Note to Cal State and Sarah Palin: Don't Piss Off College Students

[marmar]

via Truthdig:



Calif. Students Dig Up Dirt on Palin Perks in Campus Trash
Posted on Apr 13, 2010


Dumpster diving—or the diminutive version, dustbin diving—is never a savory task, but a group of enterprising students from California State University, Stanislaus, had a tip-off before they dug around in the campus trash to find documents detailing Sarah Palin’s accommodations, air travel arrangements and other pertinent information about her upcoming visit to their school.

From the look of it, she’ll be quite well taken care of, although the rummaged-up paperwork didn’t specify how much she’ll get as a speaking fee. —KA

AP via Google News:

The details of Palin’s contract with the California State University, Stanislaus, Foundation were contained in five pages of the document retrieved from a campus trash bin by students who heard administrators might be shredding documents related to the speech.

State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, who has been seeking details of Palin’s compensation package for several weeks, provided copies of the paperwork Tuesday.

Among other perks, the former Alaska governor will fly first class from Anchorage to California—if she flies commercial. If not, “the private aircraft MUST BE a Lear 60 or larger ...,” the contract specifies.

Palin also must be provided with a suite and two single rooms in a deluxe hotel near the campus in Turlock in the Central Valley.

The Turlock Convention and Visitors Bureau said that would place the high-profile politician at the year-old Comfort Suites, where high-end rooms go for $139 a night.

The document, dated March 16, does not include compensation details for Palin, who commands speaking fees as high as $100,000. Her appearance at the university’s 50th anniversary gala is expected to draw a large crowd, with tickets selling for $500 each.

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[HughBeaumont]

1. Sarah Palin - The Republican Party's own little Tea-va.

[customerserviceguy]

2. The part of this story that surprised me

is that whoever wrote up this story thinks that $139 a night is some sort of luxury spa type of accommodations. I travel quite a bit, and for those of you who have been slumming it with Motel 6's and youth hostels, you might be amazed to know that it often costs about a hundred bucks or so a night for a motel room in a metropolitan area.

Yes, you can find some chains that have places off the beaten path where you can get a $60-80 a night room, but even those aren't as common as they used to be. My lady and I spent a night in a Holiday Inn Express near Wheeling, WV a couple weekends ago, and that cost us a Franklin.

[tularetom]

3. This is the Appalachia of California

$139 is a luxury room for this area. Most of the accommodations in the valley are the original 50's vintage and are frequented by transients, drug dealers and hookers.

There are luxury rooms available in Yosemite, San Francisco, and probably even Sacramento, but all are at least a couple hours away from Cal State Stanislaus.

[zbdent]

4. hmm ... now why would I think that $139 is a luxury?

"The Turlock Convention and Visitors Bureau said that would place the high-profile politician at the year-old Comfort Suites, where high-end rooms go for $139 a night."

I don't know, maybe the bureau must be lying about the accommodations ...

[Bitwit1234]

5. Where in the devil anyway do the think College Students

are going to get $500 dollars to go to her speaking engagement anyway. They out to team up, get a bullhorn and let her have it. Or ask for their money to be returned.

[FirstLight]

6. I think i need to go and protest this ...

As a CSU Alumni, I am pissed that she would be invited to speak at an institution of Higher Learning. Especially since she thinks science is "snake oil" and since the CSU system has raised fes, cut classes & teachers...and yet they can find the venue for this stupid bitch?

gah!

yep, I'm gonna start looking for the CSU student protest committee...