Small Town Mayor

I've seen some snarky comments being made about Sarah Palin being mayor of a small town, and governor of a state with a small population. These folks that are poo-pooing her mayoral experience must not have any experience with small town politics. They have big challenges and small budgets, and more 'interference' from their citizens. And not a lot of opportunity for high level corruption that borders on organized crime that we see with some large city mayors. If we want a Washington outsider, someone who isn't corrupted by money and power, then we have to look outside of Washington. Otherwise, it's just politics as usual.