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Posted on 02/28/2005 7:08:08 AM PST by floriduh voter
I just tried www.theempirejournal.com, the whole site is down.
The whole thing!
I' so sorry to hear that. I'll be praying!
THE HACKER TOOK DOWN THE ENTIRE EMPIRE JOURNAL WEBSITE
SHERIFF HIRED MICHAEL SCHIAVO AS JAIL NURSE
© The Empire Journal Exclusive
Four days before joining Floridas House of Representatives in November, 2004, Everett Rice left the office of Pinellas County Sheriff, a position he had held since 1988 and after 33 years in the sheriffs department.
But before he left office he hired Michael Schiavo, estranged husband and guardian of Terri Schiavo.
The Empire Journal has learned that days before leaving office as Pinellas County sheriff, Rice hired Schiavo, a registered nurse, to work in the Inmates Medical Care Division of the Pinellas County Jail.
The relationship of Rice and Schiavo raises grave questions of alleged impropriety in the Terri Schiavo case and ongoing allegations of conspiracy, collusion and cover-up which have resulted in calls for Gov. Jeb Bush to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the matter and the impaneling of Grand Jury.
Rices hire of Schiavo came at the same time contentious guardianship proceedings were proceeding in the courtroom of his long-time friend, Sixth Circuit Court Judge George W. Greer where Schiavo was seeking to end the life of his wife by court order of Greer.
And after Rice had repeatedly refused to investigate allegations of abuse against Schiavo.
According to informed sources, neither Schiavo nor his attorney, George Felos, disclosed to the court or attorneys for Terris parents, Mary and Robert Schindler Sr., of Schiavos change in employment, particularly in light of the disclosure Feb. 23 that the states Department of Children and Families has opened an investigation into some 30 allegations of abuse, neglect and exploitation of Terri Schiavo.
According to pleadings filed before Greer by DCF attorneys, Michael Schiavo is the suspected abuser.
The Empire Journal has also confirmed that the mother of Jodi Centonze, Schiavos live-in girlfriend and fiancé with whom he has two children was employed in the civil division of the sheriffs department from June 18, 1979 until June 25, 1999, some 11 years while Rice was sheriff and at the same time her son-in-law had petitioned Rices good friend Judge Greer to end her daughter-in-laws life.
Rices employment of Michael Schiavo came just weeks after Rice had allegedly unlawfully lent the prestige of his office and the resources of the sheriffs office in endorsement of the reelection of Greer in a televised political advertisement.
Although prohibited by Florida Statutes, Rice and other Pinellas county public officers including state attorney Bernie McCabe public defender Bob Dillinger, allowed employees of their offices to appear in a campaign commercial for Greer which inferred that Greer was tough on crime although Greer is a administrative probate judge. http://www.theempirejournal.com/02230590_schiavo_judge_tv_commer.htm
According to a sheriffs employee, Sheriff Rice had authorized the use of the county-owned sheriffs car and the appearance of the uniformed deputy in Greers TV commercial. State law prohibits the same.
In 2003, Rice became the center of controversy in the Terri Schiavo case when Patricia Anderson, then attorney for the Schindlers, filed a motion asking Greer to recuse himself for alleged violations of judicial canons and bias. Greer has controlled the Schiavo case since 1998.
In her affidavit, Anderson said that Rice had told her that he and Greer had discussed the Schiavo case at a ball game the night previous with Rice without other parties to the matter being present. Greer refused to recuse himself and Rice later denied that he had made the comments to Anderson. John Carassas, an assistant attorney general in the office of Charlie Crist, was also involved in the controversy. http://www.cnsnews.com/pdf/2003/motion091003.pdf. http://www.cnsnews.com/pdf/2003/flaffa.pdf . Crist had previously denied that his office had ever received any allegations of abuse involving Terri Schiavo.
Rice, as well as McCabe, has been directly involved in the Schiavo case, steadfastly denying requests to conduct alleged criminal investigations of criminal wrongdoing in the matter by Michael Schiavo.
Rice and Schiavos attorney, George Felos, have also served on the board of directors of the Hospice of Florida Suncoast, the corporation which operates the Woodside Hospice in Pinellas Park where Terri Schiavo is a residence.
