Freeh Report on Sandusky and PSU BOMBSHELL: What They Missed
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In fact, implicit in Erikson’s assertion is a premise so faulty that his whole excuse evaporates: Erikson is not only saying that he caved due to threat of 4-year death penalty; he is also implicitly suggesting that the threat was time-sensitive, i.e, that Emmert announced to him:
“sign this Consent Decree or we are going to announce right now that PSU is “dead” for four years — and, no, you can’t even have 12 or 24 hours to consult with your own Board.”
Perhaps more to the point, if PSU hired Louis Freeh now to come in and make an “independent” review and report about just this set of discussions and negotiations between Erikson and the NCAA, Louis Freeh would stand at the podium and say out loud:
“PSU’s Rodney Erikson: a) showed an appalling disregard for widely accepted basic principles of corporate governance; and b) Rodney Erikson could not have read the Freeh Report of July 12.”
http://brewonsouthu.wordpress.com/2012/07/26/whos-lying-psus-rodney-erikson-or-ed-ray-mark-emmert-and-the-ncaa/
Um-k. Was Vowler’s retirement the impetus for several publications running a story on the Hershey School?
Trust continues mission of Milton Hershey
http://www.timesleader.com/stories/Trust-continues-mission-of-Milton-Hershey,182728
posted 1 day ago
Rob C. Vowler, CPA
Mr. Vowler is a member of the Board of Directors for Bridgeford Trust Company. Mr. Vowler recently retired from Hershey Trust Company where he was the President, CEO, and Secretary for over twelve years. Prior to serving in this capacity, Mr. Vowler served as the Trust Company’s Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, and Secretary for over eight years. During his 20 year career with Hershey Trust, Mr. Vowler presided over an increase in assets under management from $2.6 billion to $8.3 billion, received a #1 rating by the Pennsylvania Department of Banking for eight consecutive years, and increased private client revenues fivefold
http://bridgefordtrust.com/who-we-are/leadership/
Vowler probably put together this deal.
May 2011
Bryn Mawr Trust completes purchase of Hershey Trust Co. assets
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/05/bryn_mawr_trust_completes_purc.html
In a news release announcing the sale in February, LeRoy Zimmerman, chairman of the trust company’s board of directors, said the merger would allow the trust company to return its full focus to managing the assets of the Milton Hershey School Trust.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/05/hershey_trust_bryn_mawr_trust.html
Is Lanny still in the President’s Office advising Erickson?
If so, I bet he talks to Exec Comm of BOT, Freeh,
and others on Erickson’s behalf.
Erickson is earning his Joe-style golden parachute.
Love to see 6 months of Lanny’s email work product.
Maybe PMA will. Subpoena Team Freeh’s work product too
and depose all their team members, PMA.
Bryn Mawr Trust is just a bank like any other. who owns it?, Who are O & Ds?
http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/Mobile/OfficersandDirectors.aspx?iid=100154
My guess is this is probably a scenario on Hershey’s part where Hershey first forced out any minority shareholders by puchasing their shares cheaply while the banking industry was depressed, before selling the assets at a premium. That leaves longtime minority shareholders out of the value on sale to the bigger fish. Happens all the time in community banks.
look at 2/21/11:
http://www2.snl.com/irweblinkx/Mobile/RecentPressReleases.aspx?iid=100154
the majority investors in Bryn Mawr are on a roll.
In one recent acquisition, 5 key employees get stock contingent on kerping their mouths shut for 2 years (probably a statute of limitations period). http://www2.snl.com/irweblinkx/Mobile/file.aspx?IID=100154&FID=13463431
afield:
bryn mawr ownership:
http://www.snl.com/irweblinkx/institutionalownership.aspx?iid=100154
Where have I seen Black Rock before?
http://marcellusdrilling.com/2012/06/blackrocks-screw-up-with-dan-rice-rice-energy/
I’m here literally for one comment. You guys might want to look into Eric Henry. He was hired in Feb 2012 to manage Hershey School Trust. He’s a guy who seems to come in to handle a mess, an upcoming audit, etc. Stays a couple of years and moves on. Good credentials.
