Palin shakes down Alaskans for kids’ travel

The more that comes out about Gov. Sarah Palin billing the state of Alaska for her children traveling with her to various events, the shakier it looks on her claim that these reimbursements should not be considered income.

Here’s a doozy from an amended Palin travel form to the Alaska Symphony of Seafood Buffet, where she had Willow and Piper flown with her. The kids’ official function? Quoting from the form:

“To draw two separate raffle tickets.”

Yessirree. That’s a real job.

Oh, and in addition to shaking the state down to reimburse plane flights, why were her kids in separate hotel rooms all the time? Isn’t that more expensive? Isn’t that also, arguably, bad mommy behavior from Ms. Hockey Mom?

Former Gov. Tony Knowles, the last Alaskan governor to have school-age children, says he never billed the state for their travel.

Sarah Palin, you’re not fighting corruption, you’re creating it.