tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post6571240757054304968..comments2024-01-30T04:57:48.673-05:00Comments on Second Mile Sandusky Scandal: CORBETT & SURMA - UNCOMMONLY COMPLETE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST Barry Bozemanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-15318842282189069402014-04-09T07:18:07.443-04:002014-04-09T07:18:07.443-04:001. The judge was an idiot. Most PSU people WANT t...1. The judge was an idiot. Most PSU people WANT the trial to go forward because we might actually hear the truth.<br /><br />2. I would expect any prosecutor to say that he/she expected convictions in a case he/she was prosecuting.<br /><br />3. I don't think losing this case will affect her one way or the other. She didn't put the evidence together or decide to charge the case. She was painted into a corner politically to prosecute it.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-25014873147345861362014-04-09T01:25:03.872-04:002014-04-09T01:25:03.872-04:00If there is no case, why did a judge allow it to g...If there is no case, why did a judge allow it to go forward, calling it a "Sad day for Penn State" ? Why did Kane appear on TV stating that she expected convictions?? Why is Kane going to spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayers' dollars prosecuting a case that will absolutely destroy her if she looses?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-45340651441097091852014-04-08T15:18:31.884-04:002014-04-08T15:18:31.884-04:00elroy - you are probably completely correct about ...elroy - you are probably completely correct about the political machinations in the PA state house - so what? Jubelirer has reached out to me and passionately confirmed his agreement with our position on Corbett's conflicts of interest and his resolve to hold the BOT accountable for what happened on Nov 9 2011. He had already won the PS4RS endorsement - if you wanted to sway people against him you're already too late. Should have been done with PS4RS before the primary selected him as an endorsed candidate. We support candidates willing to publicly announce their resolve to hold the 2011 board accountable and acknowledge they made a mistake like Al Clemens did. I don't have either the resources or the inclination to get into Dem vs Republican statehouse games. Barry Bozemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-45477010701317351362014-04-08T15:09:56.678-04:002014-04-08T15:09:56.678-04:00"Her star witness"? There you go again ..."Her star witness"? There you go again with the presumption she wants this case at all. McQueary is totally useless as a witness. CSS will actually have competent representation that will completely destroy McQueary's multiple memories. He is a classic example why lawyers and prosecutors want witnesses to keep it zipped. I wold love to do the cross on McQueary - The only other potential witness for the prosecution is Baldwin - and her situation is even worse than McQueary's if that's possible.. It will be an absolute miracle if CSS got convicted - there is no case and it would take a jury of 12 taking McQueary and Balwins word (or make that multiple contradictory words) over CSS. Don't know why you're even concerned about the CSS trials. I keep hoping they aren't dropped so this whole mess gets a public airing with the deck stacked in our favor. <br />Barry Bozemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-26159318648602843962014-04-08T14:57:27.211-04:002014-04-08T14:57:27.211-04:00The testimony of the prosecution witnesses at the ...The testimony of the prosecution witnesses at the July 2013 preliminary hearing can be summed up in two words: Train Wreck. McQueary giving yet another version of the story, this time with the Old Main screwed up/Lookout for Baldwin twist, isn't something the prosecutors came up with. I believe that was Mike's creation. If anything, prosecutors want consistency - even if it's a consistent lie. Changing the story doesn't help Mike's credibility at all. <br /><br />I have a blog coming up that will explain how Kane got to where she is in this case.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-15526458271671709612014-04-08T14:12:49.117-04:002014-04-08T14:12:49.117-04:00So you don't think that the new term "mol...So you don't think that the new term "molestation of a child" was put into McQueary's mouth by prosecutors, and that Kane had absolutely no control over what her star witness said? Interesting. Agree that she is walking a fine line, but Confucius say "Man who walk down middle of street get hit with bus going both ways".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-45000369397470307562014-04-08T13:15:22.878-04:002014-04-08T13:15:22.878-04:00Bob Jubelirer led the Republican controlled state ...Bob Jubelirer led the Republican controlled state Senate for many years. He is a masterful politician. Corbett ignored the state Senate during his investigation of the General Assembly so as not to lose the Senate to the Democrats as he ran for Governor. <br /><br />At this critical juncture in the voting for BOT, a critical review of the Corbett/Jubelirer relationship is warranted. Jubelirer owes his freedom to Corbett's politics. