Palin Had Alaskans Paying For Rape Kits
 Wednesday, September 17th, 2008  by Connie T.

Sarah Palin, the Republican Vice Presidential candidate and overnight celebrity, has become one of the most blogged-about topics on the 'net. And that includes yours truly. We still haven't gotten into our opinion on her hunting and aerial-killing history, but we'll save that for another day and just leave it at: I think I may go for Halloween as Sarah Palin with a bloody caribou over my shoulder (fake, of course). And I don't think I'll be the only one.

Moving on, many a source is reporting that during Palin's tenure as mayor, she created a policy in which rape victims would have to pay for their own rape kits. Following a sexual assault, the forensic rape kits - up to $1,200 per it - were charged to the victim of the assault, in an effort to save Wasilla taxpayers $5,000 - 14,000 per year.

Here is an article on this subject by Shannyn Moore, an Alaskan author for the Alaska Report. The Chief of Police under Palin's administration attempted to write the rape kits into his budget request, and was consequently fired by Sarah Palin herself.

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