Palin's CSU speech contract: published

If you're interested in reading a digital copy of the contract between Sarah Palin and the California State University-Stanislaus foundation that hired her to speak at a fundraiser, head over to the blog Palingates. All of the previously released details are in the newly released document, including Palin's $75,000 fee and stipulations to provide a particular kind of straws and various airfares to and from the event. Find a link to the digital document at Palingates, here. One interesting tidbit is that the only audio recording allowed of Palin's speech in the original contract was one that must be sent to Linsday Hayes, a former speechwriter for the late Sen. Ted Stevens, within 24 hours of Palin's engagement. That embargo clause was canceled prior to the speech, and it ended up being recorded (watch it at the Modesto Bee). According to Democracy in Action, Hayes was the senior writer for the Republican National Committee in 2008, a senior associate at Nahigian Strategies, and once wrote for the late Sen. Ted Stevens.