The Nittany Nightmare Continues: More Financial Incest At PSU- Accused Perjuror Gary Schultz Head of Nittany Insurance Pays First Victim Payout AND His Lawyers
State College, PA & Burlington, VT- In the latest example of financial incest involving PSU, The Second Mile, and a bevy of double-dipping board members and executives, we arrive at the first discovery between an accused suspect in the case and his principal interest in an insurance company that recently paid out a settlement to an alleged victim of Jerry Sandusky. As the filing has likely been sealed as a condition of it’s settlement, it is unknown if Schultz or anyone else within PSU in addition to Sandusky was named in the civil action.
Gary C. Schultz, interim Sr. VP for Finance and Business returned following previous retirement from PSU this past July.
His return to the PSU payroll around the time that a grand jury was meeting about his possible complicity, FOLLOWING his own alleged perjurious testimony begs the question-As Schultz knew he was under investigation as well as Sandusky and Curley-
Did Schultz come out of retirement in anticipation of incurring significant legal fees he did not want coming out of his own pocket?
You read that correctly.
Mr. Schultz, who along with Tim Curley were bound over for trial at their preliminary hearing on perjury charges and a misdemeanor failure to report summons last month, is being provided legal representation costs through Nittany Insurance Company, where he is a paid Director. According to Acting President Erickson, it will also be used to cover any civil settlements and judgements in the Sandusky debacle et al.
This would seem to be in violation of the Vermont Captive Insurance Regulations Section 12, or conflict of interest.
In a letter sent to Penn State Interim President Rodney Erickson, Senator Michael Stack (D) Philadelphia, expressed his concern that taxpayers and donors should not be footing the bill for the Universities necessary legal representation for the various civil and criminal issues and potential settlements.
In a response to Senator Stack, President Erickson assured him that such costs would be accommodated by it’s liability insurance. Nittany Insurance Company is listed as the professional liability insurance company of record on the PSU site as well as the provider for PSU students in programs including the Hershey Medical Center.
President Erickson did not reference Mr. Schultz’s directorship position within Nittany Insurance Company although www.blinkoncrime.com was able to confirm with the Vermont Secretary of State that as of this afternoon, there are no pending changes to its registration.
Gary Schultz’s co-director at Nittany Insurance Company, is Allan Anderson, Former VP and Chief Executive Officer for Hershey Medical Center.
While the captive insurance firm is self-administered, as Director, Schultz would be in a position to review, award, accept, negotiate or reject settlements within the framework of their contract with PSU and appropriate regulatory requirements. Captive insurance companies are often developed as part of a risk mitigation strategy and as an entree to the reinsurance market for payouts exceeding a fixed amount. Registered in Vermont, Nittany Insurance Company was formed in 1993.
It would seem a good starting point for questions on the regulatory and compliance matter might be how the bid is/was awarded for initial self-administered liability coverage directed by a potential party and what the premiums, which are deductible to PSU, were and are?
What adjustments to same have been made in relation to the known incidents and corresponding dates alleged against Sandusky, Curley and Schultz?
What else is Nittany Insurance funding it may have had ample heads up about?
Does Schultz have a poster of Ken Lay in the top of his humidor? Bernie Madoff?
www.blinkoncrime.com poster erose contributed to the research of this article.
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Wendell Courtney was considered Penn State’s outside legal counsel for many years. Then, Cynthia Baldwin is hired as their counsel. Frazier (a lawyer himself, see: Vioxx) hires Freeh on behalf of the BOT. Was it Rodney Erikson decision to hire Lanny Davis, or Baldwin’s or BOT? Why did PSU need Davis when they had Baldwin? And of course now Baldwin has her own lawyer. Why does the BOT hire Baldwin and Davis? Lawyers needing lawyers. (Reminds me of the term babies having babies.)
In January of 2010, Penn State hired Cynthia Baldwin as the university’s full-time general counsel and chief legal officer. This wouldn’t have been notable, if it weren’t for the fact that she was the first in-house lawyer the university ever had.
