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Interview with Sam Brannon of Fluoride-Free San Marcos

I conducted an interview with Sam Brannon of Fluoride-Free San Marcos on April 19th, 2016. This is the first interview in a series of interviews I plan on conducting for this research project on the new water fluoridation policy adopted by the City of San Marcos as a result of Proposition 1. The purpose of the interview was to obtain pertinent information in relation to my on-going public policy research which will be titled; "Fluorosis Neurosis: Describing the Attitudes of the citizens of San Marcos on Water Fluoridation." This research is scheduled to be completed at the end of the Spring 2017 semester after it undergoes an academic review by a panel of Texas State University professors.  

It's Like That...

Deceived and dismayed
Looking for Truth in a maze
All alone again

Port of Sport III: Jerry Sandusky Edition

Editor's Note: For anyone who may read this, I urge you to read the two previous posts for context; none of this will make sense without the first two installments.

                Jerry Sandusky was born on January 26^th, 1944 in Washington, Pennsylvania. Jerry’s father Arthur Sandusky served as a youth program director at Brownson House in Washington, Pennsylvania for over 30 years. Arthur Sandusky was inducted into the Pennsylvania sports Hall of Fame in 1989.[1] Sandusky grew up and attended Washington High School where he was a standout athlete excelling in baseball, basketball, and football. He graduated from Washington in 1961 and went to Penn State where he started at defensive end from 1963-1965.[2] Sandusky became a graduate assistant for Joe Paterno in 1966; then bounced around to a few different schools with Juanita College in 1967 as a basketball coach and track coach; then Sandusky went to Boston University in 1968 as the Offensive Line Coach.

            Jerry Sandusky rejoined Joe Paterno in 1969 as the Defensive Line coach and would stay there until his retirement in 1999.[3] In 1977 Jerry Sandusky was promoted to Defensive Coordinator and would hold that same position until his retirement in 1999. It was also in 1977 that Sandusky founded his “charity” called The Second Mile which was supposedly designed to help under-privileged children. Specifically children (mostly boys) who came from broken homes, most often boys without father figures; Sandusky was widely praised in the media for his supposed helping children, including a special recognition from President George H.W. Bush as a “shining example” of charitable work in 1990.

Behind the scenes it was much less cheery than the unquestioning media would lead one to believe. It has now been widely acknowledged that the leadership of Penn State University including head coach Joe Paterno were aware of the investigation into Sandusky’s escapades in 1998. This led Penn State to essentially force Sandusky into retirement but was still awarded with “"both an unusual compensation package and a special designation of 'emeritus' rank that carried special privileges, including access to the university’s recreational facilities."[4] Sandusky had an office on campus, his face on a mural, his autobiography “Touched: The Jerry Sandusky Story” in the schools book store, and keys to access the same locker rooms and showers where he was eventually convicted of raping children until the whole story blew wide open in 2011.

The question that must be asked is obvious and unfortunately to this day remains shrouded in layers of an immense cover-up. The question is how did Jerry Sandusky get away with these crimes for such a prolonged period of time? Well, Joe Paterno’s dead; Graham Spanier who was the President of Penn State was not indicted and actually landed a comfy job as an advisor for a top-secret project for the U.S. Government relating to national security; according to his lawyer.[5] So really any conclusion we might be able to come up with would be speculation. However, what is not speculation is pointing out connections between Sandusky and some very powerful people.

In 1988, Jerry Sandusky gave a nominating speech for George H. W. Bush at the Republican National Convention. At that same Convention there was a man named Lawrence E. King who sang the National Anthem. Lawrence King in a few short months would find himself as the key figure in a Congressional Investigation led by Senator John DeCamp concerning King’s laundering of money as the General Manager of a Credit Union in Omaha, Nebraska.[6] DeCamp quickly found that the money was just the tip of the iceberg concerning King’s escapades; when DeCamp dug into it he found King was connected to a town called Boy’s Town and all of the sudden had multiple children coming to him saying they had been taken by King to Washington D.C. multiple times and had taken midnight “tours” of the White House and were involved in depraved sex parties among other horrific things.[7] It just so happens the Washington Times reported on the front page of their June 29^th, 1989 newspaper that there was evidence of a homosexual prostitution ring which was being given late night access to the White House.[8]  