Interestingly, he’s been in PA before. Worked on the state retirement system. Did same down in Texas on their retirement system.
Didn’t keep my old notes, but here’s a link to start from:
http://www.mhs-pa.org/newsroom/news-releases?Article=321
Yes, rose, Black Rock–Texas, oil money; Corbett, oil money.
Another topic: why did Tom Ridge appoint C. Baldwin as PSU Trustee back in 1995? A LOT of new appointments, job changes, back in 1995, if anyone remembers them all. Spanier brought in; IIRC, Curley and/or Schultz made some sort of changes. I still don’t know who was REALLY the driving force behind Spanier. A lot of it looks like people were put in place to upgrade PSU’s assets, as well as line some individual pockets.
I will bet $5 that there was some related child sex abuse linkage between TSM and Milton Hershey School.
And one other thing: where did all those “prominent” men go? The ones who were buying kids off naked photos from Ed Savitz at political fundraisers, and possibly at TSM fundraisers (per Greg Bucceroni)? After Savitz died in 1992(1993). We know that stuff went on in Nebraska, ending around 1989ish. We hear it now. I assume it’s not that rare, though personally I can’t imagine that scene.
Hershey School has fundraisers too. Where are the other “johns” who were involved in child prostitution? They’re somewhere. And in PA.
That’s who I’m looking for.
Hugs, all.
From Motown to Chocolatetown – Eric Henry gets a sweet deal at the Hershey endowment:
http://www.charlesskorina.com/the-skorina-letter-no-37/
Organizational Chart
http://www.hersheytrust.com/hershey_heritage_trusts/hershey_entities/organization_chart.php
Beejay, I was looking at Ridge’ history and 1995. Who were his associates on the way up?
deferring to erose on Eric. Ridge came to House Repr in Gingrich’s Contract America (94, swearing in, 95). Gingrich for goshsakes was originally from Harrisburg. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania%27s_21st_congressional_district#section_1 )
Then, Ridge’s former District got redistricted & eliminated. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Ridge
Note here, another Marcellus Shale pecuniary beneficiary.
Also: “In November 2007, Ridge was named to serve on The Hershey Company’s Executive Board. The Hershey Trust, the primary shareholder of Hershey, asked for a change in board composition after several years of poor stock performance. The board named Ridge to the board for his knowledge of economics.”
Didn’t know he was an economist….
The Trust (bank) wanted Hershey Board (the Trust beneficiary) composition changed due to tge bank’s stock performance, so Ridge was added. Looks like the fox swallowed the henhouse.
Does Erickson have the authority to take a deal from the NCAA without a BOT resolution and approval? If not, then he put himself in a position to be dismissed.
Who really has the power at PSU? Is it the president, the Board of Trustees, or someone or some other unknown group that really calls the shots?
teach me to read more & read better:
The making of the Governow in 1994:
http://www.goerie.com/risingson/running_for_governor.html
reading http://talksportsphilly.com/2012/07/the-demise-of-the-paterno-legacy-the-freeh-report/
Former Pennsylvania psychologist says he reported child molestation, lost license
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/30/former-pennsylvania-psychologist-says-he-reported-child-molestation-lost-license/#ixzz224sCGnca
I am willing to name names. You wanna hear names of witnesses. Congressman Bob Brady (photo) who was a political committee person at the time. He is the Chairperson today for the Democrat Party in Philadelphia. He was the one who introduced me to Ed Savitz to be my mentor. – Greg Bucceroni
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:QvkPM8o7mxkJ:beforeitsnews.com/story/1506/033/Former_Democrat_PA_Gov._Ed_Rendell_alleged_involvement_in_Child_Molestation_ring_cover-up.html+edward+isadore+savitz&cd=10&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Robert A. “Bob” Brady (born April 7, 1945) is the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 1st congressional district, serving since 1998, and the ranking Democrat on the United States House Committee on House Administration since 2007. He has been the Chairman to the Philadelphia Democratic Party since 1986, and is one of the few members of Congress who is also a county chairman (Philadelphia Democratic City Committee).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Brady
Rep. Brady’s wife foils break-in attempt
June 16, 2012
Three men tried to break into U.S. Rep. Bob Brady’s home Friday afternoon, but his wife scared them off, police said.
