts on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and other things – Alaska on “Soundtrack,” please click on: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin , Alaska , Alaska Anchorage , Alaska weather , Alaska Issues

Find other videos on Alaska Governor Sarah Palin here.

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Kevin Dayhoff writes from Westminster Maryland USA.

www.kevindayhoff.net

E-mail him at: kdayhoff at carr.org or kevindayhoff at gmail.com

His columns and articles appear in The Tentacle - www.thetentacle.com; Westminster Eagle Opinion; www.thewestminstereagle.com, Winchester Report and The Sunday Carroll Eagle – in the Sunday Carroll County section of the Baltimore Sun. Get Westminster Eagle RSS Feed

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20080317 Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin on the vice-presidency and being pregnant

20070618 Anchorage Daily News: Mat Maid What a confusing mess

Anchorage Daily News: Mat Maid What a confusing mess

http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/9028315p-8943905c.html

June 18, 2007

Mat Maid What a confusing mess

The Matanuska Maid state-owned dairy has had a good run -- 71 years, from the time the new Matanuska farm colony organized a cooperative and opened a creamery in 1936.

With losses mounting, though, it sounds like it may be time to let Mat Maid go. The dairy lost more than $1.3 million since 2005, according to Mac Carter, chair of the Creamery Board that runs Mat Maid. That includes a $700,000 debt from this year alone.

[…]

A string of troubling, sometimes goofy incidents further undermines confidence in Mat Maid's management.

Just a few weeks ago, Mat Maid was asking for $600,000 from the state to help keep the dairy going while it explored ways to make the operation profitable. Now, even before getting the $600,000, management has decided that Mat Maid must close, and right away.

Kaladi Brothers Coffee Co. said it called multiple times to try to do a million dollars' worth of business with Mat Maid and did not get a return phone call from the milk factory.

And there's unexplained friction between Gov. Sarah Palin and the Creamery Board. Mat Maid execs agreed, despite little advance notice, to take the governor on an informal tour of Mat Maid. When she showed up, the dairy wouldn't let her go without the chief executive there.

Later, there was some explanation of "security" concerns, and not having anyone there to get her to put on sanitary booties and a hair net. Come on, folks, the governor is not going to jump into a milk vat.

Read the entire editorial here: Mat Maid What a confusing mess

20070618 Don’t mess with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

Don’t mess with Alaska Governor Sarah Palin

June 18, 2007

Hat Tip: Colonel B5

Readers who follow “Soundtrack” are aware that I try to keep up with all-things-Alaska. So I was a bit amused when it was called to my attention by “Anchorage Colonel B5” that in the midst of discussions over the “troubled Matanuska Maid diary:

“Gov. Sarah Palin has dismissed all seven members of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation, the group that ultimately has authority over the creamery board, and the troubled Matanuska Maid dairy.”

It gets better: “when she showed up wanting a tour of their Anchorage dairy, officials refused to let her in and made her wait in the lobby for an hour.”

What were they thinking?

Read on…

Palin dismisses entire state agriculture board

Anchorage Daily News By KATIE PESZNECKER kpesznecker@adn.com June 18, 2007

MATANUSKA MAID: Action is first step to shaking up creamery board that decided to close state's dairy.

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Gov. Sarah Palin has dismissed all seven members of the Alaska Board of Agriculture and Conservation, the group that ultimately has authority over the creamery board, and the troubled Matanuska Maid dairy.

The governor will begin announcing replacements to serve on the board today, said Meghan Stapleton, Palin spokeswoman.

The appointments will be made quickly, Stapleton said Sunday, "So this board ... can at least start looking at the creamery board information and perhaps find some alternative solution. (Palin) recognizes and knows that it may mean that ultimately Mat Maid shuts down. But there's not been enough discussion ... about why all of the sudden doors are closing July 7."

Annual revenue at the state-owned dairy has been about $15 million in the past couple of years, but escalating debt led the board that runs the dairy to vote this month to close the dairy for good this summer.

Palin offered to intervene, wanting to avoid the sudden closure.

That didn't go well.

First, the creamery board that runs the dairy rejected her offer. Then, when she showed up wanting a tour of their Anchorage dairy, officials refused to let her in and made her wait in the lobby for an hour. She eventually left for a scheduled meeting.

