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Politics : John McCain for President -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (2761)	9/3/2008 11:18:13 AM
From: Carolyn	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 6579

I know,but it has gotten really low. And personal, which is out of line.

To: Cage Rattler who wrote (2761)	9/3/2008 2:28:11 PM
From: Skywatcher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6579

just what we need...a book BANNER Shortly after becoming mayor, former city officials and Wasilla residents said, Palin approached the town librarian about the possibility of banning some books, though she never followed through, and it was unclear which books or passages were in question. Ann Kilkenny, a Democrat who said she attended every City Council meeting in Palin's first year in office, said Palin brought up the idea of banning some books at a council meeting. "They were somehow morally or socially objectionable to her," Kilkenny said. The librarian, Mary Ellen Emmons, pledged to "resist all efforts at censorship," Kilkenny recalled. The mayor fired Emmons shortly after taking office but rescinded the termination after residents made a strong show of support. Emmons, who left her job and Wasilla a couple of years later, declined to comment for this article. In 1996, Palin suggested to the local paper, The Frontiersman, that the conversations about banning books were "rhetorical." Emmons was not the only employee to leave. During her campaign, Palin appealed to voters who felt that city employees under Stein, who was not from Wasilla and had earned a degree in public administration at the University of Oregon, had been unresponsive and rigid regarding a new comprehensive development plan. In turn, some city employees expressed support for Stein in a campaign advertisement. Once in office, Palin asked many of Stein's backers to resign - something virtually unheard of in Wasilla in past elections. The public works director, city planner, museum director and others were fired. The police chief, Irl Stambaugh, whose resignation Palin did not initially accept, was later fired outright.