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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:30 PM Original message |
The Second Mile Foundation had to know |
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wryter2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. They need to find out who the donors are |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. And investigate the people at the Foundation! |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:38 PM Response to Reply #2 |
28. They were told in 2002 that the matter had been investigated |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:44 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. He and his wife get salaries of over $100,000 a year each |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:50 PM Response to Reply #31 |
35. Yes, they are in charge. But if Curly lied to them, how would they |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
38. Paterno was listed as on the Board of Directors |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. Why would you think that Paterno would have told them? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:03 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Sandusky FOUNDED the place |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:07 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. So? They didn't know he was an alleged rapist then. Since the University Police never followed up |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:10 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. This article states they knew |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. That writer based his conclusion, I think, on the fact that Penn State |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
71. That's an assumption |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:53 PM Response to Reply #71 |
83. Correct, we don't know. But a lot of people here are jumping to conclusions that we do. nt |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
39. You're not saying the donors committed horrible crimes, are you? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:00 PM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I'm sure they are |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:06 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. There is no evidence that I have seen that TSM knew anything beyond |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:14 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. I'll link it again |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:16 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Of course this is a monumentally awful thing -- but that doesn't mean the TSM |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #51 |
58. I don't buy it |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:18 PM Response to Reply #1 |
52. My ONLY question: WAS POPPY BUSH ONE OF THESE DONORS??? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. It wouldn't surprise me |
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MadrasT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 10:51 AM Response to Reply #1 |
102. Donors are listed in the 2010 annual report |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:36 PM Response to Original message |
3. For that matter, Paterno is on their board of directors. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. OMG |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. Arnold Palmer, Andy Reid, and Dick Vermeil are also on their board of directors... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:42 PM Response to Reply #10 |
30. The abuse of one boy |
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justiceischeap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-11-11 11:38 AM Response to Reply #10 |
103. I'm not trying to give anyone a pass but honorary board members |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:02 PM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Yep. There's really no plausible scenario where he DIDN'T know something. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:23 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. Good grief. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Well... they DID take his keys away... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Gee, taking his keys away was a really great way to handle it |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:37 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. I agree entirely. That, for me, is the dead giveaway part. |
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Huey P. Long (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. Sure they did. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:47 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Well they are just as guilty as everyone else of covering it up |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:43 PM Response to Original message |
6. Are you sure Sandusky was arrested in 1998? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Well I'm sure he went down to the police station at least once |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. In the early 90s, I read a work of fiction (by Jonathan Kellerman, |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:49 PM Response to Reply #8 |
12. Probably some of them did |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:03 PM Response to Reply #8 |
17. They've been described as "at risk" kids in need of "positive human contact." |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:48 PM Response to Original message |
11. Sandusky was not arrested in 1998 |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:29 PM Response to Reply #11 |
22. They DEFINITELY need to be on the chopping block |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:33 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I don't give much weight to the |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:40 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. The Second Mile knew |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. Curly lied to the Grand Jury and he told the same lie to The Second Mile. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:52 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. Or vice versa: was he told in his capacity as counsel to TSM, or PSU? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Since the investigation was done through Penn State, he would have learned of it |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:19 PM Response to Reply #36 |
53. Indeed |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:21 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. Yes, the attorney did know. But he was bound by confidentiality, |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. It's not clear that he was bound by confidentiality |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:28 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. I don't and neither does anyone else here. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #65 |
82. Right |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:57 PM Response to Reply #82 |
85. I guess what I hate to see is a whole organization smeared because of the actions |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:10 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. I don't want to see a whole organization smeared |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
70. Agreed |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:49 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. The article notes that Wendell Courtney |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
66. Not to mention the disappearing DA |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:15 PM Response to Reply #24 |
50. the presentment says that Schultz knew about the '98 investigation |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:32 PM Response to Reply #50 |
67. Schultz was with Penn State, not TSM. Right? And that investigation |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:18 PM Response to Reply #67 |
90. yes on both counts n/t |
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Rageneau (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
13. This Second Mile Foundation deserves a second look. |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:00 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. So these "role models" pay this organization for access to these young boys? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:34 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. You're not reading the same website I am then. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:47 PM Response to Reply #13 |
33. And they have close to $10M in assets |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 06:54 PM Response to Original message |
14. People may not like it, but I think the "charitible organization" |
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Berlin Expat (44 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
41. That's the hot |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:25 PM Response to Reply #41 |
60. I'd love to see a donor list |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. Was Poppy Bush one of those big donors??????? |
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notadmblnd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:35 PM Response to Reply #64 |
72. That thought has crossed my mind. |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
61. People aren't gonna like it, but I think you are dead on, and furthermore, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:27 PM Response to Original message |
20. They only knew what Curley told them, and he lied. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. Looks like a Special Prosecutor will be required |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 07:35 PM Response to Original message |
26. As another DUer pointed out, this is about a lack of empathy |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
47. According to Washington Post, The organization was notified in 2002 |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:23 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. Penn State's Curley lied to them, the same way he lied to the Grand Jury |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:33 PM Response to Reply #57 |
68. Sorry but that is just bullshit |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:36 PM Response to Reply #68 |
73. There is no evidence that TSM was told about the 1998 investigation. |
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thewiseguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:39 PM Response to Reply #73 |
74. Are you really that naive? Why do you think Sandusky resigned abruptly in 1999? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:47 PM Response to Reply #74 |
78. I think many if not all of the trustees could have been that trusting. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
56. Maybe some high officials were also pedophiles. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:27 PM Response to Reply #56 |
63. Great. Why should anyone ever start a foundation to help children |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #63 |
76. I was very specifically speaking about Sandusky |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #76 |
79. Okay, I thought you were talking about the current leadership. |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #79 |
89. And it's a shame |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #89 |
92. I agree, but it's harder than you think. I assume that organization |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:40 PM Response to Reply #56 |
75. Exactly |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:51 PM Response to Reply #75 |
80. The Board members are volunteers who aren't getting paid for anything |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:20 PM Response to Reply #80 |
91. I'm talking about people that are deeply involved |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #91 |
93. Not just the Honorary Board. I doubt that most people on the State Board |
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Safetykitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:25 PM Response to Original message |
59. Oh they knew alright. Oh yes they did. |
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Gin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
77. are the Sanduskys CEO & VP of TSM? if so,,,,that will hurt if that |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
69. it's Sandusky's foundation and a front |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:52 PM Response to Reply #69 |
81. He started it but it hasn't been "his" for years. n/t |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:13 PM Response to Reply #81 |
87. So? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:16 PM Response to Reply #87 |
88. But there's no evidence that TSM knew about the 1998 allegations, |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:52 PM Response to Reply #88 |
99. Oh yes there is |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 11:20 PM Response to Reply #99 |
101. Yeah, and you had a feeling about those evil Duke students too, didn't you? |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:27 PM Response to Reply #69 |
95. That is my suspicion |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
84. Yeah, them and the local police. How many times did they need to investigate this guy before... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:24 PM Response to Reply #84 |
94. I got that wrong |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:30 PM Response to Reply #94 |
96. Yeah, reading the Grand Jury report, I am most shocked by how many times he was investigated but... |
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Aerows (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:44 PM Response to Reply #96 |
98. Well, between that and the DA that went missing |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 09:31 PM Response to Reply #94 |
97. That is the big question. n/t |
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TorchTheWitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-10-11 10:05 PM Response to Reply #94 |
100. because the improper behavior didn't constitute a crime |
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