Largo torn over best use for prime land
[SUNCOAST] HOSPICE, one of Largo's favored organizations, needs land that the city has targeted as its centerpiece for growth and development.
By MICHAEL SANDLER, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published July 28, 2002
"LARGO -- The Hospice of the Florida Suncoast has developed a unique partnership with the city of Largo.
It began 14 years ago when members of the business community asked representatives for the largest not-for-profit hospice organization in the world to consider relocating its administrative headquarters to East Bay Drive.
Through the years, both prospered. The city added thousands of residents on acres of land. The hospice doubled the size of its headquarters.
When hospice was honored on a postage stamp in 1999, the official first-day-of-issue launch was at Hospice of the Florida Suncoast in Largo........
And they want $420,000 from the hospice, not the $318,000 that was offered. City officials say the higher price is based on a new appraisal.
Labyak and Kistler said they want to work with the city and negotiate a fair price.
But they want city officials to be mindful of the hospice's contribution to the city's economy. They have a budget of $72-million spent in Pinellas County, most of that used to compensate doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others delivering medical services.
The hospice has about 1,000 employees and 3,000 volunteers working in four Pinellas locations, and they all rotate through the buildings in downtown Largo...."
http://www.sptimes.com/2002/07/28/NorthPinellas/Largo_torn_over_best_.shtml Please read the rest of the article. Also:
"Letters to the Editors
Building fund for hospice needs your help
© St. Petersburg Times
published October 13, 2002
Did you know that the Largo City Council is not helping hospice to stay in Largo? The Hospice of Florida Suncoast is one commodity that put Largo on the map....."
http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/2002/10/13/SouthPinellas/Building_fund_for_hos.shtml Is there a possibility of some kind of collusion here? conflict of interest? There are a lot of interesting things that come up on google under 'suncoast hospice police land'. I don't have a firewall, so did not open but was intriqued by the document that came up under "Franklin Swaney" @ angelfire.com/pa2/efed/fulldeath.doc It appears that a lot of these docs have already been purged.
Re: the husband's lawyer Felos and his connection with Suncoast:
"....These new insights into the Hospice's inner workings raise questions that must be answered.
- How many elderly or infirm persons have Felos and the Hospice possibly exploited for monetary gain?
- How many other impaired but recovering persons may have been brought into the Hospice's "care" without their explicit consent?
- How many other incapacitated or differently-abled people might have suffered or will suffer the same fate as Terri Schiavo?
-Under Florida law, do these human beings qualify for the basic guarantees of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, or are they only products to be mined by George Felos and "The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast"?
-If Felos and the Hospice espouse that incapacitated people have no rights other than those assigned to them by the Hospice and it's agents, then is "The Hospice of The Florida Suncoast" nothing more than a Death Factory?... "
Sunday, November 24, 2002
TERRI SCHIAVO TO DIE IN ATTORNEY'S "DEATH FACTORY"? SUNCOAST HOSPICE BOSS WAS GEORGE FELOS...
http://becki-snow.blogspot.com/ There is a lot of collusion going on with Suncoast and the principal figures. The more info that comes out, the dirtier it gets. Obviously they're above the law, because they won't even give the governor the time of day...