Opinion: Palin squandered opportunity to help
July 7th, 2009Harold Pollack, writing in The New Republic’s The Treatment blog, says Sarah Palin’s decision to quit has let down some important constituents: people with cognitive and developmental disabilities and their families. An excerpt:
Governors have a huge opportunity to improve and shape programs, and to protect the most important efforts in a time of retrenchment. Governor Palin could have used the next 18 months to do precisely that, while burnishing her reputation as someone with real interests and skills in practical tasks of government.
She’s passing the ball. She should have taken the open shot.
Harold Pollack is a professor at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.
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