On 11 Oct 2004 08:51:40 -0700, Commissio...@hushmail.com (Lisa) wrote:
>Anderson's complaint has ample evidentiary support. For example, under >Florida law, Terri should have a court-appointed guardian ad litem to >exclusively represent her interests. But, Judge George Greer, of the >Sixth Judicial Circuit, refused to allow one for Terri in the >guardianship case ever since her first ad litem was dismissed after >recommending that she not be dehydrated to death.18
I'm surprised you'd miss the biggest Scientology connection in the case, which is Judge George Greer himself. Greer performed innumerable and invaluable services for Scientology while presiding as probate judge in the endless claims filed by Scientology against the estate of Lisa McPherson. Yes, Scientology actually sued the estate of their own murder victim.
Scientology's claims included endless scurrilous lies about the estate, including totally baseless claims that the estate representative, Dell Liebreich, Lisa McPherson's maternal aunt, had forged the signature of Lisa McPherson's mother to the papers making her representative.
Needless to say, even a loser like Greer never bought this bullshit. However, he granted Scientology a highly expensive trial on the Scientology lawsuit against the estate of the woman they killed, then afterward decided that they never had standing in the first place, so ignored the entire proceeds of the trial and threw out the case. Then, years later, he granted another trial on the same identical issue. He held endless hearings to disqualify the Estate's attorney based on spurious claims, even when the claims were identical to those he had already disregarded.
Indeed, Greer is a long-time crony of various Scientology lawyers.
Left to right: Chief Judge David A. Demers, Tim Johnson, Probate Judge George Greer, John Blakely, Bruce Bokor, and then Wally Pope. Wally Pope was (at times) listed as Scientology's lead counsel in various parts of the Lisa McPherson-related cases. Blakely and Bokor are or were both partners in the law firm Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel, & Burns, which often represents Scientology.
Chief Judge Demers is the judge who refused to reassign Susan F. Schaeffer, the only remotely competent judge to touch the case in its long history, to hear the main case. Instead he assigned bumbling cretin Robert Beach, who seems to have deliberately botched it to the point the Estate was forced into settlement, largely because the Pinellas County Bench made it clear their purpose was to refuse to ever grant Lisa McPherson's Estate a trial.
So if Terry Schindler Schiavo received shoddy justice, it is because her case was in a shoddy court of shoddy judges, whose only possible claim not to be hopelessly corrupt is their abject incompetence.
I don't know if the naked cronyism down there is the cause of the treatment of Schiavo's case, but it certainly has been of no assistance. If Terry really would have preferred the plug be pulled, there is certainly no way of figuring that out now.
Greer's handling of the case led to the only act of a member of the Bush family I've ever agreed with, when Jeb Bush attempted to force the appointment of a guardian ad litem in the case.
A judge involved in that, W. Douglas Baird, another simpering creep, presided over a breach of contract case filed by Scientology against the estate of Lisa McPherson and everyone involved, clearly favoring Scientology every step of the way and openly expressing contempt for the estate. That judge is the same jackass who threw a comic book artist in prison for his works (the notorious Diana case which demonstrated utter contempt for freedom of expression).
Anyway, enough of that. That should be enough to chew on for a while.
"Needless to say, even a loser like Greer never bought this bullshit. However, he granted Scientology a highly expensive trial on the Scientology lawsuit against the estate of the woman they killed, then afterward decided that they never had standing in the first place, so ignored the entire proceeds of the trial and threw out the case. Then, years later, he granted another trial on the same identical issue."
This is very interesting. Do you have any documentation?
ptsc wrote: "Greer performed innumerable and invaluable services for
Scientology while presiding as probate judge in the endless claims filed by Scientology against the estate of Lisa McPherson."
Greer has also acted as an agent for Scientology in the Terri Schiavo case.
Greer's rulings, which violate Florida Statutes and the Constitution of the United States, are as follows:
1. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(2 ) for failure to discharge his duties as guardian. The statute requires that the guardian protect the rights of the ward, provide for her health and safety, properly manage her financial resources and help her regain her abilities to the maximum extent possible.
2. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(3) for abuse of his powers as evidenced by his denying her any significant sensory stimulation and his efforts to have her life ended.
3. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(7) for wasting, embezzlement, or other mismanagement of the ward's property, one example is Michael's statement on national television that he had Terri's wedding rings melted down and made into jewelry for himself.
4. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(11) because of a conflict of interest between the ward and the guardian due to Michael Schiavo living with and fathering children with another woman.
5. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(13) for failure to comply with the guardianship report.
6. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(14) for failure to file annual guardianship reports in a timely manner.
7. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(16) for improperly managing the ward's assets by using Terri's money which was awarded by a court to be used for her rehabilitation but at the authorization of Judge Greer is being used to pay legal fees in an effort to end Terri's life.
8. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(17) because there has been a significant change in Terri's assets due to the actions of her guardian. Terri's assets have likely increased since her accident and Michael Schiavo is denying Terri the benefit of any assets accrued after the malpractice award which would be equally hers as Michael's legal spouse.
9. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian even though he should be removed as Terri's guardian pursuant to Florida Statute 744.474(18) because Michael's adulterous relationship (which is a misdemeanor under Florida law) with another woman ought to disqualify Michael as a suitable guardian for Terri as the interest which Michael said (in malpractice trial court proceedings) he had toward Terri is directed to another woman who is not his wife and has two children by said other woman of whom he is the father.
10. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to remain as Terri's guardian and has aided Michael in abusing, neglecting, and exploiting Terri, a vulnerable adult, by appropriating funds that were awarded for her rehabilitation to pay legal fees, and has aided in exploiting Terri by denying the money to be used for her benefit. Both these infractions were committed with the knowledge that Terri lacked the capacity to consent and explained in detail in Florida Statute 415.102.
11. Judge Greer's rulings to date have deprived Terri Schiavo of her constitutional right to enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry, and to acquire, possess and protect property which are detailed in Section 2 of the Florida Constitution by ordering her life to be ended by denying her hydration and nutrition.
12. Judge Greer has deprived Terri of her constitutional religious rights by allowing Michael Schiavo to prevent Monsignor Malonowski from visiting Terri, by allowing Michael to prevent Monsignor Malinowski from administering last rites when her feeding tube was removed in October 2003, and by allowing Michael to prevent Terri's blood relatives from placing pictures of religious figures in her room.
13. Judge Greer has allowed Terri's constitutional right to privacy to be violated by Michael Schiavo by not restricting his comments during interviews on national television. [It is a fact that the Schindlers have been told by their attorneys NOT to talk about what they believe is Michael's real motive to kill Terri.)
14. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215C(a) To have an annual review of the guardianship report and plan. [Michael Schiavo has repeatedly failed to file guardianship plans and Greer refuses to disqualify him for this neglect.]
15. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(b) (b) to have continuing review of the need for restriction of her rights. [Michael Schiavo refuses to permit Terri to go outside or have any stimulation whatsoever. This is against the law, but Greer refuses to do anything about it.]
17. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(d) (d) to be treated humanely, with dignity and respect, and to be protected against abuse, neglect, and exploitation.
18. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(e) to have a qualified guardian.
19. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(f) to remain as independent as possible, including having her preference as to place and standard of living honored, either as she expressed or demonstrated her preference prior to the determination of his or her incapacity or as she currently expresses her preference, insofar as such request is reasonable.
20. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215 (g) to be properly educated. She is not receiving any rehabilitative therapy.
21. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215 (h) to receive prudent financial management for her property and to be informed how her property is being managed. Michael Schiavo stated on national television that he melted Terri's wedding rings down and had them made into jewelry for himself. [See: Scientology Treats Terri Schindler Schiavo as if She is Already Dead http://www.libertytothecaptives.net/scientology_treats_terri_schindle...]
22. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215 (i) to receive necessary services and rehabilitation. Judge Greer has allowed Michael to deprive Terri of the same. She did not have a working wheelchair for an extended and unnecessarily long period of time.
23. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215 (k) to have access to the courts. Judge Greer has relied upon the testimony of others related to Michael Schiavo as to Terri's condition yet ignored the testimony of her blood relatives which was contradictory to information provided by Michael and his family.
24. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(l) to counsel.
25. Judge Greer has denied Terri the right under 744.3215(m) to receive visitors and communicate with others.
26. Judge Greer has allowed violation of 744.3215(a) by allowing Terri to be moved to different facilities without prior approval of the court.
