A Democratic legislator in Alaska who sponsored a bill to require the state to pay for the cost of examining the victims of rapes and collecting evidence has told the press that Wasilla, the town where Sarah Palin was mayor, resisted this measure:

CNN cites a report that Wasilla’s police chief said he wanted to charge the rapists rather than the taxpayers for these bills. But Jim Geraghty reports there appears to be no evidence that victims were actually billed. He writes: “in six committee meetings, Wasilla was never mentioned, even when the discussion turned to the specific topic of where victims were being charged.” Also:

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