Source: Anchorage Daily News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Promoters of an Anchorage event set for tonight have been billing Sarah Palin as a star speaker, but a Palin spokeswoman says the former governor is out of state and won’t be there.
In response to Anchorage Daily News queries, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said Wednesday that "this is the first we have ever heard of a speech." Stapleton declined to discuss where Palin is.
Informed of Stapleton’s comment, Alaska Family Council President Jim Minnery said organizers have been talking to Palin "contacts" for weeks about the speech. His group has been advertising the event, which promotes an Alaska ballot proposal aimed at making it illegal for teens to get an abortion without telling their parents.
Minnery says it will be disappointing if Palin doesn’t show up but adds, "the show will still go on." He declined to say which Palin contacts his organizers had been in touch with.
Stapleton says the former governor was indeed invited to a Thursday night private fundraiser in support of the ballot measure but won’t be able to return to Alaska in time. Stapleton says Palin notified the group she would be out of town.