Before Baldwin, Penn State relied on Wendell Courtney, an attorney in the Central Pennsylvania law firm of McQuaide-Blasko, for most of its legal work. In addition to serving as primary counsel for the university, he also did work, pro bono, for The Second Mile charity.
http://onwardstate.com/2011/11/09/current-second-mile-counsel-courtney-previously-worked-for-psu/
In announcing Freeh’s appointment, Frazier stressed the former FBI director’s independence. Freeh will be empowered to investigate employees up to and including the board of trustees itself, Frazier said.
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/7264524/penn-state-nittany-lions-hire-ex-fbi-director-louis-freeh-investigation
Baldwin’s take on how everything unfolded came from Washington attorney Lanny Davis, who also represents Penn State and who Baldwin has authorized to speak on her behalf.
http://www.law.com/jsp/cc/PubArticleCC.jsp?id=1202542420199
“My only responsibility as attorney for the university is to help the university and the board of trustees speak the truth. I agree with the Paterno family on the need to stick to the facts, which the board has done,” Davis said.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/former_fbi_director_focuses_pe.html
Oh, and I forgot to mention, Baldwin stepping down and PSU now counts Dunham as it’s counsel. So what is Lanny Davis doing? Is he still doing it? I get the feeling there are two Penn State’s right now. Power struggle?
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/05/penn_state_names_new_general_c.html
IDK about Erickson’s comments being an affront exactly to Spanier. It sure conveyed that PSU is doing the minimum required wrt their former Pres. But he did explain, somewhere, that PSU was not giving Spanier his own emails per the request of the AG.
At the very least, it’s another way of saying, yes, we’re doing what we’re legally required to do, while movin’ on. (Which I find offensive. It ain’t time to move on yet. Understand what he means, and his obligations, but it’s an affront to the victims. Who ain’t able to be movin’ on themselves. Nor is PSU till they’ve met all their obligations in court.)
Ya’ll, this is my last post for awhile. Was supposed to lose my electronics access midday yesterday. That’s delayed to start of business today. But I’m jet-lagged and exhausted, so must get some sleep in next few hours.
Meanwhile, I have one subsequent post to do wrt Baldwin.
It might be worth looking into why Baldwin is on the Board with Koppers Holdings (which is international and operates companies with diff names, so bear that in mind).
If you google Koppers Holdings litigation, you’ll start to see they have been embroiled in litigation worldwide in the past few yrs. Mostly product liability. (Possibility some SEC matters, but not sure yet on that). 50 or so cases in PA alone. Baldwin joined the Board in 2008. And is making a good bit of $ at it.
Forbes showed her tl earnings, in fees and stock, of $246,986. in 2008 and $109,260. in 2009.
Here’s a start, just some summaries, of some of their litigation during 2005 thru 2009:
http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/Koppers_Holdings_(KOP)/Legal_Proceedings
snip:
“Product Liability Cases. Koppers Inc., along with other defendants, is currently a defendant in lawsuits filed in a variety of states in which the plaintiffs claim they suffered a variety of illnesses (including cancer) as a result of exposure to coal tar pitch sold by the defendants. There are 99 plaintiffs in 55 cases pending as of December 31, 2008 as compared to 97 plaintiffs in 52 cases at December 31, 2007. As of December 31, 2008, there are a total of 50 cases pending in state court in Pennsylvania, one case each pending in state courts in Tennessee, Washington and Illinois, two cases pending in an Indiana state court and one case pending in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.
The plaintiffs in all 56 pending cases seek to recover compensatory damages, while plaintiffs in 44 cases also seek to recover punitive damages. The plaintiffs in the 50 cases filed in Pennsylvania state court seek unspecified damages in excess of the court’s minimum arbitration jurisdictional limit….”
I know that Charles De Monaco and Cynthia Baldwin are both members of the Allegheny Bar and PA Bar. Other than that, haven’t found any connection except their recent atty-client relationship. All I’ve found on De Monaco shows him to be one of the good guys and top notch.
you know, making Baldwin GC was a stroke of genius to remove her from the BOT.
Whose master mind thought that up? And when?
ty erose for url to 2007 Baldwin Report of Task Force–Trustees, as Chair
what will return to haunt her is p 3 “fiduciary duties”
omits duty of loyalty–conflict of interest:
see http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/50/53/1872746.pdf
@Word Girl.
hasn’t he been on leave since last fall?
without pay so he had to list his house?
