The Palin greed train continues

Calif. state university system slashed to the bone? Check.

Foundation for a Cal State branch pouring out the gravy train for Sarah Palin? Check.

And, let's not forget the clearly deliberate ignoring a state open records request by State. Sen. Leland Yee, after claiming it did not have a copy of a contract with Palin, then students later finding one in a trash bin:

"This is our little Watergate in the state of California," he said Tuesday at a news conference where he was joined by Briggs and Lewis.

Russell Giambelluca, the university's vice president of business and finance, said no one at the university was advised to destroy specific foundation documents, and staff members routinely shred and dispose of paperwork that is no longer needed.

Regarding the excerpt of Palin's contract, he said: "I find it interesting that among shredded documents you find one that's completely intact related to the contract."

Dark day, indeed.

Oh, and as for Josh the snarky commenter, Al Gore has yet to haul in this much, namely, the $12 million Gov. Dopey Dopey has made since becoming ex-governor.

That conservative estimate is based on publicly available records and news accounts. The actual number is probably much higher, but is hard to quantify because Palin does not publicize her earnings. She reputedly got a $7 million deal for her first book, with the bulk of that money due after her resignation as governor, and will earn about $250,000 per episode, according to the web site The Daily Beast, for each of eight episodes of a reality show about Alaska for the The Learning Channel. She has managed to keep a lid on reliable figures for her earnings from a multi-year contract with Fox News and a second book deal with HarperCollins.

Guess she has a lot of NYC wardrobes to buy, eh?