27. Judge Greer has allowed violation of 744.3215(b) not requiring Michael to have follow up examinations of electrodes, which were implanted in Terri's brain. These implants should have been removed years ago, as they are a source for both infection and hydrocephalus. Hydrocephalus may cause pressure that could suppress cognitive function and be responsible for much of Terri's condition. If so, there could be a vast improvement in her condition if a shunt were placed. Hydrocephalus could also cause pressure that would flatten the brain and show fluid filled areas on a brain scan.
28. Judge Greer has allowed Michael to violate a court order stating that he is to keep Terri's family advised of her medical condition.
29. Judge Greer has ignored Terri's right under 765.102(5)(a) to palliative care which addresses physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and existential needs of patients.
30. Judge Greer has not required Michael Schiavo to implement a plan which would provide for Terri's needs under 765.102(5)(a).
31. Judge Greer has allowed Michael Schiavo to neglect Guardianship Education, which is a requirement under Florida law.
32. Judge Greer relied on Dr. Ronald Cranford's definition of PVS (Persistent Vegetative State) instead of the legal definition contained in the Florida Statutes. There were several doctors who gave reports that Terri is not PVS but Greer decided not to use the Florida Statute's definition.
33. Judge Greer has failed to be impartial and has ignored testimony and evidence presented by Counsel for Terri's natural family and has consistently ruled in agreement with Counsel for Michael Schiavo.
34. Judge Greer has allowed Michael to continue denying visitation to Terri's family even though a police investigation found that they were not
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Scientology, The Clearwater Bar Association, and Judge Greer
The Clearwater Bar Association presented the John U. Bird award to Pinellas-Pasco Circuit Judge George Greer on May 15, 2004. This prestigious award, which is the Clearwater bar's highest honor for a judge, was granted to Judge Greer for the way he has handled himself while overseeing the Terri Schiavo case!
Robert Dickinson III, the outgoing president of the Clearwater Bar Association, cited Judge Greer's handling of the Terri Schiavo case in terms of "passing the test":
"Rarely is a person's mettle and faith tested in such a strenuous and public way as this gentleman's has been over the last few years," Robert Dickinson III said. "Rarely do mortals pass the test with such flying colors."
I find these words rather ominous when I reflect on "the "test" Judge Greer has been passing—all these years. Judge Greer's consistent practice of upholding Scientology doctrines over and above Florida law is being lauded by the Clearwater Bar Association! The "test" Robert Dickenson III is alluding to is the "test case." The euthanasia test case.
Greer is "passing the test" with flying colors because he is permitting Michael Schiavo to abuse, exploit and neglect his disabled wife in defiance of the Florida statues. And the Clearwater Bar Association cheers.
Scientology attorney Wally Pope—who represented his "church" in the Lisa McPherson case—was the individual selected to bestow this high honor on Judge Greer! Wally cited high ideals, personal character, and judicial competence:
"Yet, in the teeth of all that, he has steadfastly demonstrated exactly what the John U. Bird award was created to honor: high ideals, personal character, judicial competence and service," lawyer Wally Pope said before bestowing the honor.
The "judicial competence" that Judge Greer has exhibited in his handling of the Terri Schiavo case is clearly the kind that ignores evidence and even Florida statutes in order to uphold Scientology doctrine—which requires the deletion of "social contagions" (the disabled) from society. It is no coincidence that a Scientology attorney—who was involved in the Lisa McPherson case—personally bestowed this award to Judge Greer. Greer's decisions to consistently rule in favor of terminating a disabled person do reflect high ideals—in the sight of Scientology.
Lies to Make Terri Fit the Scientology Mold
One of Scientology's major goals is to change society's views about death, dying, and those L. Ron Hubbard considered to be "past the half-way point": the disabled.
Scientologists believe that a disabled person is in such a state due to his own failings. The disabled person will deliberately move in the direction of death. Disabled people (Individuals who score low on the emotional tone scale) will also bring death to those around them. (See L. Ron Hubbard's book, Self Analysis, chapter 4)
Scientology teaches that if a person is disabled it is his or her fault. Terri has been presented as being disabled due to self-induced vomiting which supposedly caused her to have a potassium imbalance and go into cardiac arrest. Medical records have disproved these claims, but these "facts" were presented in the court record and are still being promulgated via the media. The truth is that Terri suffered serious injuries, (including a head and neck injury). An exceptionally competent neurologist testified that Terri's injuries are consistent with strangulation:
Dr. William Hammesfahr, Nobel prize nominee and neurologist, testified that Terri's neck injuries are consistent with only one type of injury: that of strangulation.
