Well, now that the holiday weekend is over, reporters have made their way to AK. Here is a report from Time magazine,

TIME - Mayor Palin: A Rough Record

Among other things, she, as mayor, requested to have certain books removed from the town library. Contending that language in these books offended certain residents.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the long term. Usually the VP choice garners news for a day or two then settles down, until the VP debate. That debate gets scant attention and then the presidential debates take center stage, and the VP choice is again forgotten.