BOOSTER SEATS AND NEW PRISON

Alaska is a resource state, and children are our most important resource. That’s why I was happy to attend Governor Palin’s bill signing of new and better legislation that set better standards for children’s automobile booster seats. The ceremony took place at the Alaska Sales and Service car dealership in Anchorage.

Next stop was the groundbreaking ceremony for the Goose Creek Correctional Center prison, in the MatSu near Point McKenzie. The new prison will help give the prison space it needs to house those who haven’t learned to follow the rules of civilization. It will also allow us to bring Alaskan prisoners back toour state from the private prison in Arizona. In addition it will create some 700 Alaska jobs during construction, and 400 jobs when it goes into operation.

One photo shows Governor Palin looking at the new and better booster seats before signing the bill (You can see Todd in the background feeding little Trig Palin). The other photo shows the governor, shovel in hand and ready, breaking ground for the prison.