(Quote source: State-Funded Agency to Probe Claim of Spousal Abuse in Terri Schiavo Case)
The only person in the apartment with Terri at the time of her collapse was her husband, Michael Schiavo.
Scientology teaches that a disabled person will move in the direction of death. Terri has been illegally denied therapy for over ten years for the purpose of causing her abilities and health to deteriorate. She has also been placed in hospice facilities—and denied any stimulation— rather than in a nursing home. This was done to create the illusion that Terri is moving in the direction of death. According to L. Ron Hubbard's doctrines, a disabled person wants to die. Michael Schiavo never misses an opportunity to state that death is "Terri's wish." This is not true. Terri wants to live so much that she exerts tremendous effort to demonstrate her abilities.
Scientology teaches that disabled persons (Individuals who score low on the tone scale) will also bring death to those around them. Michael is so worried that Terri will bring "death" to him (accusations of attempted murder?) that he refuses to allow her to have speech therapy—or any therapy. Of course Michael's power to keep Terri in a state of disability is contingent upon Judge Greer's continued collusion with the Scientology agenda, which is not in accordance with Florida laws.
The Clearwater Bar Association and Scientology
Mike Faehner, who was president-elect of the Clearwater Bar Association in 2001, endorsed the Johnson Blakely Pope Bokor Ruppel & Burns PA. firm:
"In the legal community, they have a good reputation," said Mike Faehner, president-elect of the Clearwater Bar Association. "They do quite a bit of legal educational outreach. They're a solid law firm."
(Quote source: Clearwater firm breaks from standing tradition)
This firm brings in a lot of money by litigating for the "Church" of Scientology:
Their clients include parents involved in a baby swap, a woman who was not allowed to dress after she was arrested for skinny-dipping, the controversial Church of Scientology and developers who have changed the landscape of Clearwater.
It is probable that Scientology attorneys are on the board and/or are officers of the Clearwater Bar Association! Mike Faehner said:
Many Johnson Blakely lawyers have been board members or officers in the association. The firm also sponsors bar activities, he said.
It is becoming increasingly clear that the Clearwater Bar Association is on cozy terms with the "Church" of Scientology. They choose to have their monthly meetings at the Fort Harrison Hotel—Scientology headquarters. (See: Res Ipsa Loquitur) The Clearwater bar gladly endorses firms that litigate for Scientology. They even chose a Scientology attorney to present an award to Judge Greer for "passing the test" in the way he handled the Terri Schiavo case.
Scientology For Euthanasia; Florida Law Against it
Wally Pope represented the "Church" of Scientology in the wrongful death suit filed by the Estate of Lisa McPherson. He fought to enable Scientology to completely get away with dehydrating Lisa McPherson to death. They did not succeed. They settled with the Lisa McPherson Trust!
Judge Greer's rulings have enabled Michael Schiavo (working on behalf of the Scientology agenda) to almost get away with dehydrating Terri Schiavo to death. The only reason this did not happen is because many Americans—once they saw the videos of Terri that Mr. Schindler bravely released to the media—made it known they would not stand for such evil in our society.
It is time to take a stand against this barbarism once again. Disabled citizens of the United States of America (including Terri Schindler Schiavo of Clearwater, Florida) must not be denied therapy and even life itself due to L. Ron Hubbard's disgust over the fact that a decent society takes care of their own:
Society, the bulk of which is bent upon survival, fails or refuses to recognize death or the urge of organisms toward it. Society passes laws against murder and suicide. Society provides hospitals. Society carries such people [the disabled] on its back. And society will not hear of euthanasia or "mercy killing." (Self Analysis by L. Ron Hubbard; pg. 28)
May the Lord Jesus Christ be glorified as his people "hear his voice" concerning this matter and follow him.
Gary and Lisa Ruby
Petition to impeach Judge Greer --Judge Greer has violated Florida statutes and the Judicial Code of Ethics in order to go along with Scientology ethics. http://www.petitiononline.com/ijg520/petition.html
On 13 Oct 2004 15:13:14 -0700, Commissio...@hushmail.com (Lisa) wrote:
>ptsc wrote:
>"Needless to say, even a loser like Greer never bought this bullshit. >However, he granted Scientology a highly expensive trial on the Scientology >lawsuit against the estate of the woman they killed, then afterward >decided that they never had standing in the first place, so ignored the >entire proceeds of the trial and threw out the case. Then, years later, >he granted another trial on the same identical issue."