Read the rest here: Palin dismisses entire state agriculture board

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20070326 This woman is making polar bears go homeless

This woman is making polar bears go homeless

Single most intense source of global warming discovered

March 26^th, 2007

This person may very well be one the principal sources of global warning. She has been overheating the ice pack of the frozen north for decades. As icebergs thaw, she is the reason polar bears are going homeless. Can you guess who she is?

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*Alaska Governor Sarah Palin*

20061000 Meet the AK Gov.-elect Sarah Palin Family

Meet the AK Gov.-elect Sarah Palin Family

November 8th, 2006

On Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006, former small-town Wasilla, AK Republican mayor Sarah Palin, 42, bucked the national trend of “Black Tuesday” for Republicans to successfully be elected to be the next governor of the AK. This introduction to Mayor Palin’s family is one of the commercials that helped put over the top.

It's Governor Palin

Candidate of change resonated with voters

By KYLE HOPKINS, TOM KIZZIA and BRANDON LOOMIS
Anchorage Daily News

Published: November 7, 2006
Last Modified: November 8, 2006 at 05:53 PM

Voters chose change over experience Tuesday night, making Republican Sarah Palin Alaska’s next governor and the first woman to hold the job.

On a night of political upheaval across the country, Democrat Tony Knowles couldn’t stop the wave of anti-­establishment momentum that carried Palin from her small town roots in Wasilla, past incumbent Gov. Frank Murkowski in the primary and into Alaska government’s top job.

With 98 percent of the precincts counted this morning, Palin had clinched the race with 48.7 percent of the vote to Knowles' 40.5 percent. Independent Andrew Halcro had 9.6 percent.

Palin, 42, claimed victory late Tuesday.

Read the rest of the article here.

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20061107 Gov.-Elect Palin and Alaska General Election Results

November 7th, 2006 Alaska General Election Results

Once Wasilla mayor - now Alaska Governor-Elect Sarah Palin

Hat Tip and credit: Anchorage Daily News

It's Governor Palin

Palin's win finds favor even with former unbelievers

Knowles concedes race to Palin

Photo Gallery: Alaska 2006 election

It's Governor Palin

Palin's win finds favor even with former unbelievers

Palin turns outsider status into asset in win

Knowles concedes race to Palin

Palin, Parnell intend to get to work right away on gas pipeline

What Voters Had to Say

November 7^th, 2006 Alaska General Election Results

u.s. house | ballot measures | legislators | superior court justices | district court judges | national results

* incumbent | winner

Governor

Andrew Halcro - I	19,683	9.6 %
Tony Knowles - D	83,640	40.8 %
David Massie - G	469	0.2 %
Sarah Palin - R	99,619	48.6 %
Billy Toien - L	580	0.3 %
Don Wright - I	1,051	0.5 %

439 of 439 precincts reporting

U.S. House

Diane Benson - D	81,408	40.2 %
Alexander Crawford - L	3,390	1.7 %
Eva Ince - G	1,437	0.7 %
Bill Ratigan - O	1,409	0.7 %
Don Young - R *	115,062	56.8 %

439 of 439 precincts reporting

Ballot Measures

Ballot Measure 1 90-Day Session Limit

No	98,308	49.0 %
Yes	102,409	51.0 %

439 of 439 precincts reporting

Ballot Measure 2 Natural Gas Tax

No	133,101	65.7 %
Yes	69,428	34.3 %

439 of 439 precincts reporting

Legislators

State Senate District B

Kim Elton - D *	7,509	64.0 %
Mac Meiners - R	4,226	36.0 %

16 of 16 precincts reporting

State Senate District D

David Braun - G	345	2.5 %
Ralph Seekins - R *	5,437	39.2 %
Joe Thomas - D	8,075	58.3 %

