Penn State Sandusky scandal: AD arrested, Paterno, Spanier fired; coverup charged #3

[Pensfan]

I'll not quibble. Raykovitz allowed Sandusky access to Second Mile children for six years, although he knew. Penn State sold forty acres of land to Sandusky's Second Mile for the project at a very nice price, although they knew. Corbett funded Sandusky's Second Mile "dream project" to the tune of $3,000,000 taxpayer dollars, although he knew.

It would appear that from The Second Mile to the halls of Penn State to the governor's office, they all knew.

Corbett only became the governor in January 2011. It cannot be assumed that the previous governor had any knowledge of Sandusky as he was not the Attorney General like Corbett and therefore, privy to such info.

 

[Dr.Fessel]

Penn State has always wanted to play the public/private game to its advantage. For example, Spanier has argued salary information should not be public yet as we see with the recent information about Jerry Sandusky’s pension, Penn State employees are eligible to participate in public retirement systems. This makes it difficult for the university to argue it should not be subject to public access laws.

Penn State also would be in good company. Many colleges and universities nationwide operate just fine being subject to open-records laws. In Pennsylvania, all the universities in the State System of Higher Education such as Millersville and Shippensburg are subject to the Right to Know Law. http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/11/right_to_know_law_psu_shouldnt.html

 

[Pensfan]

Penn State has always wanted to play the public/private game to its advantage. For example, Spanier has argued salary information should not be public yet as we see with the recent information about Jerry Sandusky’s pension, Penn State employees are eligible to participate in public retirement systems. This makes it difficult for the university to argue it should not be subject to public access laws.

Penn State also would be in good company. Many colleges and universities nationwide operate just fine being subject to open-records laws. In Pennsylvania, all the universities in the State System of Higher Education such as Millersville and Shippensburg are subject to the Right to Know Law. http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/11/right_to_know_law_psu_shouldnt.html

BBM
The bbm statement is not true. There are numerous state universities that are exempt from the Right to Know Law. The University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University are a few examples that are exempt. This exemption was not created just for Penn State.

The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law excludes state-related universities from the Commonwealth agencies and State-affiliated entities that are subject to broad open records requirements.
http://www.ogc.pitt.edu/faq.html
http://www.openrecordspa.org/rtk.html

 

[LRinCA]

Did anyone else see the Piers Morgan show tonight? The subject of the segment was The Second Mile's fundraising abilities during the time of the grand jury investigation.

Piers interviewed Tracy Bell from the Family Clothesline. I wasn't really paying too much attention until she said someone from her organization (I think it was her boss) asked someone at The Second Mile (this past summer) whether or not there was an investigation going on and the person at TSM denied it. This would have been during the time the investigation was well underway. Piers asked her for the name of the person but she said she wasn't at liberty to say.

The entire segment was rather awkward - especially at the end when Ms. Bell held up a T-Shirt and asked for donations for the (much stammering and I do mean STAMMERING) victims and then she stammered some more and finally got out "the alleged victims."



Hopefully a video of it will show up on YouTube.

 

[wfgodot]

Corbett only became the governor in January 2011. It cannot be assumed that the previous governor had any knowledge of Sandusky as he was not the Attorney General like Corbett and therefore, privy to such info.

Agreed. Former Governor Rendell supported Paterno's firing, even though

The ex-governor noted he has a close personal relationship with Paterno, and that the two would call each other from time to time during his administration to buck each others' spirits up when things were rough.

pennlive.com

A bit unfortunate that the talk apparently never turned to Sandusky and Second Mile, then. I'd be interested to find out who pitched the project to Gov. Rendell in the first place.

 

[LRinCA]

Here's a better explanation of the charity's donors story:



Charity's Donors Kept in Dark About Penn State Sex Abuse Investigation

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/1...-state-sex-abuse-investigation/#ixzz1dwK16MZB

 

[Pensfan]

Former Governor Rendell supported Paterno's firing, even though



A bit unfortunate that the talk apparently never turned to Sandusky and Second Mile, then. I'd be interested to find out who pitched the project to Gov. Rendell in the first place.