>This is very interesting. Do you have any documentation?
That Google search pops up all such documents on the site. The probate cases are imperfectly documented, but that's enough to chew on. There's even a petition to appoint a guardian ad litem, which was also denied (except that time they were correct to do so since the idea was to appoint a Scientology stooge as ad litem).
That Google search pops up all such documents on the site. The probate cases are imperfectly documented, but that's enough to chew on. There's even a petition to appoint a guardian ad litem, which was also denied (except that time they were correct to do so since the idea was to appoint a Scientology stooge as ad litem)." End quote
George Felos' Description of Terri is L. Ron Hubbard's Definition For Death!
George Felos has stated several times that Terri has "no consciousness":
"There's no evidence of cerebral activity. She's not brain dead but she has no consciousness, no awareness and she never will," Felos said.
(Schiavo: Nothing's Going to Stop Me)
His lawyer, George Felos, told Lauer this morning that twenty experts have examined Terri and agree there is "no consciousness, no thought."
(Terri's Tube Scheduled to be Removed at 2:00pm)
"There is no cognition, no consciousness," Felos told the Tampa Tribune.
(Media 'getting it wrong' on Schiavo story)
George Felos' repeated use of this particular buzzphrase is no accident. No consciousness means unconsciousness. Unconsciousness is Scientology's word for death!
L. Ron Hubbard said that complete unconsciousness is death:
Complete unconsciousness is death. Half unconsciousness is half death. A quarter unconsciousness is a quarter of death. And as one accumulates the pain attendant upon life and fails to accumulate the pleasures, one gradually loses his race with the gentleman with the scythe. And there ensues, at last, the physical incapacity for seeing, thinking and being, known as death.
(Death of Consciousness)
Michael Schiavo has done every illegal thing possible to deny Terri all the pleasures of life in order to try to cause her to lose the race with L. Ron Hubbard's depiction of a gentleman: death
Like Lisa McPherson, Terri Schindler Schiavo is a public victim of Scientology tech. Unlike Lisa, Terri is still alive. It is a fact that Scientology used Lisa's dehydration death — at their hands — to pave the way for them to openly break Florida laws in their quest to destroy Terri Schindler Schiavo as well as any "suppressive" who stands in their way.
After Scientology got away with killing Lisa McPherson, they knew they could use their well-deserved reputation for ruthless litigation tactics to pave the way for them to achieve the coveted "euthanasia by hearsay" precedent. They easily managed the opposition until too many people began to speak out on Terri's behalf for Scientology's comfort level. Their solution? Infiltrate and manage the "help terri" grassroots movement. "Helping Terri" is so tightly controlled that talking about the obvious Scientology connection is not allowed. It certainly is not allowed on the Terri Schiavo Free Republic forums. (I talk about it anyway.) One poster "slipped" and revealed that permission must be obtained before posting about the outcome of court hearings! I inquired about this, but so far, have been ignored.
Pamela Hennessey, spokeswoman for the Schindler family, will not permit me to join her private helpterri Yahoo group. My membership has been in a pending state since December, 2003. I assume that nobody on this list mentions anything that is not "allowed." Mentioning the blatantly altered pictures on terrisfight.org (including the "Scientology and the Number 8" article) is not "allowed" either. It is time to do what is not allowed—expose the Scientology tech that is being used against Terri Schindler Schiavo.
Scientology believes and behaves as though Terri has no rights. Evidence of this belief system in play: Terri Schindler Schiavo is not receiving her retained rights as a disabled adult as defined by the Florida statutes. Scientology, via their various agents, has violated Terri Schindler Schiavo's rights as an incapacitated person for over a decade. They calculated whether the Clearwater public was sufficiently afraid of them so they could work their "euthanasia by hearsay" agenda unopposed. They need fear in order to continue to act unopposed. Let us move against their illegal and immoral agenda in faith, not fear.
We must fear God and not man. To not fight this death agenda due to fear is to give in to it and permit it to affect our own lives in the same way it is affecting Terri's.
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe. Prov. 29:28
Gary and Lisa Ruby
See the url below for all the hyperlinked documentation.
Judge In Schiavo Case Failed To Legally Qualify For Office; Discharge Mandated
Is George Greer playing God?
Or is he playing judge?
Public records indicate he's no judge.
