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''Haleigh Poutre is evidence that the department is able to make clear distinctions when there's a need," Spence said. ''We're continuing to place kids in residential in every area office of the state."

DSS plans a shift in children's placement

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(this includes Ohioan from Florida's ping list, update to 2/8.)

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He’s headed to Boston University on March 31, the first year anniversary of the death of Terri Schiavo for a conference on the case, an internationally renowned case of judicial homicide.

To Honor Schiavo Judge On Anniversary Of Terri's Death

The judges and the lawyers in the Pinellas County legal system are busy patting themselves on the back and giving each other awards----and benefiting handsomely from guardianships and estates.

EDITORIAL - Good Ole Boys In Pinellas County

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>> "There has been a learning in the child-welfare world that residential [treatment] is a very huge problem because it holds the kid, but the kid becomes a lost soul," DSS Commissioner Harry Spence said in an interview.

Last to learn, aren't they?

"Residential" evidently = live-in day care, 24 hours a day. Just what the femiNazis ordered! Kiddy prison! No mom, no dad, just social workers. For anyone who isn't a la-la liberal, a greater formula for disaster is hard to imagine.

Nevertheless, Spence is smarter than Hillary. It doesn't take a village or a bureau to raise a child. It takes loving, moral-minded parents.

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What do you think about their "plan"? I don't think it's a good idea. Nothing prepares even the best foster family for some of these kids. When one of them goes on a rampage, or commits suicide, what will they do then?

It's too bad old fashioned orphanages can't be brought back. More of a boarding school model for children whose needs aren't as critical as the more psychologically damaged kids. Of course with all the predators running loose, it would be hard to staff. The world has truly gone to hell....