Palin's earmark request this year
Major parts of this year's request
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin submitted a request this year for 31 federal earmarks worth $197.8 million. Her memo and the list of projects can be found on the website of Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens at http://stevens.senate.gov/earmarks/Approps-StateofAlaska.pdf. Here are the biggest earmarks:
$71 million to build sanitation systems in rural areas
$25 million to compensate for reductions in the salmon harvest
$13.7 million to create a military readiness center
$10.4 million to install runway lighting at rural airports
$10 million to install large-diameter fish passage culverts
$8.7 million to recruit and train workers to build a natural gas pipeline
$6.3 million to upgrade communications for Alaska's Air National Guard 168th Air Refueling Wing
$5 million to help schools meet No Child Left Behind requirements
$4 million to build and maintain recreation trails
$4 million to conserve salmon in the Yukon River
Source: State of Alaska
Los Angeles Times