In what appeared to be an unrelated incident, a 53-year-old man was arrested after allegedly throwing a soda bottle through the window of Brady’s South Philadelphia office shortly before 4 p.m. Friday. No one in the office was hurt.
http://articles.philly.com/2012-06-16/news/32255460_1_three-men-foils-surveillance-cameras
Ed Rendell, Vince Fumo, Bob Brady, Bill Green & George Schwartz cover up pedophile related crimes of Ed Savitz 1980!
http://twitter.com/gregbucceroni/status/187613376363503616
Vincent Joseph “Vince” Fumo (born May 8, 1943) is a former politician, lawyer and businessman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A Democrat, he represented a south Philadelphia district in the Pennsylvania Senate from 1978 to 2008. On March 16, 2009, he was convicted of 137 federal corruption charges. On July 14, 2009, he was sentenced to 55 months in federal prison.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince_Fumo
William Joseph “Bill” Green, III (born June 24, 1938) is a former member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Green also served as the 94th Mayor of Philadelphia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Green,_III
George X. Schwartz (1915 – 2010) was a Democratic politician who served as a member of the Philadelphia City Council for two-decades.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_X._Schwartz
7 pages, read them all, and I’m still sweeping the names off of the floor.
The Charmed Life of Mrs. Bob Brady
How did former Eagles cheerleader Deb Brady—wife of all-powerful Bob—end up with a six-figure, taxpayer-supported job and seats on two of the city’s most powerful boards? It’s a neighborhood story, a success story, a political story and a love story all wrapped into one
In August, news broke about the scandal at the Philadelphia Housing Authority. Every day, it seemed, the papers uncovered yet another, more damning allegation against then-executive director Carl Greene — sexual harassment, misused taxpayer dollars, general megalomania. Columnists wondered: How didn’t the board know? How didn’t anyone know? And in every article, a name that had rarely been in the press was now getting lots of it — PHA board member Deb Brady.
http://www.phillymag.com/articles/the-charmed-life-of-mrs-bob-brady/
On Carl Greene (sorry for all the wiki links, but they reference the articles used to compile the information).
Mr. Greene’s budgeted compensation for his work at the Philadelphia Housing Authority for 2010, at approximately $350,000/year, was more than the designated salaries of the Governor for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the mayor of Philadelphia, combined.
On August 19, 2010, The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote [10]: “Charges of sexual misconduct have shadowed Greene since his arrival in Philadelphia in 1998 from the Detroit Housing Commission. In his former job, a housing-agency auditor accused Greene of kissing, touching, and fondling her, and promising her a promotion if she “submitted to his demands.” Rendell, who as mayor at the time headed PHA, hired Greene and gave him a contract that ensured his job even if he lost the Michigan case.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_R._Greene
Just a thought regarding Erickson signing the consent decree. It’s not that he didn’t consult the BOTs at all. He consulted the “board leadership.” Whose problem is it that the “board leadership” is still functioning as if they have authority without input from the entire BOT? Erickson’s? Or the BOTs themselves? Who calls BOT meetings? Who sets the agenda?
Still not sure who is really running Penn State . . .
@A Texas Grandfather says:
July 29, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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Wow, I submitted my 10:03 comment before yours was moderated. We are certainly thinking along similar lines.
I appolly lizzie.
B
St. Erose,
Pray for me. I have only read 5 of 7 pages. My broom will hold no more. I also need a long nap, if that could be arranged for this poor sinner.
What a snorific life these people lead. Almost as if they have badly scripted themselves and try to arrange the on-stage blocking during the performance.
