[KDD]

This story has gotton coverage here in Pinellas County by our local papers since the first court case...some 16 judges and several years ago.. Most of the locals understand that Terri is in a vegatative state because court reporters have covered this story from the start and much of the proceedings were reported in local news stories.

That's why there have only been about 40-50 protesters at Woodlawn...and most of them from elsewhere. In a county this large...thats a pitiful turnout for a cause. 40,000 showed up to see G.W. Bush at Tampa Stadium.

Some of the more outrageous claims...
that Michael strangled his wife? No one in any court proceeding alleged that he abused Terri while she was with him. Not her family or anyone else. And the Pinellas County Sherrifs Dept. is not a keystone cop operation. It serves a county with a 2.8 million population. If there was a crime committed they would certainly investigate.

He doesn't love Terri because he has a new girlfriend who has his child and another on the way?...

According to the nurses at Sable Palms where Terri was kept in the beginning...Michael came to see her several times a week for 5 years while her parents barely ever came to see her at all. The RN primary care nurse(Terris nurse) was on the local news stating that Terri is gone...no one home...An empty shell.

Not until he was told by Doctors that there was nothing that could be done to help Terri did he begin to live his new life...Terri was gone. He moved on. His parents seem unable to. Perhaps the last thing he can do for her is to honor an agreement he'd made with her. To not force her to live in the horrible manner she lives in today.

If you lived here you would see the shrill idiotic nonsense being sold here and elsewhere...the lies and distortions. Jesse Jackson tactics. Those who have slandered Michael without anything more then speculation from afar are bearing false witness. They should be ashamed of themselves. They denigrate their cause with such dishonest methods.

The money?

How much do these people think primary care in a nursing home costs over a peroid of 10 years? The money is mostly gone though Michaels finacial prospects improved when the State of Florida denied him his constitutional right to due process. If he sues, every Floridian will pay for Jebs knee jerk response to a bunch of out of state Jesse Jackson types.

Those of you who do not live here can stay the hell out of our buisness...especially our family law. Take your roadshow elsewhere.

BTW

[Normally a Lurker]

Excellent summary of the past and current circumstances.

BTW, I live not to far away (Charlotte county) and grew up in your area (Pinellas county) - a very long time ago, when Dunedin had no high school and US 19 was a two lane road with no stop lights from St. Pete up to Tarpon S.