Palin .. falsely claiming stimulus money for .. efficiency she vetoed required tougher building code

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Rogue Fact: Palin still falsely claiming stimulus money for energy efficiency she vetoed required tougher building codes

November 14, 2009 7:54 pm ET

In her memoir, Sarah Palin claims that she vetoed an "earmark for energy conservation" Alaska could have received under the stimulus package because "acceptance of the funds required the adoption and enforcement of energy building codes." When Palin previously made a similar claim, PolitiFact.com determined that she was "wrong" because "municipalities are not forced to accept the specific standards and, given that local governments set their own codes, the feds would be satisfied if Alaska merely promoted such building codes ... http://mediamatters.org/research/200911140014