No one knows who’s pulling the curtain, dancing the puppets, saying the lines, creating the disquise, or even who is in the audience.
I’m getting kind of tired of this ride. May I please get off?
TY muchly, erose, et al.
izzy says:
July 30, 2012 at 5:59 pm
@A Texas Grandfather says:
July 29, 2012 at 5:30 pm
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Wow, I submitted my 10:03 comment before yours was moderated. We are certainly thinking along similar lines.
I appolly lizzie.
B
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appolly for what? I’m just thinking that, independently, ATG and I were asking the same question.
no appollies this week, k?
Will do chief
B
You can get off the ride, but you still have to stay in the park. Last night was my homage to Beejay’s mid-va-ca post.
Word Girl says:
July 30, 2012 at 6:45 pm
I stumbled across this 1986 article about a Baptist Official who sexually assaulted young boys. The timeline corresponds with the activities of Savitz and presumably Sandusky, but I have not found any link, other than they all assaulted young boys in the ’70′s and ’80′s. The reason I posted it was this statement about Rockview:
“The judge recommended he be sent to the state correctional institution at Rockview, in western Pennsylvania, which has a program for sexual offenders,”
Is it true Ray Gricar at Rockview the day before he disappeared, as I have read? If so, was he there to talk with an inmate. Maybe someone that ran in the same circles (back when) of someone he was investigating in 2005. If the sexual offenders are housed there, it is possible he interviewed one of them. If his disappearance was nefarious, and related to a child sexual abuse investigation, then someone at the prison must have tipped off someone on the outside. Did anyone at Rockview “hang themselves” around that time?
All pure speculation on my part.
http://articles.philly.com/1986-07-23/news/26097717_1_baugh-young-boys-arrest
But one person has not held accountable–Tom Corbett. In both his role as Pennsylvania‘s Attorney General and as Governor, Corbett apparently had numerous opportunities to stop Sandusky that he didn’t take. I say apparently, because he refuses to answer questions about what he did or didn’t do. When a reporter has the audacity to raise questions, Corbett indignantly blusters and threateningly chastises the questioner.
That is probably why no one has called for an investigation into Corbett’s role–until now.
Since Corbett has not been forthcoming, Keystone Progress is requesting that PA Attorney General Linda Kelly, Senate President pro tem Joseph Scarnati and Speaker of the House Samuel Smith begin a formal investigation into Corbett’s role in the Sandusky scandal.
I’ve talked to four prosecutors and asked them when they would have arrested Sandusky. Each of them said they would have arrested him immediately after hearing the testimony of an eye witness.
http://pennstatetrustee.com/2012/07/30/its-time-to-investigate-corbetts-role-in-the-sandusky-scandal/
We’ve reached our first milestone- 10,000 signatures on our petition asking for an investigation of Tom Corbett’s actions regarding the Sandusky case, both during his time as Attorney General and as governor.
http://www.keystoneprogress.org/blog/2012/07/10000-sign-petition-calling-for-investigation-of-corbett.html
with Word Girl’s role modeling, I read erose’ link.
I second her snore. Bit players, small stage.
they never had children — like the Sanduskys?
even the ethical Obama’s DOJ isn’t going to investigate past Democratic pedophile supporters in PA in an election year, erose. does make one wonder why Corbett helped put Freeh into the PS investigator’s seat.
Who could he embarass? why would Freeh hit on JP? There wasn’t enough even circumstantial evidence to do so imo.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/former_penn_state_official_gar.html#incart_river_default
Any updates today, 7/31? I know I’m on the Left coast, but am I missing something else?
Lawyers for retired university vice president Gary Schultz filed a petition late Monday that requested a list of 25 sets of items from the Washington, D.C., law firm led by former FBI director Louis Freeh, who was hired by Penn State to look into the child sex abuse scandal.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/apnewsbreak-penn-st-official-charged-with-perjury-in-sandusky-scandal-seeking-f
I believe he did with 1st wife, but did not dig in to whether bio or not.
