Posted on 03/25/2005 9:16:25 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Friday, March 25, 2005 10:57 p.m. EST Greer Got Donation From Mike Schiavo's Lawyer
Reclaiming America, an organization backed by Rev. D. James Kennedy, reported that a serious conflict of interest may exist for the Fla. State Judge who is ruling on the Terri Schiavo case.
The report from Reclaiming America follows:
As if the circumstances surrounding Terri Schiavo could not get any more suspicious, the Center for Reclaiming America has uncovered evidence that Pinellas-Pasco County Circuit Judge George W. Greer accepted a campaign contribution from the law firm of Michael Schiavos attorney only one day after "Terris Law was declared unconstitutional by a Pinellas county court. This appears to establish a clear conflict of interest between Judge Greer and the best interests of Terri Schiavo.
Judge Greer has been responsible for establishing "the facts in the case of Terri Schiavo. Sadly, he has dismissed or ignored testimony from 33 physicians (15 neurologists) who are willing to testify that Terri is not in a persistent vegetative state and can improve, he has refused to allow the Florida Department of Children and Families to conduct a criminal investigation of Michael Schiavo, he has refused to honor a subpoena from the U.S. Congress, and he has blocked virtually all efforts from the Schindler family to save the life of their daughter.
According to public records available from the Florida Department of State: Division of Elections, Judge George W. Greer received a campaign contribution from the law firm of Felos & Felos during his re-election efforts in the spring of 2004.
Of course, no direct evidence suggests collusion between the two parties, but the timing of the campaign contribution is highly suspect.
On May 6, 2004, a Pinellas county court struck down legislation ("Terris Law) passed by the Florida legislature and signed by Governor Jeb Bush, which was designed to halt a previous attempt to starve Terri Schiavo to death.
On May 7, 2004 only one day after the ruling Judge Greer received a campaign gift from the law firm of Michael Schiavos attorney.
This was not due to a fundraising effort, as this was the only contribution made to the Greer campaign fund on that particular day.
Oops.
Nobody defies circuit judge Greer in Pinellas County, ya hear?
Disbarment seems appropriate here. Disbar Judge Greer for not recusing himself from the case, and disbar Felos for having a conflict-of-interest.
I hope information like this will be used if the Shindlers have a civil suit against MS.
Ping
MoveOn people, nothing to see here.....
Judge Greer issued an order that will protect MS from any further legal action, even in civil matters. In related news, he also ruled that the devil cannot seize MS' soul when he dies.
Judges have been known to support each other no matter what the evidence shows...we need to vote lawyers out of office...
NOPE. Nobody trying to cover their tracks to keep their share of the kitty. Not at all.
I pray that Terri somehow gets a reprieve but if she dies, and the unreversable-deed is done, this is going to blow up in the faces of Greer, Felos, Sciavo and all the death-merchants and groupies.
The MSM can try to hide it but in conversations to come the facts will be understood. And society will eventually look at these players in accordance to their deathly deeds.
The fact is the truth about Terri's case and liberalism in general is slipping through the MSM cracks and all the caulking in the world will never be able to close it back up.
A civil suit where the defendants have to testify. Gonna love that!
The truth will eventually shine.
You mean Judge GRimrEapER.
Terri Schiavo, an incapacitated but warmly responsive young woman, is in the care of "The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" ("Hospice House Woodside") at 300 East Bay Drive, Largo, Florida. But unknown to her advocates, all of Terri's medical care has been influenced by a Past Chairman of the Hospice's Board of Directors - George J. Felos, attorney for Michael Schiavo, and self-described "right-to-die" advocate.
Many of the Hospice nurses, volunteers, and doctors who are charged with the care, feeding, and unbiased medical evaluation of Terri Schiavo worked for George J. Felos, a man who has publically proclaimed that Terri must die.
The death Felos has prescribed for Terri starts with a ban on all but the most basic physical care - the once beautiful woman rots in her "Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" bed; Terri's advocates claim her teeth are unbrushed, her nails untrimmed, her infections untreated.
This was not always the case - even after her brain injury, Terri's parents, Bob and Mary Schindler, kept her groomed and pretty. Terri was even starting to speak again - words like "yes" "no" and "stop that" - but that was before Michael Schiavo hired George Felos to help his wife "die with dignity." Now, Terri's parents have been safely removed so as to avoid "false hope."
All media and medical access is tightly controlled by Micheal Schiavo and Felos; in response, Terri has at last physically and mentally degenerated to the level where she may be exterminated by polite society.
Terri's slow death will grind down to a brutal, final starvation, executed at Felos' request on Jan 3, 2003. Upon Terri's death, several hundred thousand dollars that were earmarked for Terri's long-term care and therapy will finally be released to her husband Michael Schiavo, his new lover and their baby, to his attorney George Felos, and quite possibly in turn to the Hospice itself.
It is unknown if Felos would advocate quick death for hospice patients who do not have large sums of money lubricating their exit from life; evidently the Hospice has not been forthcoming with clients in regard to George Felos' true role at the Hospice.
"The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast" has kept this information largely out of the public eye, but an investigation of the Hospice's annual reports reveals a new twist in the case of Terri Schiavo: George J. Felos was the official but unseen hand of the Hospice - and he advocates death for those in his care.
Neither George Felos nor "The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast" have openly disclosed the facts of Terri Schiavo's case to Terri's many advocates - that from February 13, 1997 until at least April 26, 2001, George J. Felos was listed as a member or recent member of the Board of Directors for "The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast" on the non-profit's annual reports.
Is that true that there are no civil suit options or did I misunderstand?
No time left!
Does anyone know how long Judge Greer will stay in that position? Is it 4 years?? Not familiar with Florida politics.
This is a potential ethical breach. A judge should not accept campaign contributions from a lawyer who has a pending matter before him/her. It has all the appearances of impropriety that ethics rules guard against.
I think the Schindlers should file a complaint with Florida's judicial oversight board.
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