The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XII: Her Pay Cut As Mayor

By The Daily Dish

TPM has the details on this. As usual, the public statement from Palin:

"As mayor I took a voluntary pay cut, which didn't thrill my husband; and then as governor I cut the personal chef position from the budget, and that didn't thrill my hungry kids."

And as usual, the different reality:

As a Council member she voted against hiking the mayor's salary from $64,000 to $68,000, but it passed anyway. When she came in as mayor, she passed the ordinance which brought her salary down to $61,200. But that may not actually have taken effect, and Council-mandated raises brought her actual salary up to $68,000.

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http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/10/the-odd-lies-of-sarah-palin-xii-her-pay-cut-as-mayor/210012/