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    Rolly: Check from Palin in the mail?

    By Paul Rolly
    Tribune Columnist

    Updated: 12/15/2009 05:44:29 PM MST




    Sarah Palin not only annoyed leaders of the Utah Republican Party when she didn't have time for them during her book signing stop in Salt Lake City last week. She also took off from her hotel after arranging for a last-minute hair appointment without paying the hairdresser and leaving her to cover her own valet parking.



    But Rhonda Halliday of Images Hair Studio and Day Spa wants to give Palin the benefit of the doubt. She thinks the lack of payment was unintended, and someone on Palin's staff just dropped the ball.



    Halliday was called by a friend at 8 a.m. last Wednesday and was told Palin needed her hair done that morning. Halliday had planned to take her

    3-year-old to the dentist for her first filling that morning, but arranged for her husband to get off work for that chore.



    She was told to meet the group at the Monaco Hotel in downtown Salt Lake City and to just leave her car with valet parking.



    After being ushered to a room on the 15th floor and given some instructions (don't talk to Palin unless she talks first) she did Palin's hair while the former Alaska governor chatted with her family.



    Then, the Palin party left to get to the book signing at Costco on time.
    Halliday was the last one out of the room because she had to put her equipment away, then watched as they all drove off without anyone mentioning payment or a tip, which is common when the hairdresser travels to the client for the appointment.





    When the valet attendant got her car, he said that would be $10. She said she was with the Palin party and assumed they would take care of parking. That was news to him, so she had to fork over the $10.

    She says her friend has contacted Palin's assistant and was told to send them an invoice.



    She did get a book and some nice pictures, though .

    Unintended benefits : Sarah Palin might have miffed the Utah Republican Party and left her hairdresser unpaid, but Helen Rappaport, a Utah Democrat, was thrilled with the former Alaska governor's visit to Salt Lake City.



    Rappaport stopped at the Salt Lake City Costco to do some shopping, unaware that Palin was scheduled to be there for a book signing.



    So Rappaport, after noticing the parking lot full of cars, was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to maneuver her shopping cart through the store with hardly anybody in the aisles. She also got a prescription filled with no wait.



    While going through the check-out lane, again with no wait, she told the clerk she forgot to get some grape tomatoes, which she loves, so she would be right back.



    That's when the bells went off.



    The clerk told her they had no tomatoes that day.



    No tomatoes? At Costco?



    As she was leaving, she noticed a man with a store manager's name tag and asked him why they had no tomatoes. He informed her the store did have tomatoes, but they were taken off the shelves for a few hours.
    It turns out that Palin had been pelted with a tomato at an earlier stop on her book tour and the management at the Costco was determined it wouldn't happen here.



    The manager told an employee to go into the storage area and get Rappaport some tomatoes, which he gave her for free.



    So, because of Palin, Rappaport not only got to shop with no lines, she got free tomatoes.

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    Damn. I was going to post this yesterday, but decided not to.

    lol at the fools who think of this 'woman' as a champion for ordinary working folks.

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    Ah, extremely interesting. Someone from Palin's staff forgot to pay the hair-dresser. This is a very serious political discussion.

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    I'm sorry, was there an actual politician involved here?

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    I'm sorry, was there an actual politician involved here?
    So, why are you posting this in the political forum?

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    Are you trolling?

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    So, why are you posting this in the political forum?
    it's a thread about someone that lies to hard working americans.

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    Savages.

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    There was a time when doucehwads like Winehole and CryHavoc used to be too much into Progress and Nuance, that they batted their eyes at this sort of thing.


    But now, they relish in this kind of drive by thread posting.

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    So, why are you posting this in the political forum?
    Because it's your reaction I'm interested in, silly.

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    There was a time when doucehwads like Winehole and CryHavoc used to be too much into Progress and Nuance, that they batted their eyes at this sort of thing.


    But now, they relish in this kind of drive by thread posting.
    any publicity is good publicity.

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    Because it's your reaction I'm interested in, silly.
    I sincerely appreciate your interest - even if expressed in the slightly disturbing and creepy fashion of posting tabloid articles in a forum. Much obliged. Btw, in the name of avoiding any lack of clarity that could lead to a future shemozzle, I'm engaged.

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    Btw, in the name of avoiding any lack of clarity that could lead to a future shemozzle, I'm engaged.
    Please don't flatter yourself, Sir.

    You're not my type, and the GF would probably object.

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    Please don't flatter yourself, Sir.

    You're not my type, and the GF would probably object.
    Gay Friend?.. Not that theres anything wrong with it.

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    it's a thread about someone that lies to hard working americans.
    insert democrat name with a question mark.

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    where did you get this from wh? I doubt you read a utah newspaper to find a guy who's articles are usually critical of the gop.

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    any publicity is good publicity.
    Is that a Tiger Woods quote? Or is his new name Bone Thugs?

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    where did you get this from wh? I doubt you read a utah newspaper to find a guy who's articles are usually critical of the gop.
    OWNAGE!!!!!!!!!

    All that needs to happen is for Wild Cobra to complete the ownage ritual!

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    Provenance: Huffington Post, also referenced this AM for the House Jobs Bill nobody else apparently wanted to discuss.

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    Provenance: Huffington Post, also referenced this AM for the House Jobs Bill nobody else apparently wanted to discuss.
    That's some highly nuanced objective sound news source there.

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    That's some highly nuanced objective sound news source there.
    Again: not stipulated, except by Iggy.

    Meanwhile, in a nearby-- perhaps related -- universe, the actual OP comes from the sltrib.
    Last edited by Winehole23; 12-17-2009 at 01:27 PM.

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    Frankly, I thought more hay would've been made of Costco's gallant gesture to Sarah Palin.

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    Instead, everyone's too busy fitting themselves for victim slippers.

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    where did you get this from wh? I doubt you read a utah newspaper to find a guy who's articles are usually critical of the gop.
    You ing schmuck. As if you had a clue who Paul Rolly is yourself. Or any knowledge about his role as a reporter, in Utah.

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