Florida?

Carlie Brucia, 11 years old.
Jessica Lunsford, 9 years old.
Sarah Lunde, 13 years old.

That is three young girls kidnapped and murdered, in just over a year, all from Florida, and there may be more that I have missed. This also is not including those from other states. But at the moment, I am more concerned about Florida.

Not only am I concerned about the fact that these young girls' lives have been taken, that at least two were raped, also, and one buried alive.... but that the three relatives that did not turn in one of the murderers were let go rather than prosecuted for obstructing justice. Add to that the possibility that HAD they turned in Couey, Jessica Lunsford MIGHT have been found and spared that horrendous death, and I find it inexcusable that the three were not able to be prosecuted, but instead, were released!!!!

And then there are the problems in the Child Protection area of the State... the missing children and those who have died while in foster care, as well as the lack of protection provided for a disabled woman (Terri Schindler Schiavo), and I am very glad that I am not living in Florida.

Furthermore, I do NOT intend to retire there when I am eligible to retire, as I believe that the elderly there will also have no protection. OH, and if you think that a 'living will' can GIVE you that protection... witness the case of
Mae Magourik of LaGrange, GA, who HAS a living will specifying that food and water should NOT be stopped ....

...............The dehydration is being done in defiance of Magouirk's specific wishes, which she set down in a "living will," and without agreement of her closest living next-of-kin, two siblings and a nephew: A. Byron McLeod, 64, of Anniston, Ga.; Ruth Mullinax, 74, of Birmingham, Ala.; and Ruth Mullinax's son, Ken Mullinax...........

See the article for the rest of the story. Her granddaughter did not even have permission to MAKE this decision for her. The POA she had was only for finances, not for medical decisions. And Mae's 'disabilities' ?

Glaucoma, and a non-life-threatening heart condition that had just been diagonosed...and her age.