From the San Francisco Examiner: “On Tuesday afternoon, Attorney General Jerry Brown said he was launching a “broad investigation” into the alleged dumping of documents and to examine finances of the CSU Stanislaus Foundation, which is hosting the June 25 event featuring the former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate.”
From Jerry Brown: “This is not about Sarah Palin. She has every right to speak at a university event…. The issues are public disclosure and financial accountability in organizations embedded in state-run universities.”
This of course was the first time the attorney general of California ever looked into a foundation after a speaker was hired. No inquiry was made publicly into the contracts of the various commencement speakers this year.
The faculty was silent.
But in Virginia, there is a different reaction to an inquiry.
From Canada Free Press: 810 “Virginia scientists and academics signed a petition launched by the activist Union of Concerned Scientists, protesting Commonwealth Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli’s investigation of former University of Virginia professor Michael Mann. The American Association of University Professors likewise opposes Cuccinelli, who is seeking documents from UVA, to determine whether there are grounds to prosecute Mann for violating the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act, by presenting false or misleading information in support of applications for state-funded research.”
Cries of academic freedom only come when a liberal is examined, just like the press complaining of a lack of presidential press conferences only when a Republican is president.
Screwy.
Dog bites man.
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