Re: I was unaware of the cigarette ashes on the floor of the car
Originally posted by Victor E. Bell:
Originally posted by PSU_Nut:
How in the world is a charity a cash cow?
How much money do you think was donated to that organization over the years? Millions and millions of dollars. Where are the books? How much does it cost to run a summer camp? It would be one of the easiest places in the world for people to line their pockets.
To be clear, The Second Mile never made donations to political campaigns. The IRS strictly prohibits 501(c)(3) organizations from making political donations. Several TSM board members, acting as individuals, made significant donations to Corbett's gubernatorial campaign. Corbett had approved a $3 million state grant to TSM in July 2012 to help build a new HQ and program delivery building near the University Park Airport. Corbett said that he allowed the grant to go through in order to keep the grand jury investigation from being exposed. The grant was scotched, of course, and the land has since been resold, I believe.
I'm sure the 990's for The Second Mile are a matter of public record.
The U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced in early February 2012 that he was investigating connections between Penn State, C/S/S and TSM. No public developments since. I'm still waiting to see evidence that TSM was "laundering" money for board members of TSM or Penn State or for Corbett's political campaign. Maybe the investigation is ongoing, but it's surely taking a long time.
I find it interesting that part of the defense of Penn State for some posters here resides in Curley telling Raykovitz about McQueary walking in on Sandusky in the Lasch shower, thereby meeting Penn State's obligation to report, but in all other ways TSM was a den of iniquity. Frankly, Curley telling Raykovitz about Sandusky is a lot like telling your favorite uncle that your brother stole a bike. Your uncle is not going to call the cops and probably not going to tell your parents. The public believes that TSM was an administrative appendage of Penn State. For all intents and purposes, maybe it was. Curley notifying Raykovitz buys Penn State no relief from perceptions of a cover-up.
Why did Penn State's settlements with Sandusky's victims include legally binding pledges not to sue TSM? A damn good question without an answer so far.
This post was edited on 4/14 11:33 PM by Evan Ceg