From: Gene Powell
One of our good friends, Eddie Spalten from San Antonio,
fishes at the Wildman Lodge on the Alaskan Peninsula. The lodge is owned
by Butch and Kathy Wildman. The Wildmans spend their winters in Texas
and their summers in Alaska. Kathy's father and former husband
served in the Alaskan legislature for around 30 years so Butch and Kathy know
Alaska politics.
Eddie emailed Butch and asks Butch what the Wildmans
think of Gov. Sarah Palin. Butch's unedited email is attached below.
Please read it and forward it to your friends. This is what the citizens
of Alaska think of Sarah Palin!
Hi Eddie:
Fishing is good here at Wildman and I rarely have time for
politics, but many of our friends are asking us "Who is Sarah Palin?"
Of course, as Alaskans, Kathy and I are extremely proud of her. We just
want to let you know that Sarah "Barracuda" Palin is a
straight shooting, hard charging, get it done gal. She knows when to listen, how
to analyze the facts and how to make a decision, then implement the plan.
She doesn't do a poll before jumping in with both feet like too many
of the Washington types. She has little legislative experience
because she has always held the EXECUTIVE position; in private life, as
mayor of Anchorage?s largest bedroom community or more recently as
Governor of our State. She is a smart, attractive home grown Alaska
girl with excellent moral and family values. She can see what needs
to be done and does not hesitate to get it done.
One of our State's major problems is that its Capital is in Juneau,
500 miles from the nearest road and 800 air miles from the population base
which is Anchorage, Wasilla and Fairbanks. Our legislature
and most of the State government is in Juneau and they ALL behave like a
bunch of freshmen in a college town. It has been this way since
Statehood in 1959.
When Sarah moved to Juneau, so did accountability
and responsibility When the oil revenue started flown and a
barrel of North Slope Crude hit $23.00, these people began spending money
like drunken sailors. You can only imagine what was happenings when oil
hit $100.00 a barrel, about the time Sarah took command.
My wife Kathy has first-hand experience with this fiasco, as her father
and also her ex-husband were Alaska Legislators who served in Juneau as
Senators, Senate President, or members of the State House for a combined
period spanning nearly three decades.
About the time Sarah took the HELM as Governor of Alaska,
about half of the State legislature was in the pocket of big oil
companies or contractors doing big projects for Native Corporations
around Alaska, all funded by State oil revenue. Alaska government was
nothing but a good old boys club riding the perpetual wave of prosperity.
This filtered down from the legislature, through the Department of
Natural Resources, Department of Labor and even spilled in to the Public
Safety who are supposed to "preserve and protect".
When Sarah walked into the Governor's Mansion, she
promptly dismissed the State Trooper detachment assigned to Governor and
had her and her husband's gun case brought in from Wasilla. Then, she
got rid of the former Governor's STATE Jet and told legislators that there
were no more free rides, they would have to fly Alaska Airlines, just
like her and her family if they wanted to travel. Next came the nut
cutting (the Barracuda part). The heads that rolled were too numerous to
name, but when Sarah finished cleaning house, a number of our legislators
ended up in jail for on corruption charges, or tendered their
resignations along with numerous department heads and those who have been
riding the gravy train for way too long, AND THEN SHE HAD LUNCH. By
the end of the day, Sarah Palin had saved the people of Alaska millions and
has not yet slowed down.
She has truly brought CHANGE to Juneau. I personally know
several persons in the private sector in Alaska, that hold her in
high esteem. She surrounds herself with smart people, many from my
hometown of Anchorage, she listens to them but makes her own decisions.
Sarah Palin is a no B.S. politician. It is refreshing that there is
such a thing anymore. You want to talk about CHANGE? You should see a
before and after picture of the State government in Alaska. That's
CHANGE! Sarah will bring a number of things to the election. I am sure
she will appeal many voters who my otherwise could have gone the other
direction on election day. The conservative block will not be for
Barack. We have their vote. We need what Sarah will bring, first to
the election and second, what she will bring to Washington D.C. McCain has
been advised well, Let's just hope the American people can get the
straight scoop on her in the weeks ahead.
This is just the opinion of one Alaska Bush Pilot and Guide, who pays
attention to national politics, watches the news and is deathly afraid of
the direction our nation is headed. I guarantee that if Sarah gets a
chance to dig her spurs into the flanks of the liberal Washington types,
they will know that she is in the saddle.
Butch King -
Pilot/Guide
Butch & Kathy King -
Proprietors
Wildman Lake Lodge
www.wildmanlodge.com
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