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To: Brumar89 who wrote (529406)	11/18/2009 1:19:04 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) of 1575515

AP “FACT”: “As Wasilla mayor, Palin pressed for a special zoning exception so she could sell her family’s $327,000 house, then did not keep a promise to remove a potential fire hazard on the property. She asked the city council to loosen rules for snow machine races when she and her husband owned a snow machine store, and cast a tie-breaking vote to exempt taxes on aircraft when her father-in-law owned one. But she stepped away from the table in 1997 when the council considered a grant for the Iron Dog snow machine race in which her husband competes.” THE TRUTH: When the Palins purchased their prior home in Wasilla, it was already in violation of the “special zoning” rule. Such rules have always been only loosely enforced in Alaska. The home wasn’t in violation of any zoning regulation when it was originally built, but subsequent construction around it changed that. The Palins applied for a setback variance in order to sell their home. This is very common in Wasilla and elsewhere. There was nothing at all out of the ordinary about it, and it certainly did not involve any favoritism. The “potential fire hazard” in question was a carport that the Palins offered to tear down, but the new owner wanted it left alone. When you ask for a change in zoning or anything to do with real estate your own and you're an elected official, you are going to come under very strong scrutiny; to whit, Obama and the land he bought adjacent to his home. One problem with the analysis above.....and this is from my experience in real estate........when one asks for a zoning change, then its likely the agency that grants the change will also make certain stipulations that must be met before granting the change. Apparently one of them in the Palin case was removing the fire hazard. Just because the new owner didn't care if it was torn down isn't good enough. Either you tear it down, or you must go back and get the stipulation removed. As mayor she should have been sensitive to that point.......she wasn't. It made her look bad. Palin has never been good with details.....and it shows all the time to her detriment. If I had the time, I imagine I could find additional flaws with the counter arguments provided by conservatives4Palin.

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