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Alison Redford, who has come under fire for failing to attend the legislative assembly since stepping down as premier March, is in Palm Springs, according to an Albertan recently in the California resort community and various social media reports.

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Earlier this week, Redford’s continued absence raised eyebrows because she requested from the Speaker’s office time off under rules that exempt MLAs from being docked pay if they can’t attend due to illness or injury, bereavement or official business outside the legislature.

But travellers have used Facebook and Twitter to report numerous sightings of Redford in Palm Springs.

Sasa Kovacevic told Postmedia News he spotted the former premier at Lulu California Bistro — a popular restaurant in the desert city — the morning of Easter Sunday, two days before the legislature resumed sitting last week.

Kovacevic, an Edmonton resident, said he and his sister were waiting for a table when a woman and girl walked into the eatery at around 11 a.m. At first he paid no attention to the pair.

“She said she had a reservation for Redford,” Kovacevic said in a phone interview Saturday. “The name caught me so I looked up and I was like, ‘Oh, that’s Alison Redford.’”