Greer Got Donation From Mike Schiavo's Lawyer (Word is spreading)

Newsmax.com ^ | March 25, 2005

[longtermmemmory]

I do find it interesting he raised so much money.

There should be a comparison to other campaings and other years.

I have personally seen campaigns for judge with as litte as 15k. (and hotly contested ones with over 200k but that was personal money of the candidate.)

[longtermmemmory]

respectfully some judges are first appointed to the bench. It is usually when a judge has to retire or a new seat opens. Then they have to stand for re-election.

It is a dual track system.

Now the FL Bar wants to push merrit retention. I hope that is now firmly and permanently dead.

[Lurking Libertarian]

Who cares? If the fact is that he accepted a donation from somebody he should not have, and there is a "controlling legal authority" that says he should be punished for it, then I'm all for enforcing the law against this judge.

There is no law in Florida prohibiting such donations. Besides, the Schindlers' lawyers knew about this at the time and did not move to disqualify the judge.

[Lurking Libertarian]

You seem to forget this Greer moron was elected before the Terri Schindler case. If he runs again (which he won't) he'll lose. Swamp judge.

Get your facts straight. He was re-elected this past November. His opponent built his campaign around this case. Greer was re-elected with 67% of the vote.

[madison10]

...let alone live there

It wouldn't be living there that I'd worry about.

[joebuck]

This is really reaching. Every large law firm (or its attorneys) in virtually every jurisdiction in the Country contributes money to every single judge running in every election, regardless of party affiliation. It's just good business and self preservation. I have personal knowledge of this because at my firm I'm the guy who signs those checks. I don't expect any special breaks for this, I just don't want to be in a situation where the attorney on the other side of the case contributed to the Judge and I didn't. I want a fair shake and I think this is what motivates most attorney campaign contributions to judges.

[Lady Heron]

so right facts should be ignored.

[ExTexasRedhead]

"Nobody was starved to death"--have you totally lost it or missed the coverage of this entirely? Terri WAS starved and dehydrated to death and it was MURDER. I suggest you go peddle your theory elsewhere.

[ModernDayCato]

Excuse me...do I KNOW you? Are you my real estate agent? Friend? Acquaintance? Someone with a clue? No? Then SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE.

Thank you.