Sorry I misunderstood WordGirl.
wsj, like several other print sources, put his job in past tense “was” yet says it “is” paid:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304451104577392720739072602.html
I’ve come to believe many of these filler copy writers just copy each others phrases and verb tenses.
@beejay. Whadda weekend for your electronics to be diverted.
Oh well, better than Monday ff.
A motion was filed today to allow the use of direct quotes by media outlets in the Sandusky trial. The article in Pennlive reports that Judge Cleland”…has said that journalists may tweet and blog from the courtroom as long as they don’t quote testimony directly.”
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/expedited_motion_to_intervene.html
The media outlets seem to say they understood the original order banning them from recording or broadcasting proceedings, as well as taking and/or transmitting photographs.
Their confusion now exists due to what they were told by James Koval of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) that direct quotes may not be used, only paraphrases, and, if caught ‘quoting,’ they would be in violation and possibly “that the Court would take punitive action against those publishing ‘verbatim accounts’.”
http://www.scribd.com/doc/95602865/Expedited-Motion-to-Intervene-and-to-Clarify-Decorum-Order-in-Sandusky-Case
I do not see this as anything other than inviting a civil suit against someone.
Bizarre. Who bears the responsibility of best practices in paraphrasing?
The definition of is.. is.. different on twitter.
LOL. JK, HI hop in. ( the last reference one iw only going to get if you are a Zach Galafanakis fan)
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Separately, Penn State had announced last month that prominent Washington attorney and former White House counsel Lanny Davis would provide legal advice and counsel to school President Rodney Erickson.
The school has said Davis had a different role from Baldwin, whose office advises and coordinates legal matters for the university as a whole. Davis currently heads a law and crisis management firm.
http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/breaking-news/index.ssf/2012/01/penn_state_general_counsel_cyn.html
Judge Baldwin’s better half:
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Baldwin has over 35 years of scientific, engineering, and management experience within government, industry, and academia. He is a senior-level official for the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), where he is responsible for projects involving coal and gas, renewable energy, carbon capture, and carbon storage. He also is involved with developing, planning, and implementing strategic initiatives that strengthen NETL regional capabilities with corporate and business partners and educational institutions. Prior to his current position, Baldwin held other senior-level positions within the NETL, providing direction, oversight, and project management for petroleum refining, oil shale, oil sands, synthetic gas, gas-to-liquid conversion, solid fuels, and feedstocks. Baldwin also is the president of Baldwin Investment Management Group, LLC.
Among the other honors that Baldwin has received are the DOE’s Service to Society Award as part of the President of the United States’ 1,000 Points of Light Program for Volunteerism and the Federal Executive Board’s Equal Employment Opportunity Award. He also was nominated twice by Gulf Oil Corporation to receive the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Service to Society Award.
http://science.psu.edu/news-and-events/2011-news/Baldwin7-2011
Trying to understand the legal alliances, I have concluded this from my previous posts. It could be said that Baldwin did not have Shultz and Curley’s best interests at heart when she appeared at their GJ appearance. Paterno wanted nothing to do with her. She seemed to be in alliance with Courtney in 2006/2007 when they were “mentoring” incoming BOT. She replaced him, though the press release stated she would still work with the firm he represented. Baldwin and Erikson were both placed on the Hershey Medical Center Board at the same time, fwiw. Lanny Davis was hired for Erikson and PSU interests, and Baldwin allowed Davis to speak for her. How Spainer fits in, IDK. Maybe Courtney and Spainer were playing both sides of the fence at PSU, though Courtney seems clearly one of Sandusky’s enablers.
Penn State Board of Trustees ring opening bell at NYSE
Friday, March 19, 2004
The visit by Penn State’s Board to Wall Street was arranged by the group’s former chair and Penn State alumnus William Schreyer, chairman emeritus of Merrill Lynch.
