Watchdog group sues Cal State Stanislaus over Palin contract

[babylonsister]

I wonder why palin required a confidentiality clause? Hmmm.


Watchdog group sues Cal State Stanislaus over Palin contract
By Patty Guerra


TURLOCK — A nonprofit government watchdog group has sued California State University, Stanislaus, and its private foundation over their failure to release records relating to Sarah Palin's campus appearance set for June.

The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in Stanislaus County Superior Court by Californians Aware, alleges that the documents should be made public because state employees used them in their jobs.

Several officers of the foundation — Executive Director Susana Gajic-Bruyea, Treasurer Russ Giambelluca and Chairman Hamid Shirvani — are university employees. Shirvani is president of the university; Gajic-Bruyea and Giambelluca are vice presidents.

The foundation, which signed a contract to bring Palin to Turlock for a fund-raiser celebrating the university's 50th anniversary, has not released records relating to her appearance. Foundation officials maintain that they don't have to release the amount she's being paid because the money came from private donors and the contract includes a confidentiality clause.

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http://www.modbee.com/2010/04/16/1130433/watchdog-group-sues-cal-state.html

[napi21]

1. I know there's also a suit file by the DA Brown against one of the

Cal. State run universities. I'm not sure it was So Cal but it's over spending charity $$ on Palin's appearance. Brown was on TV last night and stated that it was the DA's responsibility to make sure money donated to the charities that help support the state universities is well spent.

[truedelphi]

2. Can U even imagine the furor that would have been raised by RW forces

If it was Michelle Obama coming to speak under secret terms, etc???

This would be an emergency broadcast every five minutes on Fuax Network - "Michelle Obama still scheduled to speak, while secret monies and secret contract enables her to appear at this event."

We wouldn't hear about anything else on that network until all related documents were made public.

[movonne]

3. Read the comments....and you can vote on each message..I had some fun...

[HowHasItComeToThis]

4. EVALUATION TURLOCK IS CALIF AGRI-BUSINESS

http://www.judysbook.com/members/36969/posts/2006/5/379749/

[bridgit]

5. Yep, BigAgri all up & down the valley