Michael Schiavo lawyer gave to judge's campaign

Global News Matrix ^ | March 26, 2005 | MatrixMetaphore

[MatrixMetaphore]

The judge who tried the Terri Schiavo case and most recently rejected Gov. Jeb Bush's request to intervene, received a campaign contribution from the lawyer pressing for the brain-injured woman's death, raising questions of a conflict of interest.

According to Florida's Department of State, Pinellas County Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer received a contribution of $250 for his 2004 re-election campaign from Felos & Felos, the law firm of George Felos.

Felos, known as a "right-to-die" advocate, represents Terri Schiavo's estranged husband, Michael Schiavo, who won a court order from Greer to have the woman's life-sustaining feeding tube removed one week ago.

The contribution's apparent conflict of interest was raised by an Internet site investigating the Schiavo case, the Empire Journal, and by Rev. D. James Kennedy's group Center for Reclaiming America.

[MatrixMetaphore]

Interesting. Bribe?

[anniegetyourgun]

Similar subject matter here - different source.

[Diogenesis]

lawyer. makes it sound like there was ONE (1).

	GREER DONOR	AMOUNT	POSITION	ACTION
Lawyers For Michael Schiavo	Hamden Baskin III    Felos & Felos            Deborah Bushnell     Gyneth S. Stanley    Steven Nilsson         Beth Wilson	$500  & $500 $250 $250 $150 and $250 $250 and $250 $250 and $100	Michael Schiavo’s Lawyer[s]	Greer denies many or all of Schindler’s in favor of Felos Greer Allows hearsay as evidence/disallows Schindler’s statements Felos former chairman of board of directors of Hospice of Florida Suncoast
	Daniel Grieco	$300	Employer of Michael Schiavo at time of Feb. 25, 1990 then attorneyOf record for Michael up until the malpractice award,	Incident when injuries occurred to Terri,Reappeared as attorney for selected pleadings
State/County Employees/Elected	Frank Nagatani	$50 and $50	DCF Attorney	Squashed testimony for DCF Investigator to appear on behalf of abuse allegations
	Bernie McCabe	In-Kind	State Attorney	Allowed underling to appear in campaign ad for Greer Will not call Grand Jury
	Everett Rice	$500 & In-Kind	Sheriff/State Rep	Didn’t conduct criminal investigation into what really happened to Terri or allegations of abuse after initial incident Allowed Deputy & use of county property to appear in campaign ad for Greer
	John Carassas	$100	Deputy Attorney General	Florida Deputy Attorney General, involvement with Rice in Sept. 2003 motion for Greer recusal dueTo improper discussion of case
	James Hellickson	$150 & In Kind	Assistant state attorney in office of Bernie McCabe, Pinellas/Pasco State Attorney	Appeared in Greer Campaign Ad
	Paula Shea	In Kind	Assistant Pinellas Public Defender	Appeared in Greer Campaign Ad
	Andrew Sasso	$100	Officer in Guardianship monitoring program and Guardian ad litem pool	Was supposed to: “evaluate information about the well-being and property of all persons adjudicated of having a legal incapacity so that the court can fulfill its legal obligation to protect and preserve the interests of the ward,” FL COURTS
Misc. People w connections	Richard La Belle	$100	Member of Board of Directors of Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities	Supposedly ACPD doing investigation into Schiavo case
	Battaglia, Ross, Disus and Wein	$250	Principal Kelli Crabb is past chairperson of Hospice Foundation of Florida Suncoast and member of Board of directors
	Gus Bilirakis	$40 cash	Former Hospice Board member and of American Hellonic Education Progressive Assoc. (AHEPA)	Felos past Governor
	Divito and Higham	$250 and $250	Law firm employed by St. Petersburg/Venice Dioceses	Terri’s Dioceses

 

 

 

 

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[Jet Jaguar]

would not a contribution like this cause an appearance of impropriety and should not the judge recuse himself from this case?

[sonofagun]

Interesting. Bribe?

Not for $250. Definitely conflict of interest, though.

I don't think the local police would dare "showdown" with a federal SWAT team.

[Earthdweller]

Terri Schiavo Before dehydration

God Bless you Terri in your hour of death.

May all who said your smile was fake be haunted by it for the rest of their lives.

[BackInBlack]

I do think this is very suspicious. But I also think we should be careful about calling campaign contributions bribes. Otherwise we risk going down the road of the liberals, where President Bush should't do anything in the interests of businessmen or the pro-life community or NRA members just because they gave him campaign contributions. I suppose you could say that judges are different, but in that case, maybe judges shouldn't be elected. I mean that non-facetiously.