When Schreyer joined Penn State President Graham Spanier, Board Chair Cynthia Baldwin, and other University officials to ring the opening bell at 9:30 a.m., there was an audience of 130 million people watching on televisions around the world.
http://live.psu.edu/story/6082
http://live.psu.edu/image/4952321157
Erickson: PSU wants to settle Sandusky civil suits
“Our hope is that we can settle as many of those that arise without taking the victims through the litigation process,” Penn State President Rodney Erickson told Tribune-Review editors and reporters on Friday.
http://triblive.com/news/1899790-74/university-sandusky-erickson-state-president-abuse-court-lawsuits-penn-settle
Wonder who is putting up the money on those loans?
Penn State has vowed not to spend tuition revenue, taxpayer dollars or donor gifts on scandal-related expenses, rather costs not covered by insurance will be covered by a pool of interest income from internal loans. On Friday, Mr. Erickson said that pool “is in excess of $10 million.”
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/state/penn-state-anticipates-prolonged-turbulence-during-trial-638633/#ixzz1wcFSKheX
Sandusky loses another attempt to delay trial
HLN contributor Sara Ganim reports that Sandusky’s attorneys took this plea for more time to the Pennsylvania Superior Court, but Friday they lost there, too.
http://www.hlntv.com/article/2012/06/01/sandusky-loses-another-attempt-delay-trial
Jerry Sandusky defense asks state Supreme Court for delay
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Defense lawyers in Jerry Sandusky’s child sex-abuse trial asked the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday for a delay, quickly appealing a same-day rejection from a lower court ahead of next week’s scheduled start date.
A person familiar with the defense’s court filing said that Sandusky’s lawyers made the appeal Friday afternoon, a couple hours after a Superior Court panel issued a one-paragraph order denying the former Penn State assistant football coach’s petition seeking its review of the matter.
http://www.freep.com/article/20120602/NEWS07/206020452/Jerry-Sandusky-defense-asks-state-Supreme-Court-for-delay
http://www.freep.com/article/20120602/NEWS07/206020452/Jerry-Sandusky-defense-asks-state-Supreme-Court-for-delay
So much for the gag order.
@erose. Imo It will be said she did not serve PS’
best interests but subjected herself to conflicts
of interest as related to her employer/client
in the GJ setting.
The fate of Sandusky proceeding to trial is in the hands of Cynthia Bladwin’s former colleagues.
About those internal loans…it looks like the university finance gang that normally decides to fund things like construction projects would be diverting some of the interest on these loans, from which the capital comes to the university in the form of endowments, which will go to pay the civil suits for the victims. Simply put, money from an endowment that is loaned out by PSU to PSU and the interest that PSU charges itself, will go to the victims.
Ironically, the way I see it, it’s possible in theory that the interest on a Paterno endowment could be used to fund a Poole construction project and the department that benefits from the expansion (let’s say the legal department to further the irony) would make interest payments from their budget on the internal expansion loan to Sandusky’s victims.
They must be planning a settlement that pays out over time. Don’t let ‘em fool you, this is a loss to the university no matter how they slice it.
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Investing a portion of endowment capital as entrepreneurial seed funding, technology incubation and internal loans to “intrapreneurs” to spawn new programs can be developed to generate a financial return to the University. Faculty and students should be eligible to participate. The University has a huge bank of brain power available to constitute a think tank for rigorous due diligence on potential tech and business investments, thus minimizing risk.
http://pennstatermag.com/bot2012/paul-j-malaspina/
Internal Loans are the avenue through which the University may provide resources for internal financing of equipment, construction and major renovations.
The steps to initiate an Internal Loan may include:
• Processing an approved capital project internal loan requests.
• Recording of the Loan in Financial Accounting System: A liability will be recorded in the general ledger internal loan account.
• Repayment of Principal: Principal repayment is processed through Periodic Journal Entries which reduce the internal loan liability.
• Internal Interest: Interest will automatically be charged monthly by the University Internal Interest System.
http://finserv.uchicago.edu/accounting/capitalagency/internal-loans.shtml
example of a university application
https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:KD1LQW8jmnEJ:www.obfs.uillinois.edu/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId%3D928325+internal+loan&hl=en&gl=us&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESg2nVnZL2ayPT_nuEiZy6JasLfp8_lCDcxxKNBqiw3jBm4z_RJ59_lv7qHTBei5Wj0ToD7XJmIPBxr6Re6RzqKj4_SGDmM45yOuFsedIhql1WfB_oatJG5rGVUU8DiyHKQ-9qPd&sig=AHIEtbT0chcTdZxX55hy83MoUfFfBZClLA
So back to my question. Who is funding those loans, I mean endowments?