It appears that there is solid legal ground to move to vacate not only George Greer's latest decision of Oct. 22 but all decisions that he has made in the Terri Schiavo case.
Florida's Sixth Circuit Court judge George Greer has refused to order a new trial in the case of Terri Schiavo, instead violating the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Constitution and the separation of church and state.
And it appears he may be well aware of that constitutional violation as he has ordered that the feeding tube for the severely brain damaged woman remain in until at least Dec. 6 to allow attorneys for her parents to appeal his ruling.
Greer said in his decision that Terri Schiavo "has a right and she has had a right to have her constitutional rights implemented".
But then Greer has also ruled that her feeding tube be removed which would cause her death.
She has also has a right to have a judge making life and death decisions that has the legal authority and jurisdiction to do so.
It appears that George Greer does not.
In order to qualify for office, judicial candidates must take and file an oath of office before being elected.
According to public records and state statutes, George Greer did not legally qualify for his current term of office and has no legal authority to sit on the case or issue any decisions.
Florida law is explicit that any person who fails to take the required oath shall be immediately discharged, his name removed from the state payroll and not permitted to receive any compensation.
Greer can't claim that he is a "de facto" officer because he never had title to the office. His name shouldn't have even been on the ballot according to the records provided by Florida's Department of State.
Thus the question can be and should be legally raised if Greer has had jurisdiction in any of the adverse rulings affecting Terri Schiavo. Are all of his decisions null and void and should the entire matter be submitted for a new trial before a legally qualified judge?
According to rulings by the Attorney General's office, statutory and case law, Greer has never qualified for office to gain access to the ballot, failing to file the mandatory oath of office, therefore he was not legally elected.
And even though election officials improperly allowed him access to the ballot, he still failed to comply with the statute which requires him to file his oath of office within 30 days of the commencement of his term.
According to the Department of State, the last oath on file for George Greer is dated Aug. 7, 1998. Although the Division of Elections says that Greer qualified for office on May 3, 2004, to date they have not been able to produce a copy of his oath of office that was presumably filed in order to qualify. VIEW THE ONLY OATH OBTAINABLE-CLICK HERE [must have Acrobat Reader]
The copy of the 1998 oath that they have produced for Greer is not in the proper form as required by statute which automatically disqualified him from the 1998 election. By law, his name should not have been on the ballot and therefore, he allegedly illegally served a six-year term as a judge and unlawfully collected compensation for the position.
Isn't impersonating a judge a crime?
The oath signed by Greer on Aug. 7, 1998, and accepted by the Secretary of State's office states "I do solemnly swear that I will support, protect and defend the Constitution and Government of the United States and State of Florida, and that I am duly qualified to hold office under the Constitution of the State and that I will well and faithfully perform the duties of Judge of the Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial District, Group 18".
However, according to a 1996 opinion issued by Robert A. Butterworth, then Florida Attorney General, the form of the oath prescribed in Section 876.05 of Florida Statutes is mandatory and may not be altered unless the person required to take the oath is not a citizen.
That oath reads "I,…........a citizen of the State of Florida and of the United States of America, and being employed by or an officer of…………..and a recipient of public funds as such employee or officer, do hereby solemnly swear or affirm that I will support the Constitution of the State of Florida".
The Attorney General ruled that the statute is applicable to all employees and elected officers of the state, including judicial officers.
"The oath is a prerequisite to qualify for public office", the opinion states. "Any candidate who fails or requires to file the requisite oath will have failed to qualify as a candidate for public office and the name of such person shall not be printed on the ballot as a qualified candidate……..The provisions are mandatory and binding on all officers".
George Greer did not comply with the law, failed to file the proper oath, did not qualify for office, was not a qualified candidate and does not and has not legally held the title of judge of the Sixth Circuit Court.
Florida law states that if any person required to take the mandated oath fails to execute same, the governing authority under which such person is employed shall cause that person to be immediately discharged and his name removed from the payroll.
Any governing authority, or person under whom any employee is serving or by whom employed who shall knowingly or carelessly permit any such employee to continue in employment after failing to comply with the provisions the law is guilty of a second degree misdemeanor, punishable by up to 60 days in jail, removal from office and a fine of up to $500, Florida law says.
In the case of Greer, it appears that elections officials as well as the Secretary of State are responsible for carelessly accepting an improper oath of office and unlawfully allowing him access to the ballot. The persons responsible are subject to criminal penalties as provided by Florida statute and the Attorney General's office has the duty to enforce the state law.
