Comment Politics is local and tourism dollars (Score 1) 516
I live in Alaska and have on and off since 1983. Juneau became the capital back when Alaska was a territory and received 90% of its goods and services from Seattle via the sea. Hence the capital being close to Seattle and on the water. All that made since back on 1900 but ever since we became a state and our population began to grow the more centrally located Southcentral and the Interior parts of the state have eclipsed Juneau and its environs. Begin 50 years ago through today the pressure been mounting to move the capital to Anchorage or Fairbanks where the majority of people live and work. Palin escalated the conflict by refusing to move to the govenor's mansion in Juneau and deciding instead to live in Wasilla. This made Juneau even more paranoid about its future prospects as the capital. Juneau's future is in doubt as the polical and cultural center of the state and they know it. This is a purely calculated move to get dollars and attention funnelled to Juneau. Everyone who want's the Palin email archive needs to buy an airline ticket, stay in a hotel, eat at local restaurants, maybe see the sites (it's a beautiful place) and buy their own printed and bound copy of "the book". It's not a conspiracy to defraud justice (they don't much like her for the above mentioned mansion stunt) but a cold calculated move on cash. It's that simple.