Who wanted her there?
Rose says:
June 2, 2012 at 3:07 am
@erose. Imo It will be said she did not serve PS’
best interests but subjected herself to conflicts
of interest as related to her employer/client
in the GJ setting.
I see so much arrogance in this statement. “…without taking the victims through the litigation process.” Maybe the victims will decide if they will take you (PSU) through the litigation process.
Erickson: PSU wants to settle Sandusky civil suits
“Our hope is that we can settle as many of those that arise without taking the victims through the litigation process,” Penn State President Rodney Erickson told Tribune-Review editors and reporters on Friday.
http://triblive.com/news/1899790-74/university-sandusky-erickson-state-president-abuse-court-lawsuits-penn-settle
Fiscal year 2011 also was a record year for gifts to the endowment, amounting to $136.3 million — more than the previous two years combined. Despite economic downturns in 2008 and 2009, the University’s endowment value has seen an increase of about 9.6 percent, since June 30, 2007.
The University is in the midst of the public phase of a seven-year capital campaign, For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students, which aims to raise $2 billion by June 30, 2014. The campaign’s first priority is funding undergraduate and graduate student scholarship support.
The University directs support from the endowment to purposes designated by donors.
The Penn State Investment Council, created by the Board of Trustees in response to the University’s increasing asset base and complex investment strategies, provides direct oversight of the endowment and long-term investment program. The council regularly reviews asset allocation, new asset classes, investment strategies and manager performance.
http://live.psu.edu/story/54960
Friday, September 19, 2008
University Park, Pa. — Penn State’s Board of Trustees has renewed the appointments of six non-University representatives to the Penn State Investment Council.
The board established the council in September 2000 to provide direct oversight of the University’s endowment and long-term investment program in response to Penn State’s growing asset base and complex portfolio strategies. The council regularly reviews asset allocation, new asset classes, investment strategies and manager performance, and provides semi-annual updates and reports regarding investment performance to the Board of Trustees.
The non-University council members who had their appointments renewed for another one-year term by the board today (Sept. 19) are: Timothy J. Crowe, managing director of Anchor Point Capital LLC in Coral Gables, Fla.; Carmen Gilloti, managing director of Private Equities of DuPont Capital Management in Wilmington, Del.; Edward R. Hintz Jr., president of HHR Asset Management LLC in Chatham, NJ; Arthur D. Miltenberger, vice president and chief financial officer (retired) of R.K.Mellon & Sons in Ligonier; J. David Rogers, chief executive officer of J.D. Capital Management in Greenwich, Conn.; and Linda B. Strumpf, vice president and chief investment officer of The Ford Foundation in New York, NY.
Consisting of as many as nine board-appointed members and chaired by Gary Schultz, senior vice president for finance and business/treasurer of the University, the Penn State Investment Council includes David Branigan, executive director of the office of investment management, and five to seven non-University representatives.
http://live.psu.edu/story/34686
04-23-10
Penn State is set to launch today the public phase of a multi-million-dollar fundraising campaign, dubbed “For the Future: The Campaign for Penn State Students.”
The campaign opened its quiet phase more than two years ago, when university leaders began gauging high-level donors’ interest, priorities and ability to give. Starting today, the effort will focus more on encouraging donations from the general public.
http://www.statecollege.com/news/local-news/penn-state-to-launch-public-fundraising-effort-today-396478/
page 32/33 For the Future Committee Members (also see page 34)
http://issuu.com/givetopsu/docs/2010-2011-president-report-on-philanthropy-and-end
The jury can’t help but be overwhelmed.
A closer look at the charges against Jerry Sandusky
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/06/03/3216242/a-closer-look-at-the-charges-against.html#storylink=cpy
I don’t think the new laws and/or policies would have stopped Sandusky, or changed how he was reported, unfortunately. The university police is still considered an option, btw, and they still report within a chain of command. No change here, that I can see. You just can’t legislate how to be a human being. People either do the right thing, or they don’t.