The next year Lawrence King was sent to prison, for money laundering; and President George H. W. Bush was publicly praising The Second Mile as a “shining example of charitable work.” In 2001, after Sandusky’s retirement he wrote his autobiography; in the book he specifically addressed the recognition from George H. W. Bush by saying “It’s about time George! This is long overdue.” [9] After Sandusky had finally been brought to justice in 2011, his Second Mile Foundation transferred all of their $2.6 million in assets to an organization called the Arrow Child & Family Ministries in Spring, Texas. At the time of this assets transfer; two of the directors for the Arrow Child & Family Ministries were Maria Bush the daughter-in-law of George H. W. Bush, and Susie Peake who had worked for George H. W. Bush in various capacities for over 10 years.[10]

Another very strange thing to point out is that the District Attorney in Centre County, Pennsylvania (which oversees the Happy Valley area) who would have been the person in charge of bringing Jerry Sandusky to justice, Ray Gicar, just happened to go missing without a trace on April 15^th, 2005. Months later on August 2^nd, 2005 Gicar’s county issued laptop was found by fishermen in the Susquehanna River; the laptop was conspicuously missing its hard drive.[11] Gicar was pronounced legally dead July 25^th, 2011 just a few months before the Sandusky story was finally disclosed to the public after literally decades of cover-up and lies. Undoubtedly, there is much more to know about the whole situation that was blamed on Sandusky and made to look like one rotten apple instead of exposing the whole rotten bunch.

Bibliography

Arrow Child and Family Ministries. (2014). Guidestar Premium Report. Houston: Guidestar. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://www.guidestar.org/ViewPdf.aspx?PdfSource=0&ein=74-2622426

Begos, K. (2011, November 12). Penn State Scandal: Sandusky Had Access To Vulnerable Kids Via Charity. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/12/penn-state-scandal-sandusky_n_1090203.html

Belson, K. (2012, July 12). Abuse Scandal Inquiry Damns Paterno and Penn State. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/13/sports/ncaafootball/13pennstate.html?_r=3&hp&

DeCamp, J. (2011). The Franklin Cover-Up. Chicago, Illinois, United States of America: Adventure Works Press. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from http://educate-yourself.org/cn/franklincoverupexcerpt.shtml

Ganm, S. (2011, March 31). Jerry Sandusky, former Penn State football staffer, subject of grand jury investigation. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from The Patriot-News: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2011/03/jerry_sandusky_former_penn_sta.html

Heil, E. (2012, July 27). Graham Spanier’s gig as a federal worker is a mystery. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/in-the-loop/post/graham-spaniers-gig-as-a-federal-worker-is-a-mystery/2012/07/26/gJQAbAx5BX_blog.html

Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. (2009). ARTHUR SANDUSKY. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from Waskington-Greene Chapter: http://www.webcitation.org/63Oz1EtFK

Rodriguez, P., & Archibald, G. (1989, June 29). Homosexual Prostitution Inquiry Ensnares VIPS with Reagan, Bush. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from New York Times: http://educate-yourself.org/tg/franklincoverupexcerptwashtimesphoto.shtml

Veira, M. (2011, November 7). A Reputation Lies in Tatters. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/ncaafootball/jerry-sandusky-was-long-admired-at-penn-state.html#

Ward, P. (2005, August 2). Missing DA's Laptop Found. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from Pittsburgh Post Gazette: http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iZYNAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8XADAAAAIBAJ&pg=5334,210533&dq=ray+gricar+laptop&hl=en

Yorkshire Television. (1990). Conspiracy Of Silence. Retrieved November 20, 2014, from The Franklin Scandal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtstlx96s8M

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[1] Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame, 2009

[2] Veira, 2011

[3] Ganm, 2011

[4] Belson, 2012

[5] Heil, 2012

[6] Yorkshire Television, 1990

[7] DeCamp, 2011

[8] Rodriguez & Archibald, 1989

[9] Begos, 2011

[10] Arrow Child and Family Ministries, 2014

[11] Ward, 2005