St. Pete Times mentioned this little hurricane today.
Commission members also wanted to know how the prospective judges viewed Pasco-Pinellas Circuit Judge George Greer's handling of the Terri Schiavo case and whether they would be able to withstand similar heat from the national media. Greer ruled Schiavo would not want to be kept alive with a feeding tube and ordered it removed.
"He called a factual shot and then followed the law," said Jac k Helinger, a private attorney and former prosecutor in Pinellas. As a judge, "there will be long, hard nights. There will be difficult times. I accept that."
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Along with South Florida Democrats in Congress, he battled attempts by Washington to intervene in the Terri Schiavo end-of-life case.
"I have yet to meet one Floridian who says, `I've got a living will and at the end of my life it says please call some politician or Tom DeLay and ask him what to do,'" Davis said to loud applause from a predominantly senior crowd at the Kings Point Democratic Club in Tamarac.
Davis brings message of hope to Democrats weary of defeat
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It comes in handy that I worked in St. Pete at a medium sized law firm that was in the loop. Jack Helinger's record may have been expunged if he can now be a judge. Who's going to raise this issue?
JACK HELINGER was in a lot of trouble. (I think he's buds with State Atty Bernie McCabe going way back.)
BACKGROUND: Lots of Pinellas attorneys used to go to happy hour at Harvey's ion 4th St. in St. Pete. If you wanted to hear something, you'd hear it at Harvey's if you didn't hear it at the office first. (amazing we got any work done there was so much gossip!).
MARK SHAMES, a retired judge who first gave HINO permission to kill Terri (cheated on his wife before he became a Family Law judge.)