DEADSPIN: …While in office, each governor of Pennsylvania is an ex officio member of Penn State’s Board of Trustees. It was the Board of Trustees who voted unanimously to fire Paterno in the days after the grand jury presentment against Jerry Sandusky was released. And it was Corbett who implored his colleagues on the board to remove Paterno with an emotional, unambiguous reference to the allegations against Sandusky.
This is from the beginning of Sara Ganim’s story about Corbett’s ties to Penn State in Sunday’s Patriot-News of Harrisburg:
Moments before Penn State’s board of trustees voted to fire Joe Paterno, Gov. Tom Corbett uttered a final thought.
“Remember that little boy in the shower,” Corbett said via speakerphone, acting in his role on the 32-member board. … (more)