You have a good point, though; I'm just wondering about the logical consequences of this stance. I'd be happy to hear any other thoughts on this particular sub-issue, since my opinion on campaign contributions for judges isn't firmly set.

[MisterRepublican]

I suspect their is serious corruption involved in this case. We will learn the details only if it is investigated by law enforcement and other government agencies. But because of all the political connections involved, I do not hold much hope that such an investigation will occur.

[Diogenesis]

these contributions are the TIP OF THE ICEBERG.

Here are the records of the Hospice. Can YOU find who was listed a few years ago?

BREAKING: BUMP for DOCUMENTS TYING MS's LAYWERS TO THE HOSPICE

More info on the tangled web the Florida Judiciary has woven here

Judgenfuhrer Greer: "I will simply eliminate the evidence and victim.
Her cremation is scheduled whether she is fully desiccated or not.
On your knees."

[BackInBlack]

Interesting. Are there any figures on donations by the lawyers on Terri's parents' side, if any?

[mewzilla]

I'm sure an investigation will occur.

And maybe the state will go after Michael Schiavo for murder.

But Terri Schiavo will still be dead.

[SLB]

I'm sure an investigation will occur.

And maybe the state will go after Michael Schiavo for murder.

But Terri Schiavo will still be dead.

And dead bodies can't talk.

[Diogenesis]

It's not about kickbacks to the Judge, it's about Judicial murder and systematic torture of the conscious handicapped.

[thoughtomator]

I only pointed out a week or so ago that this info was publicly available in the Florida database. But that was back when I held the totally unjustifiable view that Saint Michael Schiavo might be culpable in his wife's injuries and riding a corrupt system to have her legally murdered. Now that I've been properly chastened, these things are no longer meaningful in my assessment of the untainted, pure heart of any man who very understandably just wants the b*tch to die. Why, I wouldn't object if it were Bill Clinton, why should I object in this case?

[beyond the sea]

Michael Schiavo lawyer gave to judge's campaign ....................

......................... and got his money's worth.

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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43463 ---- Among the neglect and abuse complaints of the Schindlers is that Michael Schiavo:

Has not allowed therapy or rehabilitation since late 1992, despite medical records indicating Terri is responsive.

Has prevented swallowing tests or swallowing therapy since 1993, despite medical testimony Terri can be taught to eat.

Ordered caretakers not to clean Terri's teeth since 1995, resulting in removal of five teeth in April 2004.

Placed Terri in hospice in 2000, despite the fact she is not terminally ill.

Refuses to allow Terri to leave her room. She has not been outside since 2000.

Has refused to fix her wheelchair since 2000.

Refuses to allow Terri to practice her Catholic faith by attending weekly mass.

Ordered Terri's shades down at all times.

Ordered doctors not to treat Terri when she had a life threatening infection in 1993 and 1995.

Removes family pictures from Terri's room, denies flowers from family and friends, denies certain CDs to be played for Terri, and refuses to allow her to listen to music with headphones.

Refuses to release medical information to her parents since 1993, despite a court order requiring him to do so.

Has limited the visitors list, requiring they must first be approved by him and removes visitors at his own discretion. Schiavo removed the Schindlers from the visitors list a total of eight months between 2001 and 2004.

Denies all requests for Terri to attend nursing home functions and refuses to allow therapeutic animals to visit with her, knowing that she is an animal lover.

"Michael claims he loves Terri, and he has said it on numerous occasions, but he treats her in a way I don't think most of us would treat our own pets," Bobby Schindler told WND.

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Very indicative of a nasty bast*rd!

[Saundra Duffy]

Yes, and Terri's own blood is crying out for revenge:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1371180/posts?page=133

[livius]

There's a lot of corruption in that county, even leaving out the Schiavo case. Something many people probably do not know, for example, is that Bishop Lynch just managed to avoid prosecution for giving out no-bid contracts on church construction. He had a track record of this stuff when he came to the diocese, in fact, and he's obviously right at home with the corruption and conflict of interest that is rife in that area.

[beyond the sea]

Those are pictures of a very sweet and pretty girl. It is disgusting what this husband has apparently done to her over the years, and what he continues to get away with it...... with the old mianstream media's complicity. It sickens me!

[ArmyBratproud]

looks like a conflict of interests issue.

Another mess from the world of lawyers.