Rose says:
July 31, 2012 at 11:40 am
Those bit players are the people Bucceroni claims were the witnesses at those political events and knew kids were being traded around like baseball cards. The legacy of George X Schwartz is tied up in Brady and Abarham (TSM), not to mention Coleman (wasn’t he the guy that psuhed for Arrow to take over TSM?) He lived at Rittenhouse Square, one of Savitz neighbors, I guess.
Death and legacy (from wiki I posted)
Schwartz died of complications from pneumonia at his home in Rittenhouse Square in March of 2010.[2]
His continuing political legacy was largely shaped by the careers he helped launch both by virtue his power, as well as his downfall. He is seen as instrumental in the success of both Abraham and Brady.[2][4] Additionally, it was his conviction and resignation from Council that allowed Joe Coleman to ascend to the Council Presidency, becoming the first African-American to hold the office. Coleman, who wanted to distance Council from the Abscam-related taint, sought to be a more conciliatory leader than Schwartz, leading some observers to describe Council as unruly, and prompting Mayor Bill Green, III (the son of Schwartz’s mentor) to call Council “the worst legislative body in the free world.” Coleman’s successor, John Street, sought to return more power to the office of President, and was seen as instrumental in helping get Ed Rendell’s legislative agenda enacted. Some observers therefore credit Schwartz with indirectly helping Rendell and Street by showing the virtues of a strong Council President.[4]
@erose. I can’t find underlying Philadelphia conviction of inmate murdered at Rockview:
http://www.collegian.psu (dot) edu:8080/archive/1991/07/07-02-91tdc/07-02-91dnews-03.asp
it was an 84 case, but I’m not gonna pay
http://pa.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19840427_0041332.PA.htm/qx
found it. theft-related.
http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/07/supreme_court_justice_joan_ori_2.html#incart_river_default
Lizzy
Yes, we were thinking along the same lines. Your comment about the so called time excuse regarding the NCAA sanctions is so pitiful as to be beyond belief. This guy overstepped his authority and when he was called on it, he tried to weasel word his reason for doing it.
Someone is going to have to prepare a chart of all the information that erose,rose and beejay along with others have uncovered. This is going to be more complex than the chart that Glen Beck’s people prepared for the Affordable Care Act.
This has been going on for at least forty years. There are all types of connections between the players participating in these crimes.
Earlier I suggested that both Rendell and Corbet had been compromised when they occupied the office of District Attorney. Now, people are taking steps to investigate these connections.
Someone needs to follow the money and political appointments. The real power of this crime syndicate should be uncovered in order to clean up the corruption.
Good compliation of conflicting testimony v facts.
http://media.sportsbybrooks.com/2012/07/thomasharmonpennstatepolicechieflied1998sanduskyinvestigation.pdf
@Rose, TY. I got nothing but speculation.
Got to give them credit for the creativity of this argument.
Schultz’s defense attorneys argue they have the right to Freeh’s materials because it was paid for by Pennsylvania agencies.
Read more here: http://www.centredaily.com/2012/07/31/3280843/gary-schultz-seeks-freeh-report.html#storylink=cpy
Agreed, and they will get it.
B
I won’t speculate on why Abraham might want Faulner’s killer to remain behind bars, other than the obvious, or why Psycology Today ran Bucceroni’s story back in November, but apparently Faulkner would make an interesting interview today. sigh.
