The documents are on a free service called Rapidshare (see here for a good description). The links don't go directly to the files, there are a couple of steps, so pay attention!
You can download a file by clicking on the link, then scroll down to "download type" and click "Free." N.b., You do not have to pay, and should not do so! One of the restrictions on the free service is that you can only download a given document once per hour, so you may want to save a document to your hard drive. If there's a problem downloading, just wait an hour and try again.
A couple of things aren't here. First, half the file was a copy of SB 103 and Jay Kimbrough's May 2 conservator's report, which I cut since they're available elsewhere. Also, in hard copy I was given resumes of executive staff, results of an OIG investigation into who leaked information to Statesman reporter Mike Ward (answer: no one at TYC), daily TYC population charts going back several months, and preliminary data on pepper spray use (20-50 sprays per week system-wide since the practice began). Otherwise, here are the goodies you've been waiting for:
Accountability
Financial
Progress Overview
Security
Youth Rights
Transparency
Governance Part 1
Governance Part 2
Financial
Progress Overview
Security
Youth Rights
Transparency
Governance Part 1
Governance Part 2
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12 comments:
I tried downloading the progress overview file and got the following message:
You have reached the download-limit for free-users. Want to download more?
Get your own Premium-account now! Instant download-access! (Or wait 36 minutes)
This was the first time I tried so not sure why I got that message. Will try later and see if it will let me.
I had the same problem when I tried to download this morning.
It worked for me, y'all. You have to type four letters into a captcha, but I got to it just now. Has anyone else been able to successfully open a file?
I was able to download the Progress Overview file. It was a very very slow download, and I'm on cable.
You might consider another download service (there are many free ones) that doesn't have the limits on downloads this one has, or the hoops you have to jump through to retrieve the file.
Some options:
SendThisFile- www.sendthisfile.com/
YouSendIt- www.yousendit.com/
LargefilesASAP-www.largefilesasap.com/
Send the email to yourself and then post the unique URL they send you.
I'll see if I can put it somewhere else, but it may have to wait till this evening to get to it. And be forewarned, even on broadband these are HUGE files - before it was broken up, the original was more than 500 MB on a disc! I wish they'd lowered the resolution.
I read the Accountability portion. I was particularly fascinated by the Office of General Counsel section. It is the most conclusory thing I have ever seen, and it is not even written in good legal jargon(i.e.- it is not even good bovine excrement.)
Howard A. Hickman
Howard, as always if you have more to say on the topic, give us a guest post! Your last one was a doozy! :)
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I cannot get anything to download either. I was most interested in seeing if thee were statistics on the telephone abuse hotline.
When I click on these, it sends me to a web site for software to upload files. What's up with that?
Give it a break 10:34; Hinojosa in Texas is like Smith in Massachusetts
You don't have to pay for the software. It's in the post:
"You can download a file by clicking on the link, then scroll down to "download type" and click "Free." N.b., You do not have to pay, and should not do so! One of the restrictions on the free service is that you can only download a given document once per hour, so you may want to save a document to your hard drive. If there's a problem downloading, just wait an hour and try again."
Sorry I've not moved them elsewhere. I've had a lot going on this week and it was a big pain in the butt to get them onto this service. The files are just enormous. It's been working for me, though.
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