Bristol Palin reality show received $354,348 in state subsidy. Grannie Grifter taught her well! Update!

Courtesy of Fairbanks Newsminer:  

The California company that made Bristol Palin's TV show about raising her child has collected a $354,348 subsidy from the state. 

Unlike nearly all of the other shows and films subsidized so far under the movie incentive program, the salaries paid to Alaska residents on the Palin show account for a majority of the total "Alaska expenses" for the TV show. 

Palin and the five other Alaska residents who participated as "talent" on the show collected close to a half-million in wages.

Five other Alaska residents?

Would that include Willow Palin perhaps?

Her boyfriend Andy?

Bristol's long suffering boyfriend Gino Paoltetti?

We absolutley KNOW that Sarah got her cut, so whose left?

Tripp? Todd? My money's on Todd, because I would imagine that Bristol sold herself and Tripp as a package deal. (You know just in case Levi tried to lay claim to anything Tripp might have received as payment.)

So out of half a million dollars in reality show wages virtually ALL of it goes to the Palin family.

Boy it sure was handy that Granny Grifter signed that Film Tax Incentive bill into law before she quit her job, now isn't it?

By the way this is small potatoes. As you may, or may not, remember "Sarah Palin's Alaska" walked away with a cool 1.2 million in tax credits.

Let's keep our fingers crossed that the Mat Maid investigation breadcrumbs lead right to the Palin's doorstep.

Update: Television news station KTVA has more here: 

The document from the Alaska Film Office says the Helping Hands LLC paid $475,598 to "above the line" people from Alaska. "Above the line" is the term used to denote the stars, director, producer and other key figures in a production. 

The salaries paid to people who worked on the physical production—running cameras and lights, etc.— totaled $32,400 for Alaska residents, according to the form. There were no Alaskans hired as crew for the show. 

The subsidy paperwork says that six Alaskans were part of the "talent" for the show, Bristol Palin et al., and worked an average of 14 weeks.

"There were NO Alaskans hired as crew for the show." THAT pretty much tells you all you need to know about Palin's loyalty to Alaska.