December 1981 Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner was murdered by MOVE member Mumia Abu Jamal, at that time I decided to contact Philadelphia City Officials via US Mail Philadelphia Mayor Bill Green, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Morton Solomon and Philadelphia District Attorney Ed Rendell in notifying them of Police Officer Danny Faulkner’s association with the NYC’s Gambino crime family’s Philadelphia based adult porn establishments criminal enterprise in addition to Officer Danny Faulkner’s numerous violent civil rights violations against numerous Black Philadelphia residents in the Center City area, included in those U.S. mailed letters to city officials was my initial 1980 complaint regarding pedophile Ed Savitz and my adolescent victimization and the non official action of city officials regarding the follow up of my criminal allegations regarding pedophile Ed Savitz,
***it was also mentioned that murdered Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulkner had professional full knowledge of the pedophile complaints involving Ed Savitz and Officer Faulkner took no official action in investigating nor reporting to the police command structure of the alleged pedophile complaints made to police officer Danny Faulkner by at-risk adolescent male youth while police officer Danny Faulkner was on duty in uniform while assigned to the 6th Police District.***
Afterwards in the initial aftermath of the Mumia-Faulkner incident and the circus that followed I was blackballed and dubbed a Mumia supporter (for which I am not) and radical by many city and police officials not taken seriously with regards to my complaints against pedophile Ed Savitz or my complaints against police officer Danny Faulkner. In the early 1990′s after Philadelphia District Attorney Lynne Abraham publicly criminally charged pedophile Ed Savitz with numerous sexual crimes against adolescent victims I morally supported Abraham’s official efforts for justice but quietly kept my 1980 and 1981 complaints off official records, fearful that it would effect my reputation and new life as a community leader, husband and father to my children in addition to the possible humiliation it could case my reputation at my employment so I quietly supported Lynne Abraham and followed the news articles knowing that finally justice was going to be mine in criminal court and with the pedophile offender Ed Savitz dying of AIDS.
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/addiction-in-society/201111/where-does-the-buck-stop-fire-tomalis-impeach-corbett-and-rendell/comments
Faulkner’s widow, Maureen Faulkner, moved to California. In 1994, upon discovering that National Public Radio planned to broadcast a series of commentaries taped by Abu-Jamal from death row, she began a campaign of her own to counter the “Free Mumia” movement. Since then, she has made numerous public appearances in support of upholding Abu-Jamal’s conviction and death sentence.[4] In 1999, she visited The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington during its commencement ceremony to protest the selection of Abu-Jamal as one of five commencement speakers. Since he was a death row inmate at the time and therefore unable to attend, the graduates listened to a 13 minute audio recording of his address. On December 9, 2001, she returned to Philadelphia to attend a ceremony honoring Daniel Faulkner on the 20th anniversary of his murder. Five years later, on December 8, 2006, she returned there once again, where she made public comments in which she criticized and characterized Abu-Jamal’s supporters as ignorant “know-nothings” and praised District Attorney Lynne M. Abraham for steadfastly defending against Abu-Jamal’s many appeals to have his conviction overturned.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Faulkner
Eye opening about the possible mainsteaming of pedophiles in the five years beginning in 1977, and the “acting out.”
Penn State’s Catholic Problem
By Philip Jenkins
http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2012/07/03/penn_states_catholic_problem.html
Prof Philip Jenkins
http://www.personal.psu.edu/jpj1/
Jerry Sadusky is ‘distraught’ over the NCAA punishments, his attorney says.
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/jerry-sandusky-distraught-over-ncaa-sanctions-against-penn-222308722–ncaaf.html
This article quotes Amendola suggesting that Jerry’s current sentencing speech prose may be against his advice. “It’s his life,” Amendola says.
http://www.nj.com/collegefootball/index.ssf/2012/08/jerry_sandusky.html
You all may know that a former Senator has been chosen to monitor PSU’s compliance to NCAA requirements. It was posted in NY Daily News a couple hours ago:
“Also Wednesday, the NCAA announced it had picked George Mitchell, a former U.S. senator from Maine, to serve as Penn State’s athletics integrity monitor for the next five years, keeping tabs on the school’s compliance with the sanctions and related matters. Mitchell’s duties will include making four progress reports each year to the NCAA, Big 10 and the university’s trustees.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/weiss/2012/08/jerry-sandusky-is-distraught-over-penalties-levied-upon-penn-state-football-program-la
Former U.S. Senator George Mitchell, who led investigations into steroid issues in Major League Baseball, has been named an independent monitor for Penn State’s athletics program.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-tsn-afn-sandusky-pennst-20120801,0,6754899.story
“I tend to look for known associates, neighbors, hang out in coffee shops, talk to school principals, school secretaries. People who gossip a lot in communities tend to be [good sources]. Even if they don’t know the whole truth, they have nuggets you can go with. … 90 percent of the tips that we get aren’t true; they’re crazy. But you never know what 10 percent are true unless you look at all 100 …”
[exactly, Beejay adds, and at political fundraisers and social service organization/charity fundraisers. It's an election year.]
