No Media Circus for Sarah Palin Simi Valley Event – What is the Big Deal?

Republican Women Federated of Simi Valley said in a statement Sunday that Palin is scheduled to attend the group’s 50th anniversary gala at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on Aug. 8.

Republican Women Federated of Simi Valley spokeswoman Pat Saraceno said the invitation-only event will be closed to the media. Several hundred people have already confirmed they plan to attend the gala, which costs $100 for members and $150 for invited nonmembers.

The group expects no more than 900 people at the event, which will be held at the cavernous pavilion that houses the former president’s jet, Air Force One.

The master of ceremonies for the event will be conservative radio talk-show host and filmmaker John Ziegler.

No press or media passes for the Simi Valley Republican speech which is customary for fundraising events – even though alot of good RED meat is usually dished out as the main course. But, the Lefty press is nonplussed nevertheless.

One of the best kept secrets in California in recent weeks has been why Gov. Sarah Palin’s upcoming and much-heralded Reagan Library speech — her political debut after leaving public office — will be…closed to the media?

We’ve been trying for more than a week to get some kind of explanation from the Simi Valley Republican Women’s Club, which is hosting her, without success. (To be honest: even getting a call returned was one of the greater challenges of our career.)

But finally today, Pat Saraceno of the club has issued a statement, though she would not tell us whether the decision to bar press from what would likely have been the most watched political event of the year was the club’s — or Palin’s.

What does Marinucci think? Sarah Palin is dodging her and the Ventura County Star – Simi Valley’s hometown paper?

Please…….

As I said, it is very common for FUNDRAISING EVENTS to be closed to the press. Usually, at least it was with the Rudy Giuliani Presidential campaign which I covered extensively, the POL will have a public AVAIL either before or after the speech/dinner. But, the AVAIL is not a certainty.

Now, if Carla wants to see Sarah Palin, she can camp outside the Reagan Presidential Library with the hundreds of other reporters and media crew. And, stop the whining.

Don’t you think Sarah Palin will pose for a few photos and make just a few comments?

You betcha – WINK.

By the way, I won’t be camped out in Simi Valley and will be instead in Las Vegas for the weekend.