There has only been a week or two since the DCF got involved again. The document says they were contacted via the hotline on Feb. 18th and 21st. They filed this with Greer two days later. A week later he decided to open the file as per the media's request.
The DCF has come under fire recently (January) for dropping the ball on lots of investigations. They're trying to clean up the messes that have been made. It's all been in the news, but if you haven't been paying attention to Terri's case closely, you probably would have missed it. Most people who even read about the ongoing problems at the DCF probably didn't even realize that the DCF's sloppiness might have an impact on Terri's case. One person was demoted (can't remember the name right now), and it looks like someone else is trying to salvage their reputation. To the outsider, this may look sudden. Heck, even the media should have had a better grasp than they have, but they don't always put two and two together until it stares them straight in the face (like when DCF *suddenly* shows up at a hearing for Terri).
People want to think that Jeb is behind this, and he may be, but only to the extent that he told the people within the DCF to get their acts together or they'll be demoted, too. People sometimes begin to do their jobs properly when they've come under scrutiny.
I haven't kept up on the details of Terri's case, just have checked in on threads from time to time, so I haven't got a true sense of who's doing or not doing what.
<< There has only been a week or two since the DCF got involved again. >>
That helps. It's what I thought was going on. The court document referenced atop this thread is written as if the DCF worker had his heart and soul in the effort to save Terri's life, which seems oddly disconsonant with DCF's behavior till now.
<< People want to think that Jeb is behind this, and he may be, but only to the extent that he told the people within the DCF to get their acts together or they'll be demoted, too. People sometimes begin to do their jobs properly when they've come under scrutiny. >>
My experience with state government (17+ years) would bear out that a governor's interest can break apart an enormous amount of stonewalling in a very short time, when nothing else could.