Miss Sara, whose upcoming book is on her reporting methods, esp wrt sex abuse, is worth following. This quote is from an article in which she was interviewed at her current tweeting location in Manhattan. No, I’m not stalking her.
http://www.poynter.org/how-tos/newsgathering-storytelling/181753/sara-ganim-explains-how-she-develops-sources-gets-them-to-open-up/
@beejay. go ahead & stalk in a good cause. Her MO is how a good child protective service worker would interview school personnel, neighbors & known associates. maybe she should teach a PA training class to CYS workers out of that $60 M fund.
@erose: TY for that link to Philip Jenkins article.
@rose: I’m not literally following Ganim. I have always, however, followed the methodology she discussed in that article I linked. Which is, “real” investigative journalism is done face to face. Boots on the ground. Starting wherever there’s a loose thread.
It is surely by divine intervention that I have electronics access today, when Blink has given us that wonderful tribute to a wonderful mother. I’m grateful to be here to read it and to offer my condolences.
Trying not to impose on Blink right now, I’m not gonna dump all the stuff I’ve found while going on my rounds. But I can’t refrain from saying a couple of things:
Spanier is still an unknown quantity for me. IF John DeCamp can actually link Sandusky back to Nebraska/Franklin Scandal, I’ll be looking to see how closely that ties in to–I don’t know if I can say it…um, IF Sandusky knew something about someone at PSU, that knowledge might go back to Nebraska/Franklin Scandal figures. And those who merely had knowledge of the activities of those figures. Ya know? Who twisted Spanier’s arm into giving that unusual emeritus status to Sandusky? Anyone? Or no one? Why was Spanier brought to PSU in 1995?
Secondly, IF Greg Bucceroni has it correct, then when TSM was getting started, pedophiles were using it as a meeting grounds. How long after Savitz’ death did that continue? Up until a couple of years ago? And the ONLY people who noticed the activity were the child victims who were dragged there and the other pedophiles who were making donations and, um, incidentally getting hooked up with young boys? REALLY?
Well, it’s possible. Maybe even likely. And I think some non-pedophile adults who’ve been around either TSM or political fundraisers in PA need to search their memories real hard for “suspect” behavior in light of what has now been made public. And, going forward as well. After things quiet down. Or are all the pedos gonna make their connections strictly on the internet now?
Maybe the training that needs doing is for the general public. Bucceroni and others who can recognize pedos in action need to teach the general public how to do that. ‘Cause it’s going on all around them, in plain sight. And I don’t believe all the decent folks will let it slide once they know what to look for.
See ya’ll at those political fundraisers!
@beejay. my “stalk” was as tongue in cheek as yours…
We know who the real stalker in this case is, now locked up.
I can’t imagine any statewide PA political figure of either party whose
fundraiser I’d attend in a good cause.
Good luck & fortitude, beejay. You might consider some PA wealth mgmt
groups to drop in on.
Can someone tell Jerry for Joe this is not the defense phase but
the phase to say sorry, be contrite, and ask for treatment. Otherwise,
sentence him to the road gang to finish the neverending 30 year road building
project on the MD-OH leg of the PA Turnpike.
@rose: But I bet you’d like to be a fly on the wall at some of Christopher G. Lee’s fundraisers, huh? Just to watch the action in the room???
yeah, beejay. You’re right on that one.
I’d like to greet his supporters, but Beejay
take a cue from the national parties.
Serious supporters and donor buddies hide behind
an anonymous leaf (PACman). Don’t you
think his will donate in private too?