And even if Greer had filed the proper loyalty oath in order to qualify for office and gain access to the ballot, he didn't properly take and file his oath of office after election.
In Florida, as in New York and other states, the law is very explicit. Chapter 114(h) states that "upon the failure of a person elected or appointed to office to qualify for office within 30 days from the commencement of the term of office , the office becomes vacant.
All judges in Florida have terms that begin on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January following the general election.
The Empire Journal has diligently searched for Greer's oath of office which by law he had to file within 30 days after the commencement of his term in order to qualify. No oath, no office.
Although Freedom of Information Law requests were sent to the court, the state's Department of Financial Services, the Secretary of State and the Division of Elections, not one of the offices could or would produce a copy of Greer's oath filed within the 30-day window period of the first Tuesday after the first Monday in January, 1999, the beginning of his six year term.
By operation of law, even if he could claim he had qualified for office, Greer automatically vacated his office on the 31st day of his term, approximately February 4, 1999, and has had no legal jurisdiction to act as judge since that time.
Has he qualified for this year's election?
In that Greer's six year term expires the first Monday of January, 2005, Greer would have had to qualify to be on the ballot between noon on May 3 and noon, May 7.
So far, the Division of Elections, Secretary of State's office has not produced any loyalty oath in the proper form allegedly filed by Greer on May 3, 2004.
According to the rules for the Sixth Circuit, oaths of office for the judges must be filed in either the Department of Financial Services or the court itself.
However, when The Empire Journal contacted the court office, the clerk didn't know what an oath of office was and suggested the court's public information officer be contacted.
The public information officer confirmed that Judge Greer's oath of office was not on file at the court and suggested that the newspaper contact the Secretary of State's office which had already been done. That office can produce only an oath dated Aug. 7, 1998.
Nor has the Department of Financial Services been able to produce a valid, timely oath of office for Greer. In the absence of a valid, current oath filed in either the court or the state comptroller's office, Greer has not complied with the law and therefore has vacated the office---that is had he legally held it to begin with.
There is certainly just and legal cause for Schiavo's parents to immediately move to vacate all decisions by Greer and to seek a new trial on jurisdictional grounds.
The issue of the oath is in black and white. The oath that Greer filed clearly is not in the form mandated by law. Therefore he did not qualify for office and should have been immediately discharged by the governing authority under which he was employed. In Greer's case, that authority is the Florida Supreme Court. By law, he wasn't entitled to receive any compensation thus it appears he should also be repaying Florida taxpayers the monies he's unlawfully collected the past six years.
And then there's the matter of what employee or employees allowed the improper oath to be filed and Greer to be placed on the ballot. Those individuals are subject to prosecution as provided by law.
Commissio...@hushmail.com (Lisa) wrote: "It looks like someone else
did some digging on Greer. It could very well be that he is not really a judge!"
Yes, George Greer has not qualified to be a judge for over six years.
Be sure and read the astounding expose' by The Empire Journal about the Clearwater "judge" who has been permitting Michael Schiavo to abuse, neglect and exploit his disabled wife for many years.
On November 18, 2004, I questioned the terrisfight.org webmaster/media representative (Pamela Hennessy) about the removal of numerous court documents from terrisfight.org. I received no response, and within a few hours Free Republic banned me and removed every post I have ever made to their forum--including my posts to the Scientology and Terri Schindler Schiavo, Is There a Connection? thread.
Read the posts from Nov. 17-18 that prompted the Free Republic moderator to ban me and remove all my writings about Scientology and Terri Schindler Schiavo.
Michael Schiavo--a man who has removed both of his parents' feeding tubes and seeks to do the same thing to his wife-- has a particular aversion to pro-life activists:
Michael Schiavo: But now they're being -- now they're being fed all this information from these right-to-life activists that's fueling their little flame. http://www.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0310/27/lkl.00.html
Michael's dismay over the activities of those who seek to protect his disabled wife's constituional right to equal protection under the law reminds me of L. Ron Hubbard's disgust over the fact that a decent society takes care of its own:
Society, the bulk of which is bent upon survival, fails or refuses to recognize death or the urge of organisms toward it. Society passes laws against murder and suicide. Society provides hospitals. Society carries such people [the disabled] on its back. And society will not hear of euthanasia or "mercy killing." (Self Analysis by L. Ron Hubbard; pg. 28)
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