Gov. Sarah Failin announced she would not accept nearly a third of the federal stimulus money offered to the state, but Dimocrats are charging the move will hurt Alaskans. Failin on Thursday said she would accept only 69% of the estimated $930 million that could flow to the state. Failin's harshest critics said Friday that in rejecting the stimulus money, the former GQP vice presidential candidate was making a play to run for president in 2012 run. “We think it is outrageous that we have a governor who is willing to turn down Alaskans’ fair share of federal stimulus money, money that would go to education, public safety, unemployment resources, health programs,” said Patti Higgins, chairwoman of the Alaska Dimocrat Party. “It is very clear that the governor is doing this just to further her own narrow political national agenda and ambitions.”
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