As we reported a week ago, the annual governor’s picnic in Fairbanks has taken on a special significance thanks to Sarah Palin's announcement that she will hand over the governorship of Alaska to Sean Parnell at the July 26th event. The Sunday occasion will follow picnics in the Mat-Su Valley Friday evening and in Anchorage Saturday afternoon, with Gov. Palin expected to attend all three.
In addition to the crowd of 5,000 expected to turn our for the picnic, the media will be there in force. C-SPAN will be joined by a host of media outlets. According to Palin spokeswoman Sharon Leighow, CNN, C-SPAN and PBS will air the satellite feed of the Pioneer Park event from Anchorage television station KTUU. FOX News, ABC, Politico and others, will send national reporters to Alaska to provide coverage.
It's significant the the governor chose Fairbanks as the site to hand over the reigns of power to her lieutenant governor. She broke with tradition to choose Alaska's second largest city for her inaugural also.
- JP
Why are all the media outlets going all the way to Alaska to cover someone all the yapping heads say is unimportant, and finished?
ReplyDeleteGood quote from KTUU:
"Certainly as governor, her style was in leading the public," Balash said. "More so than leading the government."
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10775196