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According to the university, adults — paid or unpaid — who work directly with children are also considered “mandatory reporters.” That means they have to tell the program director, police or university law office if they suspect any type of abuse — a requirement that complies with state law.
Powers said how the new rules impact camps and programs depends on the types of activities going on and who is involved.
“The volunteers in the Bug Fair are mostly Penn State students and local high school biology teachers who staff individual event tables to do things like look through a microscope at a butterfly’s wings or hold a hissing cockroach,” Powers said, referring to the College of Agricultural Sciences’ popular fall event. “These volunteers do not constitute authorized adults under the law, but instead are considered public area volunteers.”
Staff who supervise the event are considered authorized adults, triggering the background check and training requirements, she said.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/06/03/3216214/in-wake-of-sandusky-scandal-psu.html#storylink=cpy
Rose, June 1, 3:19pm. No apology needed, Rose. I’m sorry I yelled. It sometimes seems like a vacant forum where I don’t belong. Still, I just wanted to clarify McQueary’s job situation. Being on a long-term leave, his future job prospects may suffer, if the game is played the way I think.
Thanks for your information and implied caveat to watch copy-fillers’ phrases and verbs tenses.
@erose. re the victims and the settlement process.
erose these were kids when abused.
and as to the crime they are in same emotional place now as then
imo
the adult advisors in their lives then are the same advisors now
they will advise self-protection by settlement universally imo
Erickson will get his wish
and why shouldn’t they self protect?
They are, and they should. I see the financial structure for this being set up well in advance of public knowledge. I wonder why there was a “quiet” phase in endowments.
Rose says:
June 3, 2012 at 9:17 pm
PS The victims should get what they are seeking and then some. Just the fact that they were vulnerable to begin with makes this crime exceptionally egregious.
Call me a buttinski, but I do not understand the general lack of interest in this case. Maybe it will heat up when the trial starts. To me, this case is the epitome of what this advocacy is all about. Being here is not an invitation, it’s a mandate. Please stay.
Word Girl says:
June 3, 2012 at 8:10 pm
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It sometimes seems like a vacant forum where I don’t belong.
@Word Girl. I didn’t notice and you are one of the most valued commenters I read, smart and incisive.
I feel McQueary was unnecessarily and badly victimized last fall in the failure of the BOT and Admin to
support him. It is a shame the PS football fans rioted for JP
and none noticed this significant contributor’s fate. Fickle fans. He was a young
man who’d never been employed yet when he saw what he saw.
He’s about to be revictimized on the stand. I hope his suit prevails with enough $ for
grad school, and he lands in a better place in life.
Yes, all those counts remind me of the Edwards trial/jury.
Too many counts and the baby in with the bath.
So the jury focsed on the easy ones (what they could acquit)
and said they’d done their job and bagged it
Ugh.
It’s the price he paid for working with at-risk kids, says attorney Joe Amendola.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/06/case_by_case_breakdown_of_the.html
@erose
Ditto. Word girl, please do not feel that way.
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@Word Girl: You said, “It sometimes seems like a vacant forum where I don’t belong.”
___________
What do you mean by “vacant”?
I want to say to you, ever so gently, you have a right and a responsibility to try to direct this forum in any direction you want to. If we fail to respond, and remain “vacant”, then maybe it is US who will have failed–failed you, and/or failed those we say we advocate for.
Your feelings are what they are. Please direct us where you think we need to go. I truly mean that.
Thinking, perhaps wrongly, IDK, that you might at times feel we are void of emotion? void of outrage? “vacant” in that sense?
For me, it’s all I can do to remain in control of my emotions in this case, and Kyron’s, long enough to express myself in words. Sometimes, failing any other available physical outlet, I go outside and murder ants by stomping them on the sidewalk. Sometimes there are no ants there; doesn’t matter–don’t really want to kill them. Redirecting rage.
I’m going to post separately a quote I’d like to put up here.
This isn’t about me, or any of us. But sometimes I think it helps to reveal personal things. I’ve posted something about this before, but last week I ran across a reference to a horrid/huge child abuse case in my hometown.
The news broke about 40 yrs ago. (Hell, no, we don’t fergit!) I was in the PhD program with Roger Rinn, who had worked at Anneewakee and later filed a civil suit against the primary offenders (in an effort to put pressure and move the criminal suit along). He never talked about his experiences with me; IIRC, gag order was in place.