22 of 22 precincts reporting

State Senate District F

Tim Beck - D	2,584	27.0 %
Gene Therriault - R *	6,986	73.0 %

19 of 19 precincts reporting

State Senate District H

Jay Cross - I	3,924	30.6 %
Charlie Huggins - R *	8,919	69.4 %

17 of 17 precincts reporting

State Senate District J

Earl Mayo - R	2,817	38.5 %
Bill Wielechowski - D	4,498	61.5 %

12 of 12 precincts reporting

State Senate District L

Johnny Ellis - D *

6,466

100.0 %

16 of 16 precincts reporting

State Senate District N

Lesil McGuire - R	7,712	66.2 %
Ray Utter - D	3,931	33.8 %

12 of 12 precincts reporting

State Senate District P

Con Bunde - R *	7,929	53.2 %
Macon Roberts - D	6,986	46.8 %

20 of 20 precincts reporting

State Senate District R

Charles Davidson - D	3,548	39.6 %
Gary Stevens - R *	5,416	60.4 %

25 of 25 precincts reporting

State Senate District S

Norman Ayagalria - R	1,999	31.2 %
Lyman Hoffman - D *	4,399	68.8 %

49 of 49 precincts reporting

State House District 1

Kyle Johansen - R

3,287

100.0 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 2

Jay Stelzenmuller - D	2,070	43.5 %
Peggy Wilson - R *	2,687	56.5 %

8 of 8 precincts reporting

State House District 3

Beth Kerttula - D *

4,983

100.0 %

10 of 10 precincts reporting

State House District 4

Andrea Doll - D	3,005	50.5 %
Randy Wanamaker - R	2,943	49.5 %

6 of 6 precincts reporting

State House District 5

Aaron Isaacs - D	1,920	42.5 %
Bill Thomas - R *	2,600	57.5 %

18 of 18 precincts reporting

State House District 6

Carl Morgan - R	2,139	48.6 %
Woodie Salmon - D *	2,262	51.4 %

46 of 46 precincts reporting

State House District 7

Mark Ames - G	252	3.5 %
Mike Kelly - R *	4,091	57.0 %
Dave Watts - D	2,830	39.5 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 8

Jason Crawford - R	2,441	36.4 %
David Guttenberg - D *	4,260	63.6 %

13 of 13 precincts reporting

State House District 9

Jim Holm - R *	1,912	44.5 %
Scott Kawasaki - D	2,382	55.5 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 10

Jay Ramras - R *

2,082

100.0 %

5 of 5 precincts reporting

State House District 11

John Coghill - R *	4,014	70.0 %
John Pile - D	1,721	30.0 %

8 of 8 precincts reporting

State House District 12

John Harris - R *	2,870	71.3 %
Bill Johnson - D	1,156	28.7 %

11 of 11 precincts reporting

State House District 13

Carl Gatto - R *	4,887	73.5 %
Jim Wardman - D	1,758	26.5 %

10 of 10 precincts reporting

State House District 14

Katie Hurley - D	2,496	39.3 %
Vic Kohring - R *	3,861	60.7 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 15

Mark Neuman - R *	3,773	58.1 %
Boone Thompson - I	2,717	41.9 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 16

Patricia Chesbro - D	1,946	28.4 %
Bill Stoltze - R *	4,896	71.6 %

8 of 8 precincts reporting

State House District 17

Anna Fairclough - R	4,126	71.0 %
Karla Huntington - D	1,688	29.0 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 18

Nancy Dahlstrom - R *

1,698

100.0 %

5 of 5 precincts reporting

State House District 19

Mary Pedlow - D	1,983	44.2 %
Bob Roses - R	2,506	55.8 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 20

Max Gruenberg - D *	1,640	58.0 %
Scott Kohlhaas - L	84	3.0 %
Matt Moon - R	1,105	39.1 %

5 of 5 precincts reporting

State House District 21

Harry Crawford - D *	3,156	55.4 %
Jeff Gonnason - R	2,544	44.6 %

6 of 6 precincts reporting

State House District 22

Sharon Cissna - D *

3,011

100.0 %

8 of 8 precincts reporting

State House District 23

Les Gara - D *

3,546

100.0 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 24

Berta Gardner - D *	2,693	59.8 %
Darwin Peterson - R	1,811	40.2 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 25

Mike Doogan - D	2,736	70.2 %
Thomas Lamb - R	1,161	29.8 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 26

Lindsey Holmes - D	3,638	61.5 %
Steve Strait - R	2,277	38.5 %

9 of 9 precincts reporting

State House District 27

Bob Buch - D	3,119	57.1 %
Tom Moffatt - R	2,344	42.9 %

6 of 6 precincts reporting

State House District 28

Val Baffone - D	3,065	48.7 %
Craig Johnson - R	3,233	51.3 %

6 of 6 precincts reporting

State House District 29

Ralph Samuels - R *	2,307	56.1 %
Chris Tuck - D	1,808	43.9 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 30

