Also, when she got into office, she fired her cook and driver, because she said she can cook and drive herself. Her own vehicle she already had, I think it was a Cherokee.
Is that true? Got a source?
I do:
http://www.alaskamagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=876&Itemid=141[SNIP]
Watching her everyday life, its easy to forget Palin is the governor, a quality that unnerves her security detail. She likes to go running alone. She often walks down the road to meet Pipers school bus. And although she could have a driver with her at all times, she often prefers driving herself.
I know I dont need a chauffeur, thats for sure, she said. Their time can be better spent elsewhere. I watch people slogging through a slushy parking lot to get to a building and I know I should be doing the same thing. Also, I do like getting to just chill for a 10-minute drive into (Wasilla), or my commute into Anchorage. Its nice and quiet, and private.
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In the end, Palin is a practical, real-life person applying the rules of everyday life to government. When she laid off the chef at the governors mansion, it was not because of poor performance; she simply didnt need one.
She told me, I get home from the capital at 9, 10 oclock. I can warm up something myself, Heath said. The lady was a good cook, but the kids would rather have a hot dog than a gourmet crab cake.
Bristol, upon returning from a shopping trip in Anchorage, received Palins nod of approval for the $15 dress she bought for the nights gala they were about to attend. No need for a $300 gown, Palin said.
But when Bristol revealed she spent $30 on leg waxing That was supposed to be gas money, Todd Palin said disapprovinglythe governor wasnt too happy, either.
Thats a waste of money, she said. You have razors.
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Seems pretty down to earth and sensible. The article is pretty good.
