Alaska Gov.Sarah Palin says on the campaign trail that when she was mayor, she cut her own salary. There does appear to be some truth to that, initially at least. As a records request shows from the city of Wasilla, her salary was lowered from $68,000 to $61,200, for awhile. Then it was raised back to $68,000. Around the time she was running for reelection in 1999, it was lowered to $66,000. Then it was raised back to $68,000.

Here's what Wasilla sent us:

10/14/1996 - $64,200

01/01/1997 - from $64,200 to $61,200

06/01/1998 - from $61,200 to $68,000

07/01/1999 - from $68,000 to $66,000

10/01/1999 - from $66,000 to $68,000

10/14/2002 - end of term as mayor