"Hockey Mom" turned opportunistic diva - Palin contract filled with demands

Well, it ain't everyday that a you-betcha-just-a-regular-'Merican-hockey-mom can drop by a University and negotiate her own list of diva demands. . .one wonders if others must avert their eyes and not address Miss Palin directly. . .

From AP:

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Sarah Palin will get first-class airfare for two and three rooms at a luxury hotel when she gives a speech in June for a university foundation.

And organizers better not forget to stock her lectern with two water bottles and bendable straws.

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.


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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. . ."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36480381/ns/politics-more_politics

Well, I suppose the jet demand might be just in case Super Sarah decides to spit out a baby while eating bonbons on the flight down. . .:).

At least her hotel can't be too expensive...apparently, according to the article, she demands to stay near campus, and the fanciest digs in Turlock are apparently the spankin' new Comfort Suites. . .

*Bible Spice Goes To Turlock*

If they fly her in on a private flight she'd probably go into Stockton or Fresno, for a commercial flight of any length they'd have to bring her in via Sacramento or San Jose. Either way you're looking at one to two hours drive to Turlock, but it's in BFE and that's pretty much unavoidable. If she comes and goes from a larger city the drive is longer but they can put her up in a hotel that doesn't cater to truck drivers.

I don't pity the organizers one bit, because she's not going to be happy about the arrangements.

the 1st ckass flight & staying near the campus, but apparently she aways demands bendable straws. That's just weird!

his beverages from but that was because he was often bedridden and was dying.

Kind of elitist, if you ask me. :)

Rock bands do this to make sure that whoever is fulfilling the terms of the contract has actually bothered to read it.
So, if there's a bowl of green M&M's in the dressing room, then the rest of the terms have probably been complied with.
(The rest of the terms being stuff that could be dangerous to the band, electrical problems, things like that.)

I don't see any of that kind of thing happening to Caribou Barbie, but her manager is just doing things by the book.

I worked with a woman whose father had a job complying with all of those terms, at first I was a bit shocked by the diva-like atmosphere to it, but after awhile, I figured it was all part of the entertainment game.