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By Jennifer LeClaire (Apr/May 07)
Governor Sarah Palin comes to the political arena from the media world. Palin was a journalist before she was a politician. The Alaska native traded in her reporter’s pen for a seat on the Wasilla City Council and later a position as mayor of Alaska’s fastest-growing community. That’s where Palin earned her reputation for making Wasilla a business-friendly environment, drawing in new industry as she oversaw multimillion-dollar capital and operating budgets. Now she hopes to do the same for the entire state of Alaska.
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