Trashed document not Palin pact, college says

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Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Paperwork lifted from a Dumpster by students at California State University, Stanislaus was not part of Sarah Palin's speaking contract, but an earlier version of the agreement, campus President Hamid Shirvani said Wednesday.

"Somebody took pages four to nine of an earlier contract, unsigned, that the vice president for advancement threw in her recycling trash bin," Shirvani said as he spoke on the matter for the first time. "This is not the contract. There's no price on it."

Shirvani denied any wrongdoing on the university's part. He said he would cooperate fully with Attorney General Jerry Brown, who on Tuesday announced an investigation into allegations by a state senator that the campus improperly dumped not only the Palin contract, but other financial paperwork that public agencies, by law, are supposed to keep in their files.

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So the shredded document was a draft? That sounds a bit more acceptable, but WHERE IS THE REAL DEAL? The taxpayers of California have every darn right to know how a public university is spending their money...especially if they may be paying for a silly goose like Palin to speak at a commencement.