Joe Paterno to resign at end of season

[Lamplighter]

So what is going on here ?
Is this a matter of party politics, or CYOA, or what ?
Has the organization been accused of anything...
...Sanduskey has been gone from it for quite a while.

On the surface, I can't see how withholding $ from an organization that
is supposedly providing a needed service to kids is going to help them.

CBS News
November 17, 2011 8:55 AM

Pa. gov puts $3M Sandusky charity grant on hold

(AP)* PHILADELPHIA — A $3 million state grant that was earmarked
for a youth charity established by a former Penn State football assistant coach
at the heart of a child molestation scandal has been put on hold.

Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday he knew that The Second Mile's founder, Jerry Sandusky,
was gone from the organization when the grant was approved earlier this year.
Corbett, who said the funds were being withheld in light of the growing scandal,
defended the decision to approve the grant while knowing about the allegations against Sandusky.
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The $3 million grant, initially approved under former Gov. Ed Rendell's administration
and approved again when Corbett took office in January,
was suspended "pending further review,"
Corbett spokesman Eric Shirk said Wednesday.

The grant would have helped pay for the first phase of a Learning Center project
at The Second Mile, adding classrooms, a gym, athletic fields and dormitory space.
The grant was structured to reimburse the organization as the project progressed,
and none of the money had been spent, Shirk said.

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[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

Pa. gov puts $3M Sandusky charity grant on hold

I heard that. I also heard that Governor Corbett was the Attorney General during some part of this, when charges were not filed. I'll look for documentation when I have more time, unless someone else gets to it first.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by Lamplighter

So what is going on here ?
Is this a matter of party politics, or CYOA, or what ?
Has the organization been accused of anything...
...Sanduskey has been gone from it for quite a while.

On the surface, I can't see how withholding $ from an organization that
is supposedly providing a needed service to kids is going to help them.

CBS News
November 17, 2011 8:55 AM

Pa. gov puts $3M Sandusky charity grant on hold

.

I find it interesting that republicans want to do away with welfare, cut government spending, etc., and here is a rep gov and rep legislature handing out money to an organization founded and run be a pedophilic sexual predator. This also shows that a government program that performed the duties of second mile is preferable to a private organization.