Kevin Meyer - R *

4,583

100.0 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 31

Bob Lynn - R *

5,595

100.0 %

8 of 8 precincts reporting

State House District 32

Pat Abney - D	3,573	44.4 %
Bill Bartee - G	192	2.4 %
Mike Hawker - R *	4,285	53.2 %

12 of 12 precincts reporting

State House District 33

Kurt Olson - R *	2,867	56.0 %
Ozzie Osborne - I	383	7.5 %
Pete Sprague - D	1,866	36.5 %

6 of 6 precincts reporting

State House District 34

Mike Chenault - R *

4,241

100.0 %

7 of 7 precincts reporting

State House District 35

Paul Seaton - R *	3,740	68.9 %
Anthony Sieminski - D	1,685	31.1 %

11 of 11 precincts reporting

State House District 36

Gabrielle LeDoux - R *	2,206	59.3 %
Dan Ogg - I	1,511	40.7 %

14 of 14 precincts reporting

State House District 37

Ron Bowers - R	700	28.7 %
Bryce Edgmon - D	1,738	71.3 %

22 of 22 precincts reporting

State House District 38

Mary Kapsner - D *

3,235

100.0 %

27 of 27 precincts reporting

State House District 39

Richard Foster - D *

3,521

100.0 %

27 of 27 precincts reporting

State House District 40

Reggie Joule - D *

3,147

100.0 %

21 of 21 precincts reporting

Superior Court Justices

Superior Court Retain Weeks

No	5,014	22.2 %
Yes	17,558	77.8 %

49 of 49 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Zervos

No	5,574	26.7 %
Yes	15,335	73.3 %

49 of 49 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Erlich

No	2,316	31.7 %
Yes	4,979	68.3 %

50 of 50 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Esch

No	2,527	34.9 %
Yes	4,724	65.1 %

50 of 50 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Bolger

No	41,184	37.2 %
Yes	69,615	62.8 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Brown

No	47,038	42.7 %
Yes	63,055	57.3 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Huguelet

No	43,271	39.9 %
Yes	65,046	60.1 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Michalski

No	42,690	39.0 %
Yes	66,828	61.0 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Morse

No	42,774	39.5 %
Yes	65,560	60.5 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain E Smith

No	41,363	38.0 %
Yes	67,593	62.0 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Suddock

No	43,245	39.8 %
Yes	65,414	60.2 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Torrisi

No	42,480	39.4 %
Yes	65,419	60.6 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Tan

No	45,663	41.7 %
Yes	63,898	58.3 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Volland

No	42,522	39.3 %
Yes	65,801	60.7 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Wolverton

No	43,093	39.2 %
Yes	66,754	60.8 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Devaney

No	10,345	33.4 %
Yes	20,674	66.6 %

113 of 113 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Olsen

No	9,608	30.9 %
Yes	21,442	69.1 %

113 of 113 precincts reporting

Superior Court Retain Wood

No	8,976	28.8 %
Yes	22,240	71.2 %

113 of 113 precincts reporting

District Court Judges

District Court Retain Miller

No	4,699	21.8 %
Yes	16,884	78.2 %

49 of 49 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Clark

No	39,508	36.7 %
Yes	68,245	63.3 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Estelle

No	41,977	39.0 %
Yes	65,670	61.0 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Heath

No	40,763	38.0 %
Yes	66,440	62.0 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Landry

No	59,003	53.3 %
Yes	51,766	46.7 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Lohff

No	42,112	39.3 %
Yes	65,066	60.7 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Motyka

No	41,604	38.7 %
Yes	65,948	61.3 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Murphy

No	41,668	38.4 %
Yes	66,879	61.6 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Rhoades

No	44,540	40.3 %
Yes	65,895	59.7 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain J Smith

No	40,609	37.8 %
Yes	66,715	62.2 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Wolfe

No	40,490	37.5 %
Yes	67,426	62.5 %

227 of 227 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Burbank

No	9,029	28.8 %
Yes	22,268	71.2 %

113 of 113 precincts reporting

District Court Retain Kauvar

No	9,544	30.0 %
Yes	22,262	70.0 %

113 of 113 precincts reporting

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