Anneewakee was a wilderness treatment program for adolescents, both genders. Dr. Louis Poetter ran it. He was eventually found guilty, and served 8 yrs in prison, with sentences running concurrently and early release. (Anneewakee/ Douglasville,GA/ Lost Boys of Anneewakee). So, one of the teens treated there, though not a victim, has after all this time brought back a flood of rage and grief for me and all of us who knew of it. This man has read about Sandusky and Penn State now.
Snip:
“I was a troubled young man that made many life long friends and was able to overcome some anger and learn ways to deal with all the shit that life throws at you.
But I will never forgive the enablers that allowed this monster – Louis J. Poetter – to continue to abuse children LONG after the 1st incident occurred.
Joe Paterno and everyone at Penn State that knew about the shower rape are guilty of enabling a monster and the – probable – continued rape and abuse of children.
Everyone apologizing for their actions REALLY needs to consider the fact that children were raped and abused and NOT ONE FUCKING PERSON THAT KNEW CAME FORWARD TO SAVE THEM!!!!!!!!”
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439×2277863
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IDK who all knew. But I am totally sympatico with this man. About my and his first experience of this crime, and about all the rest of them. It doesn’t take that many people to make a difference. But it’s not for everyone; some people just can’t handle reality. That sounds snarky, but I also mean it gently: truth can be too much to deal with. The conscious mind shuttles it away.
That’s it from this cheerleader today.
One more post. I’ve just checked several sources out there, with April or May dates, that say McQueary is still being paid. That he is on “indefinite paid administrative leave.”
Maybe he’d like to sell his house and move elsewhere. Somewhere with a moat and alligators? People are still directing a lot of anger at him. His football coaching career is probably over. Maybe a small town high school?
I have electronics temporarily today until, once again, the lawyers get their act together and my IT guy shuts me down. Ten minutes or several hours. Read the new rulings, ya’ll. I’m really impressed with this judge and I just like his style. Do no eff with him, lawyers (or media)–it’ll come back to bite you! Again, the link; scroll down and click on them by date and/or title of interest:
http://www.co.centre.pa.us/media/
Thanks for all you do, and have done. This is obviously your life’s work or passion, bo both, and I appreciate everything you bring to the table.
beejay says:
June 4, 2012 at 11:19 am
bo = or
“The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday rejected a final request by former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky to delay his trial on charges of child sex abuse, clearing the way for jury selection to begin on Tuesday.
The court turned down Sandusky’s request in a terse three-sentence order posted on the judicial website. No explanation for the ruling was given.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-sandusky-sex-abuse-20120604,0,5233699.story
Breaking News: Pennsylvania Supreme Court denies motion to delay Jerry Sandusky trial
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/06/04/3217801/breaking-news-pennsylvania-supreme.html#storylink=cpy
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The whispers about Jerry Sandusky have ricocheted around Centre County, Pa., since at least 1998, when allegations of child sexual abuse first surfaced.
The district attorney at the time, Ray Gricar, took the case of the popular Penn State assistant football coach to a grand jury, and the resulting indictment accused Sandusky of sexually touching a young boy while they were both naked.
And Mystery No. 4: how Sandusky
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And Mystery No. 4: how Sandusky’s defense team believes it will be able to counter what is sure to be sexually graphic testimony from at least 10 young men who are expected to say that when they were boys they suffered sexual abuse at the hands of Coach Sandusky, a man they trusted. Court filings indicate there may be as many as 17 accusers who will come forward, but the 52 charges in the latest indictment relate only to the original 10 boys. Sandusky has steadfastly denied he ever molested any youngster.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/05/the-sandusky-sexual-abuse-case-s-biggest-mysteries.html
God Bless their brave hearts.
The judge has ruled that just like other alleged victim-witnesses, their real names will be disclosed when they take their place on the stand. So far that ruling has not caused any of the young men to balk at testifying.
(Same link as my last post.)
Hold on, Gricar took it to a grand jury in 1998? Is that documented? If so, how did I miss that??
@lizzy
Me too, but we suspected it.