The Republican candidate for vice-presidency of the United States, Sarah Palin, used his office at the head of the state of Alaska since 2006 to encourage friends and family said on Sunday newspaper The New York Times.
As was freed a high-level post of state Palin appointed one of his friends to cover it, says the newspaper que se basa en testimony and official documents.
Thus attributed the direction of the state's Agriculture Services to a former classmate, who presented as the only qualification for the post, paid 95,000 dollars a year, his passion for cows as a child, according to The New York Times. This friend previously worked in a real estate.
There were at least five similar cases of childhood friends of the candidate for vice president who benefited from his favors, the newspaper estimated. All of them obtained positions whose salaries exceeded those of its jobs in the private sector, where they worked.
"Throughout his entire political career, Palin sought revenge on their rivals, laying off state officials who did not agree with her, sometimes amalgamating their problems private and official duties," writes The New York Times.
The newspaper indicated having drawn their conclusions after examining official documents and interviewing 60 Democrats and Republicans lawmakers in Parliament Alaska as well as local authorities.
