Two months after Connecticut's legislature rushed to conceal materials from the December school shooting in Newtown, a state task force took the first steps Thursday toward weighing whether state law can be changed to better balance crime victims' privacy and the public's right to access records related to grisly crimes.
In part to quell criticism from advocates for government transparency, the law blocking the release of records from the shooting included a provision to create a diverse 17-member panel, appointed by various officials and groups, to grapple with a thorny issue for which there was little time in the frenzied final days of the legislative session.
On September 24 Governor Daniel P. Malloy announced the state’s $50 million commitment to tear down the 57-year-old Sandy Hook School structure and replace it with a new high-priced facility.
“As far as the $50 million [is concerned], it comes without strings, it does not have to be repaid, it has no impact on the tax rate,” Newtown Interim School Superintendent John Reed said. “It is an attempt on the part of the state to make Newtown whole. That means we had seven schools when we started the school year last year, and I think it’s the state’s judgment that we have seven schools now.”[
Llorda and her Newtown cohorts swung into action three weeks ago on September 24 when Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy offered the township $50 million to tear down Sandy Hook School and build a new facility.
The $50 million price tag is seven times the average cost of building an elementary school in the United States ($7,393,000), according to ReedConstructionData.com.[5]
On October 5 Newtown leaders presented residents with a referendum to accept the $50 million that passed by a nine-to-one margin.
About the agreement:
The non-disclosure agreement requires:
No unauthorized disclosure or removal of confidential information from the school, including any oral, written, graphic, software, technology, or virtually any items that belong to the school.
All measures be taken to protect the secrecy and avoid disclosure of confidential information into the public domain; notification to the town of any disclosure of confidential information that may come to the company's attention.
No publication or posting of any information related to the project, and no photographs, drawings or other images of the school; no removal of any items from the school from dirt and bricks to doorknobs and window glass; any town documents be returned to the town; these commitments survive beyond the conclusion of an individual's employment.
Penalties include legal action.
It seems to me this is more of a payoff to keep yer mouth shut than a funding for a new school....and STILL no pictures of the crime to backup the MSM story. At least what they finally agreed was the story. But how's THIS?:
NOW they have guards, electronic surveillance, No Entry signs..... Too little, too late "for the children"....
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