Palin Contract Found in Trash Sparks Probe

[brooklynite]

Source: Fox News

SACRAMENTO, California -- A document fished out of a California state university trash bin last week has prompted a state investigation into the university's foundation arm and its refusal to disclose details related to Sarah Palin's upcoming speech at the school.

On Tuesday, California Attorney General Jerry Brown said his office would look into the finances of the California State University, Stanislaus Foundation, as well as allegations that the nonprofit organization violated public disclosure laws by keeping details of Palin's contract secret.

Palin is scheduled to speak at a June 25 gala hosted by the foundation to mark the university's 50th anniversary.

Brown's investigation was prompted, in part, by a group of CSU Stanislaus students who retrieved five pages of the contract from a campus trash bin last Friday after hearing administrators were engaged in shredding documents.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/14/palin-contract-trash-sparks-probe/?test=latestnews

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some pity responses from the Fox News website:

Nothing to see here!

Two bottles of water at the lectern must be provided. Ooooooh what a scandal! A bunch of liberal pukes at a college getting all torn up over this.

She asked for TWO water bottles with bendable straws??? OUTRAGEOUS!! What else ya got, wonderboy?

It's a Liberal Plot!

People - CALM DOWN - its an obvious attact on Palin. The documents are fake!

YOU DON'T SUPPOSE THE LYING,STEALING AND CHEATING OBAMA REGIME PUT IT THERE DO YOU--ITS WATERGATE ALL OVER AGAIN------

Democrats do it too!

This sounds like standard operationg procedure for Gore, Pelosi and others. Perhaps we should look into them also - really.

And I bet you have no problem with the shyster Al Gore making millions from speaking engagements, and tens of millions of dollars from the Global Warming hoax, which has now been conveniently renamed Climate Change

[sinkingfeeling]

1. So the federal government has nothing better to do than to 'frame' Palin? These people are insane.

[ladywnch]

6. oh course they framed her. she is the future savior of the country

and dems know it and are scared of her!!! they have to attack and destroy her before she ascends her throne to rule us all under gaaaawd's law....

[FarLeftFist]

2. A snippet:

"Students at Cal State Stanislaus discovered in a dumpster six pages of a contract sent to Palin’s handlers. Some demands included: first or business-class travel, or a private jet no smaller than a Lear 60; two bottles of water at the lectern with bendable straws; and prescreened questions. There are plenty of people, apparently, willing to give in to Palin’s demands: She’s made at least $12 million since resigning as governor of Alaska. However, political donors are a little more reluctant than speech bookers to open up the coffers: Potential 2012-presidential rivals Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty both raised more than Palin’s PAC in the first three months of 2010."



Real Americans love bendy straws and raiding celebrity gift baskets.

[livetohike]

3. When Palin's adoring fans finally realize she is a Diva, then

her approval rating will be <5%. Supposedly, Palin's biggest attraction is her folksy charade. Sooner or later, the Palin fan club will realize she is a shyster.

[Kajsa]

4. They have a lot to hide here.

So, the CSUS Foundation is going to pay for first class airfare, deluxe suites
at a hotel, etc.
when--

CSU classes are cut,
CSU instructors are laid off,
CSU fees have increased, again!

you get the picture.

Question,

Why on earth would an institution of higher learning
want to have Sara-science stuff-is-snake oil junk- Palin
as a speaker?!?

[madmom]

5. "prescreened questions" and a fine point sharpie, so she can write MORE answers on her hand.

[Hawkeye-X]

7. Oh demands a Lear 60 or a Hawker 800 for the east coast

What's the fucking dif?

Sarah is so stupid.



Learjet's specs:
General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Capacity: 6+1 to 8+1 passengers (with belted toilet)
* Length: 58 ft 7 in (17.88 m)
* Wingspan: 43 ft 9 in (13.34 m)
* Height: 14 ft 6 in (4.44 m)
* Wing area: 264.8 ft² (24.6 m²)
* Empty weight: 14,640 lb (6,641 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 23,500 lb (10,660 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Pratt & Whitney 305A , 4,600 lbf (20.46 kN) each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 534 mph (464 knots, 859 km/h)
* Cruise speed: 514 mph (447 knots, 782 km/h)
* Range: 2,691 mi (2,338 nm, 4,330 km)
* Service ceiling: 51,000 ft (15,545 m)
* Rate of climb: 2,158 ft/min (11.0 m/s)
* Wing loading: 88.7 lb/ft² (433 kg/m²)
* Thrust/weight: 0.39


Hawker 800 specs:
General characteristics

* Crew: 2 pilots
* Capacity: 8 passengers typical, 13 maximum
* Length: 51 ft 2 in (15.6 m)
* Wingspan: 54 ft 4 in (16.5 m)
* Height: 18 ft 1 in (5.5 m)
* Empty weight: 15,670 lb (7,108 kg)
* Max takeoff weight: 28,000 lb (12,701 kg)
* Powerplant: 2× Honeywell TFE731-5BR turbofan, 4660 lbf () each

Performance

* Maximum speed: 448 kts (514 mph) 830 km/h
* Cruise speed: 402 kts (463 mph) 745 km/h
* Range: 2,642 nm (4,893 km)
* Service ceiling: 41,000 ft (12,497 m)

[greiner3]

8. What I'd like to know is;

If this plane qualifies as small?

[sabra]

9. California (AG) to Investigate Sarah Palin Speaking Contract

Source: ABC News


Attorney General Jerry Brown Wants to Know if University Officials Who Invited Palin Broke Laws

California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. said late Tuesday his office will look into accusations that officials at a state university violated public records laws when they refused to reveal the financial details of a contract with former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to speak at an upcoming university fundraiser, and allegedly shredded documents related to the agreement.

"This is not about Sarah Palin," Brown said in a prepared statement. "She has every right to speak at a university event, and schools should strive to bring to campus a broad range of speakers. The issues are public disclosure and financial accountability in organizations embedded in state-run universities. We're not saying any allegation is true, but we owe it to the taxpayers to thoroughly check out every serious allegation."

A state senator asked Brown's office to open the investigation after students at Cal State University Stanislaus reported finding documents in a dumpster related to the Palin speaking appearance, which is scheduled for June. They accused university officials of discarding the documents in an effort to hide the details of the contract with Palin, which is reportedly worth $75,000 to the governor, and includes provisions that require luxury accommodations and first-class travel arrangements. The senator, San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee, had asked the university to justify the expense at a time when the state is struggling financially.

But the university's president, Hamid Shirvani, defended the decision to invite Palin to speak, and told ABC News that university officials did not attempt to destroy any documents.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/california-investigate-sarah-palin-speaking-contract/story?id=10365656

[CountAllVotes]

10. trying to cover up the lies Sarah

sadly Governor Jerry Brown GOTCHA Sarah. You BETCHA!! :D :D :D :D :D :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[earcandle]

11. Why pay her school budget funds when she is just going to stir up shit anyway. Shitface, that she

is.