Rendell is an ivy league graduate from a family with great wealth and is a staunch Democrat. Paterno was raised a poor boy in Brooklyn and is a staunch Republican. For these reasons, it is suspect that they chatted very often or if they chatted at all.

 

[LRinCA]

DePasquale calls for special investigator on PSU scandal

DePasquale said Wednesday he was hoping the university's board of trustees would "do a real investigation," but then the school chose someone from its own board to lead the effort.

He said the scope of inquiry would include the board of trustees, the state's Office of Attorney General and its handling of the Sandusky investigation both while Corbett was Attorney General and since Linda Kelly took over after Corbett became governor.

More:

http://www.yorkdispatch.com/news/ci_19351925

 

[LRinCA]

Also:

Nov 17, 2011 - Altoona Mirror

The Second Mile evaluating future

http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/c...he-Second-Mile-evaluating-future.html?nav=742

 

[Dr.Fessel]

Penn State has always wanted to play the public/private game to its advantage. For example, Spanier has argued salary information should not be public yet as we see with the recent information about Jerry Sandusky’s pension, Penn State employees are eligible to participate in public retirement systems. This makes it difficult for the university to argue it should not be subject to public access laws.

Penn State also would be in good company. Many colleges and universities nationwide operate just fine being subject to open-records laws. In Pennsylvania, all the universities in the State System of Higher Education such as Millersville and Shippensburg are subject to the Right to Know Law. http://www.pennlive.com/editorials/index.ssf/2011/11/right_to_know_law_psu_shouldnt.html

BBM
The bbm statement is not true. There are numerous state universities that are exempt from the Right to Know Law. The University of Pittsburgh, Temple University, Lincoln University are a few examples that are exempt. This exemption was not created just for Penn State.

The Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law excludes state-related universities from the Commonwealth agencies and State-affiliated entities that are subject to broad open records requirements.
http://www.ogc.pitt.edu/faq.html
http://www.openrecordspa.org/rtk.html

I believe that statement is true. They make the distinction just like you did between State Schools and State-Related Schools in the article.

 

[LRinCA]

I just did an archive search of Raykovitz' name and found this April 15, 2011 entry from the Centre Daily.

It's a letter, I'm assuming to the editor, signed by Marc McCann and Katherine Genovese (The Second Mile) referencing recent allegations about Jerry Sandusky.


A snippet of the letter:


A recent CDT article indicated that The Second Mile’s president and CEO Jack Raykovitz made “no comment” to questions about an investigation of Jerry Sandusky, and a recent letter to the editor described The Second Mile’s response to the allegations about Sandusky as “silence.” That description is, indeed, accurate.

Some are trying to ascribe meaning to or hypothesize about our silence or lack of comment.



More:

http://www.centredaily.com/2011/04/15/2650820/confidentiality-paramount.html

 

[essies]

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/11/16/exp-ac-searching-for-answers-at-senn-state.cnn
Video: Searching for answers at Penn State
CNN's Drew Griffin tried to talk to the officials who should have known about the 1998 allegations against Sandusky.

 

[LRinCA]

Very revealing article from The Patriot News:


The Second Mile and Penn State were locked in an embrace so tight that the fate of one inevitably impacts the other.

When Sandusky announced his retirement in 1999, saying he wanted to spend more time with The Second Mile, Paterno called him "a person of great character and integrity." That’s all the validation many people needed....


ESPN commentator Jon Ritchie, who did not attend Penn State but knew Sandusky well, said he would go to Second Mile benefits and speak. "Every time I was up there, I was just pouring out the way that I felt about Jerry," Ritchie said recently on ESPN. "My reality was that Jerry Sandusky was Mother Teresa."


