Annie
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Well actually to help raise funds for community, but still...strange bedfellows indeed...
Sarah Palin coming to Illinois; Valerie Jarrett on Sarah Palin - Lynn Sweet
Sarah Palin coming to Illinois; Valerie Jarrett on Sarah Palin - Lynn Sweet
...The local community center -- called Five Points Washington -- booked Palin for a speech and a dinner to raise money for a parking lot, youth scholarships and other projects. The 1,000 tickets sold out in a day. With VIP receptions thrown in, the center's gross -- according to my calculations -- should be about $235,000, minus Palin's fee, which is in the $100,000 ballpark....
...The speakers bureau representing Palin pitched the college for an event. Eureka took a pass but the board at Five Points -- whose vice chairman is Steve Brown, the spokesman for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the chairman of the Democratic Party of Illinois -- used the Eureka opening to land her...