Felos failed to disclose his affiliation with the Hospice at the time in April, 2000 when he and Michael Schiavo moved Terri to the Hospice. However, it has since been learned by The Empire Journal that the proper certification for Terris admittance to the Hospice was never completed and that she was not legally designated as terminal, a requirement to be admitted to a hospice and for her care to be paid for by Medicare. The federal government has initiated collection procedures against the Hospice of Florida Suncoast to recover some $14.8 million which they say was unlawfully paid to the hospice as a result of fraudulent claims made for Medicare reimbursement for patients that were not terminally ill and therefore not eligible for hospice care, allegedly at a time when both Rice and Felos were members of the Hospice board of directors.
Terri Schindler-Schiavo has been at the center of a life and death tug of way between her parents and Michael Schiavo. While her husband has sought permission in the Probate Court of Greer to end the life of his wife by the removal of her assisted feeding, her parents have fought in Greers courtroom to keep her alive, saying that she could be rehabilitated with therapy and proper treatment which has been denied the woman. http://www.theempirejournal.com/greer_schiavo_articles.htm
Unless a stay is issued by the 2nd District Court of Appeals or other action is forthcoming by the Legislature or other agencies, Terri Schiavo will have her feeding tube removed at 1 p.m. Friday which will result in her death by starvation in 7 to 10 days.
First thing I did was look at TEJ, I see it! You are going to busy uploading!!
I hope that somebody gets nailed for it!
We will be working today to try and reestablish the site.
HACKERS ATTACK SCHIAVO NEWS
Bringing the truth to the public through investigative journalism is sometimes a hazardous job.
Especially when the subject is the alleged criminal wrongdoing and corruption in the Terri Schindler-Schiavo case in Pinellas County, Florida.
Hackers have attempted to silence one news organization which has been focusing on the alleged corruption and collusion in the Schiavo case.
Terri Schindler-Schiavo has been sentenced to a death by starvation by Sixth Circuit Court Judge George Greer who has ordered her estranged husband and guardian, Michael Schiavo, to remove her assisted feeding on Friday.
With the expose of alleged Medicare fraud, election law violations and alleged judicial misconduct, The Empire Journal, an on-line newspaper based in upstate New York, has helped bring the case to national attention prompting several investigations of various public officials involved in the case and spotlighting alleged wrongdoing and collusion by others involved in the case. www.theempirejournal.com
June Maxam and Ginger Berlin, co-publishers of The Empire Journal, said the newspaper site was first hacked last week when a threatening message was placed on the site, directed at their coverage of the Schiavo case.
On Sunday, virtually as soon as Schiavogate: The Big Cover-Up was published, a story revealing the alleged guardianship law violations by Greer in the Schiavo case, a hacker removed the article from the site. Security measures were tightened and the article republished.
However, that didnt stop the attacks.
On Tuesday, with the publication of several new articles relating to the Schiavo case, including an article regarding an appeal of Greers refusal to allow the states Department of Children and Families (DCF) to intervene in the Schiavo case to investigate 30 allegations of abuse, the hacker removed several Schiavo articles from the website including the Schiavogate article. A number of links to various past articles in the Schiavo archive where also removed.
The publishers are currently working with their server to restore the service and will be filing a formal complaint with law enforcement officials.
There are strong indications that a government agency and officials may be involved in the interference with the operation of the site which not only violates First Amendment rights but is a violation of interstate commerce which constitutes federal violations.
The publishers have indicated that they will request prosecution of the person or persons involved. Anyone with information concerning this matter may contact the newspaper at news@theempirejournal.com
Everett Rice needs closer scrutiny. What a tangled mess this case has uncovered.
I don't doubt it. I called the entire arrangement with the judges, hospice and the right to kill attorneys THE MURDER FRANCHISE of Pinellas County.
That's great. the hackers hacked TEJ's article on being hacked.
I called Jeb Bush re: Michael inviting Jeb to visit. I WARNED Jeb that if he takes Michael up on the offer, Michael runs the hospice and Terri will be heavily sedated so that Jeb will think Terri is pvs.
Everett Rice IS NOT THE SHERIFF. IT'S COATS. Everett Rice is in Tallahassee representing Treasure Island in the House of Representatives.
bump that!
Well, that was certainly nice of Sheriff Rice to look out after Michael. I suppose this means the tax payers are paying Michael's salary now.
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