More
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/patriot-news_special_report_th.html

 

[essies]

Special Report: Scandal. Shame. A search for answers at Penn State.
This story appears in the Nov. 21, 2011 issue of Sports Illustrated.
snip-
In an eerie twist, the local prosecutor at the time, Ray Gricar, disappeared in 2005. His laptop and hard drive were recovered from the Susquehanna River, irretrievably damaged, and his body was never found. It made for hot conspiracy theories last week. Contacted by SI, Tony Gricar, Ray's nephew and the family's spokesman, would not dismiss anything out of hand. He said that while his uncle was indifferent to the football program, he knew he would need an airtight case. "There [were] far-reaching consequences for Ray bringing a case against Sandusky," Tony Gricar said. Borrowing a line from The Wire, he added, "You come at the king, you best not miss."
Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/11/16/penn.st/index.html#ixzz1dwdt1YgV

 

[Dr.Fessel]

http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/11/16/exp-ac-searching-for-answers-at-senn-state.cnn
Video: Searching for answers at Penn State
CNN's Drew Griffin tried to talk to the officials who should have known about the 1998 allegations against Sandusky.

That is funny, the fired president of the school is still living in the school mansion. :floorlaugh:

 

[LRinCA]

That is funny, the fired president of the school is still living in the school mansion. :floorlaugh:

And he's still a tenured professor at Penn State.

 

[ThoughtFox]

Very revealing article from The Patriot News:

More
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/11/patriot-news_special_report_th.html

Thanks for the link ~ I had seen a hint about this land deal in a comment somewhere, so I'm glad we have an MSM article about it now:

In 2002 — the same year the university barred Sandusky from bringing boys to the locker rooms — it sold 40 acres of land to The Second Mile to build a "Center for Excellence."

According to the Centre Daily Times, the charity was allowed to purchase the land for "$151,500 less than a Pittsburgh man paid for it in 1990" — and $15,470 less than the deed says Penn State paid for it in 1999.

University officials contend the deed is inaccurate, and that they sold the property to The Second Mile for the same price they paid for it.

Either way, Penn State strengthened its "brand" through Second Mile programs and events. The Nittany Lion mascot in the Second Mile T-shirt was a regular feature — both at fundraisers and at programs for the children.

 

[LRinCA]

Special Report: Scandal. Shame. A search for answers at Penn State.
This story appears in the Nov. 21, 2011 issue of Sports Illustrated.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/magazine/11/16/penn.st/index.html#ixzz1dwdt1YgV

Thanks for the link.

Mary Gage, quoted in the article, sums it up perfectly with one concise sentence:

"It's amazing to think what one man can do to a whole heroic institution if the reaction is faulty."

 

[LRinCA]

Jerry Sandusky Penn State sex abuse case eerily similar to Timothy Bagshaw boy scout case three decades prior


(snippet)

Polo and his family remember a lawyer who they believe was Joseph Amendola, the same attorney now representing Sandusky, representing Bagshaw.

The charges against Bagshaw stemmed from several incidents while Bagshaw led Troop 361, about 30 boys, on several camping trips in late 1983 and early 1984. Bagshaw died in 1994 at 40 former Huntingdon, Pa. police officer in the mid-‘70s . The Bagshaw case remains under seal in Centre County Court records, since the case involved juveniles.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/i...-decades-prior-article-1.978901#ixzz1dwvafLRd




BBM

 

[essies]

Lawyer: Client ready to testify against Sandusky
By MARK SCOLFORO, MARYCLAIRE DALE and GENARO C. ARMAS
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STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) -- A lawyer said Wednesday that his client will testify that he was sexually abused by former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and Pennsylvania state lawmakers are starting to plan for a special commission that will examine the legal issues raised by the child sex-abuse scandal.

Harrisburg attorney Ben Andreozzi said he represents a client who will testify against Sandusky, who is accused of abusing eight boys, some on campus, over 15 years.

"I am appalled by the fact that Mr. Sandusky has elected to re-victimize these young men at a time when they should be healing," Andreozzi said, in a statement released by his office. "He fully intends to testify that he was severely sexually assaulted by Mr. Sandusky."

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie...ME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-11-17-03-02-12