Parents of Terri Schindler-Schiavo Told to Pay to See Their Daughter

The Terri Schindler Foundation ^ | May 7, 2004 | Terri Foundation

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Parents of Terri Schindler-Schiavo Told to Pay to See Their Daughter

Clearwater, FL May 7, 2004: In yet another bizarre twist of the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case, the Schindler family was informed that they must now pay a fee for “security” each time that they want to visit their daughter.

On Wednesday, May 5, 2004, Deborah Bushnell of Dunedin, an attorney representing Michael Schiavo, faxed a letter to attorneys representing the parents of Terri Schindler-Schiavo.

In her communication, Ms. Bushnell recommended that Ms. Schiavo's parents could be permitted to visit their disabled daughter if they would agree to hire an off-duty police person to accompany them. This comes after attorney Patricia Anderson, who represents Ms. Schiavo's parents, filed a Writ of Quo Warranto, demanding that Mr. Schiavo demonstrate what authority he has to deny his wife visits from her immediate family. Should the Schindlers fail to pay, they would be denied visitation rights.

Ms. Schiavo currently has an off-duty police person, paid for by Hospice of the Florida Suncoast, assigned to her on a 24 hour a day basis. Additionally, the Schindlers have reported that, during their visits, nursing staff frequently enter their daughter's room.

Ms. Schiavo's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, have not been permitted to visit her since March 29, 2004 (39 days), when attorney George Felos of Dunedin issued a press release stating that suspicious marks were found on her arm. A toxicology study conducted on Ms. Schiavo concluded that no unauthorized chemicals were found in her system. Ms. Schiavo's parents, along with her siblings, had attempted to visit her the following day at Park Place Assisted Living and were turned away by nursing staff in compliance with "Mr. Schiavo's orders".

Statement of Attorney Patricia Anderson:

By recommending that the financially-strapped Schindlers may only visit Terri if they pay yet another off-duty police person to accompany them, is an effort to inhibit them from freely seeing their own daughter. A couple of years ago, Michael Schiavo contacted Terri's parents and offered to give the balance of Terri's money over to charity. He and his attorneys used this a talking point for the media - claiming that Michael had no financial interest in Terri's death. What they neglected to mention was that that particular offer was predicated upon the Schindler's agreeing to Terri's dehydration and starvation death.

This latest tactic from Ms. Bushnell is really no different. I will not be surprised if Ms. Bushnell uses this as another talking point with the media in an attempt to make her and her client appear less cruel.

No mother should have to pay an admission fee to see her child on Mother's Day. Perhaps Ms. Bushnell has forgotten how most people spend Mother's Day."

[litany_of_lies]

However, I must tell you that as a person who knows the names of distant kin murdered by the Nazis, I am insulted whenever anyone attempts to equate the issue of Ms. Schiavo being allowed to die a natural death with the deliberate genocide they practiced.

No reply is necessary.

Martin Dyckman
Associate editor and columnist St. Petersburg Times

There needs to be a complete and total boycott of the St. Pete Times by the Tampa-St. Pete community, both subscribers and advertisers. Their failure to report Michael Schiavo's actions and to properly describe Terri's condition leaves no other choice.

[pc93]

Basically you need to right click on the link and "save as" to your local drive. It will save and when it is complete you can view the pdf with greater ease. I believe it was showing blanks in that it was still downloading while you were viewing and since you had a slow connection and the file is 4mb that it was causing the blank pages while downloading was not complete.

[litany_of_lies]

The local off-duty officers' idea is a great one. If nothing else, it will call Mikey's bluff. He'll probably invent all kinds of reasons why it has to be HIS hired security firm that stands by.

[rolling_stone]

Different Greer here:

http://walterolson.com/articles/sandiego.html

[Victoria Delsoul]

Can it get any worse than this?!

This seems like endless bizarre turns and twists. Thanks for the prayers.

[Ohioan from Florida]

Another corrupt Judge Greer! Out in San Diego. Do you think the sunshine affects their consciences?

[Lauren BaRecall]

I have V4, so I do need an update. I'm on a 56K dialup, and it seems that webpages have been loading very slowly for the last 15 minutes or so, and therefore, I don't have time to look into this now.

I'll try to do this later, and I agree that it's very important to make sure the document has the widest possible net visibility.

[Ohioan from Florida]

In that list of benefactors to Greer's campaign, a number of other names come out - all with ties to Hospice of Florida Suncoast. I am doing the footwork now and will post asap.

I think we are sitting on top of a far bigger mountain than we ever imagined, kids.

Phenn , please ping your list when you find out more! I think you are so right! This is the big break we've been waiting for. If it 's possible, I think Pat Anderson or Jeb's attorney should file some sort of emergency motion so that Terri's tube can't be pulled. I think Greer is gonna go down on this one, and I think he's gonna take a few people with him. Sorry, boys, the party's over!

