[Grovenet] The population of various areas in Oregon

[Katie Allnutt]

George Bush was governor of Texas a lot longer than Palin was  
governor of Alaska.
How well did that executive experience turn out?

Katie

On Sep 3, 2008, at 12:20 PM, Kristy Gravlin wrote:

> It’s always fun to do some number-looking.
>
> The population of Portland/Vancouver (but no other bordering towns)  
> is about
> 40,000 fewer than the number of those living in the entire State of  
> Alaska.
>
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> Juneau, Alaska’s capitol, is bigger than Oregon City...but smaller  
> than Lake
> Oswego.
>
>
> According to 2006 figures:
>
>                                   Madras is 5,078.
>                                     Sandy is 5,385.
> Wasilla, Alaska’s population is 5,500, where Sarah Palin was the  
> mayor...
>                                    Talent is 5,589.
>                                    Molalla is 5,647.
>                                   Seaside is 5,900.
>
>
> It would seem that just as much experience in governing has been  
> gained by
> mayors of Portland...
> Perhaps Ms. Katz would be interested in the nod, she being female  
> and all,
> and she spent more than 2 years in the job too.
>
> It does not seem to me that they can brag on her great experience
> background.
>
> Not counting Chicago and Cook County, three of the four collar  
> areas of
> Illinois — DuPage, Lake, and Kane.Plus.Kendall Counties — each have  
> more
> residents than the state of Alaska.  (928K, 704K, 677K, for those
> interested.) The fourth county, Will, is not far behind with 658K.)  
> The good
> news is that the Governor of Illinois was not considered for the  
> post of VP.
>
> Kristy
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