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904886281833571712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-20720318906572423172014-04-08T08:03:30.589-04:002014-04-08T08:03:30.589-04:00I agree that Kane had nothing to do with anything ...I agree that Kane had nothing to do with anything McQueary said at the preliminary hearing in July and that she is walking a fine line on this case -- politics being what they are in PA. As Barry notes, she was roundly criticized for dropping an unprosecutable case, so the fallout of her dropping the Conspiracy of Silence case would be like that of an atomic bomb. I think the same goes for Judge Hoover, but eventually someone might actually consult the law and realize that the FTR charges were clearly attributed to the wrong people in this case, as were the EWOC and obstruction charges. All the Commonwealth would have left is perjury and quite a few of those charges should be tossed.Ray Bleharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557326921056183979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-86691093478904497952014-04-08T04:33:14.545-04:002014-04-08T04:33:14.545-04:00Never heard canines referred to as "varmints&...Never heard canines referred to as "varmints". <br />Curious why you think she's so determined to "prosecute to the bitter end". And I wonder how you would know that she "coached" McQueary. The enigma here seems to be your comment. My take is that she's forced to walk a fine line in all of this since her office inherited the indictments. I'm not privy to what she's thinking but she has to deal with the indictments,,Fina and the Governor - and that's not by her choice. We've seen what happened when she terminated one dead investigation Hard to imagine what dropping the PSU indictments might bring. I think making Fina prosecute an obvious looser like the CSS trial could be a good thing. Better a public acquittal than charges dropped on a technicality that would be questioned? Hard to say. Barry Bozemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-21587599499406345002014-04-08T01:33:27.311-04:002014-04-08T01:33:27.311-04:00What kind of varmint is a Yellow Dog Democrat? I ...What kind of varmint is a Yellow Dog Democrat? I thought that only Bluetick Coonhounds ran around Knoxville. Ole Corbett and his hatchet man Frank Fina are sure howling like one.<br /><br />Kathlene Kane has become an enigma inside a puzzle inside a paradox. She is in an all out war with Corbett and Fina, but she is determined to prosecute Spanier, et al, to the bitter end. She renewed McQueary's license to lie as evidenced by his coached testimony at the preliminary hearing. She has put herself on the tines of two forks, and when Moulton's report comes out, she is going to be in a vicious crossfire. Depending on the timing of the report, it looks to be a bloodbath. How anyone paints themselves into a corner and into a lose/lose proposition is beyond understanding. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946697156007688080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-47880991704200444032014-04-07T18:05:23.741-04:002014-04-07T18:05:23.741-04:00Not sure I follow you. elroy - by that logic it s...Not sure I follow you. elroy - by that logic it seems all Republican office holders in PA would be conflicted and I don't see that as a conflict per say. The conflicts that I've focused on in this article pertain to Corbett as AG initiating the actions that put PSU in the position of needing to defend against indictments. And Corbett the Gov / PSU BOT member would have to defeat the intent of Corbett the AG. Surma's conflict was personal antipathy for Paterno. Although I happen to be a Yellow Dog Democrat I can't see disqualifying every Republican or Democrat because the AG might be a member of their political party. Taking it to that extreme would leave us with no one free from a conflict due to their political affiliation. Barry Bozemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-74066143958898847982014-04-07T17:10:59.770-04:002014-04-07T17:10:59.770-04:00Bob Jubelirer, former President pro tempore of the...Bob Jubelirer, former President pro tempore of the state Senate, was defeated in the Primary election of 2006. Most people in the state Capitol knew that Jubelirer along with Mike Long ran Republican senate political campaigns out of the Capitol Building. Corbett gave the senate a pass and attacked the Democrat lead House in a case known as "Bonusgate" and later the Republican "Computergate" case. Corbett said he was investigating all four caucuses of the General Assembly, but the senate and Jubelirer walked. Jubelirer has a conflict of interest in the favorable treatment extended to him by Corbett, as Attorney General.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12904886281833571712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-62210241982378348062014-04-07T16:48:23.794-04:002014-04-07T16:48:23.794-04:00That's coming up in part II covering the busin...That's coming up in part II covering the business arrangements and conflicts of certain Trustees and the legal deal made with McQueary <br />Barry Bozemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03484041114078117845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2260510730184507282.post-89303315101723026012014-04-07T16:39:14.040-04:002014-04-07T16:39:14.040-04:00You forgot a BIGGIE:
Merck and Ken Frazier were s...You forgot a BIGGIE:<br /><br />Merck and Ken Frazier were still in negotiations with the Pennsylvania OAG over Vioxx at the same time that Frazier served as the chairman of the SITF. After the Freeh Report was wrapped up, Merck got a sweetheart (only ~$8.5 Million in fines) of a settlement from the OAG.<br /><br />WHY would Frazier be allowed to serve as head of the SITF, when it was clear Freeh was working with the OAG, and Frazier was negotiating with the OAG at the same time?Jeff Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13745348951119063296noreply@blogger.com