[Ohioan from Florida]

Also I think Tragos (is that the new attorney's name?) may know what he's doing in this regard, too. Probably ought to let him know, if he hasn't been told already!

[Ohioan from Florida]

Your post is so well written, I think it bears repeating. Hope you don't mind.

>>I know that there is no such beast, but that's all the more reason for us to question and investigate every piece of pertinent news that comes our way.

>>Who cares if a newspaper or advertiser is using propaganda tactics to sell shoes or skate boards? We are all bombarded by that stuff every day, but our money is so important to us that we research before we buy. We scrutinize the product before we purchase it. We don't just switch back and forth from coke to Pepsi just because some media outlet told us to.

>>But for some inexplicable reason, when a hugely important issue like Terri is presented, people just swallow whatever the media throws out there. Are we just too lazy to seek the truth, or have we forgotten that there are real consequences to actions like giving the courts the power to kill?

>>Terri's case will set the precedence for forced death without a legally binding directive from the individual.

>>If they kill Terri it will be like dropping a euthanasia pebble into a still pond. The ripples will spread across this nation in months, and before you know it doctors and insurance companies will be murdering the sick in there beds with full permission from the courts.

>>This is already starting to happen in Europe where euthanasia was popularized by cases very similar to Terri's. We are doing our nation a huge disservice if we don't actively try to stop what is happening to Terri.

>>We need to stop sweating the small stuff and start investigating the big stuff. Terri's fate is going to change the course of this nation. There is no excuse for complacency or gullibility on an issue that is this important to us all.

[Lauren BaRecall]

On Friday, Felos said some news organizations misinterpreted his comments to mean he would wait until the Supreme Court had the final say on the constitutionality of Terri's Law.

If Baird or an appeals court agrees to lift the stay, Terri Schiavo could die before the high court rules, Felos said.

Schiavo May Not Wait For Final Say

THEY'RE ACTUALLY SALIVATING!

Although Satan plays a really great game of chess, remember that God plays an infinitely better one.

[tbritton]

My problem is the same as Lauren's, as I described earlier. I'm on cable (broadband) modem, so that's not the issue. My Acrobat reader is up to date.

I'll just message pc93, no problem at all!

Thanks!

[Dante3]

Can't Bush pardon Terri?

[Lauren BaRecall]

Maybe the problem is something else, then?

[Pegita]

If I read the proposal correctly, it is the attorney for Michael who will arrange the security and advise the Schindlers of the cost ... they seem to have no choice in the matter, other than the $$$.

[Pegita]

The information regarding security arrangements is in Post #72 by pc93 ... the Schindlers have the right to pay, and that's it.

[tbritton]

How are we able to have another candidate when qualifying closed at noon yesterday, and the Florida Division of Elections site was updated with the names of all those who qualified?

[NYer]

Thank you for the beautiful Novena to Our Lady of Good Remedy! I'm going to add that to my list of prayers for Terri.

You're very welcome!

The Eastern Rite Catholics have a long history of deep devotion to the Blessed Mother. Here is one of the most well known devotions. The entire service is chanted (another freeper told me that this is available on CD but did not indicate where to find it).

To Our Blessed Lady, The Blessed Virgin, Mary Mother of Our Lord, Our True God, and Savior, Jesus Christ!

The Akathist Hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary Eastern Catholic Devotion

[Ohioan from Florida]

This is what I found:

Candidates For The 2004 General Election
Circuit Judge
Pinellas County
Last Updated: Friday, May 07, 2004 At 2:47:56 PM

Candidate Status Primary Runoff General

Circuit: 006 Group: 003
Ramsberger , Peter (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 013
McGrady , Tom (NOP)
Qualified

>>Circuit: 006 Group: 018
>>Govan , Jan Thomas (NOP)
>>Qualified
>>Greer , George W. (NOP)
>>Qualified


Circuit: 006 Group: 020
Sullivan , Irene H. (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 022
Berry Sr., Michael C. (NOP)
Qualified
Day , Jack (NOP)
Qualified
Newton , Cynthia (NOP)
Qualified
Schafer Jr., Walter L. 'Skip' (NOP)
Qualified
Vinson , Bill (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 027
Ulmer Jr., Ray E. (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 029
Andrews , Michael F. (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 030
Lenderman , John (NOP)
Qualified

Circuit: 006 Group: 040
Morris Jr., Robert J. (NOP)
Qualified


Query the Campaign Finance Data Base

http://election.dos.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/CanList.exe

[tbritton]

Yes, thanks Ohioan! That's what it says, all right...same database I was looking at--the Florida Department of State, Division of Elections. They updated it yesterday afternoon after qualifying closed.