Author: FAC Contributor #3

After writing an opinion piece in the Tallahassee Democrat about City Walk Urban Mission, several of our members contact the writer, Barney Bishop, to object to a statement he made in his article. The article was about the City Walk homeless shelter and whether it had obtained the proper permitting. Instead of focusing on the issue, Barney Bishop, in an

In an article on South Florida’s CBS4 News on vaccinating the homeless, Miami-Dade Homeless Trust Chair Ron Book made an interesting statement. “The average homeless person lives 13 to 17 fewer years than either you or I will live,” he said. 17 years is a lot of years. That’s more than 20% of the average lifespan in the US. It

Nearly 20% of the people in the United States serving a Life sentence without the possibility of parole are in Florida. Considering Florida has only 6.47% of the US population, that number is HUGELY disproportionate. 11% of those incarcerated in a Florida Prison are there for Life without Parole. These statistics comes from a report titled, “No End In Sight”

And a GOOD piece: I was disappointed to see the comments from my neighbors and city officials reacting to the new City Walk shelter on Mahan Drive. As a resident of the nearby Old Town Neighborhood, I want to welcome Renee Miller and the City Walk shelter to the neighborhood. Renee saw a need to help Tallahassee’s unhoused community during

The following news report on “Female Sex Offenders” makes some valid points, specifically that it’s not all about stranger danger and that perpetrators are not the stereotypical “sex offender boogeyman”

The Tallahassee Democrat posted an opinion piece on City Walk Ministries, criticizing it for the work they do to help the homeless INCLUDING people required to register. Among the very offensive statements from the writer, Barney Bishop, is that “women and children have every right to fear for their safety.” Come on, Mr. Bishop! As CEO of the “Florida Smart

City Walk opened as a “Cold Night Shelter” in late November. Where the City and City Walk disagree is on the definition of a “cold night.” Our local government says it’s not a cold night until it is ‘35 degrees or below for three or more consecutive hours.’ So if it is 36 degrees and raining our local government says

Contained in the Criminal Justice Meeting Packet was a one-pager from FDLE with their recommended amendments to the registry. Their suggestions included allowing registration of vehicle changes and addresses online through the Cyber Communication Portal. SB234 does incorporate the vehicles, but not the addresses. Allowing address changes to be made online makes sense because (1) it would not require a

For those who didn’t watch the Senate Judiciary Meeting today, SB234 made it through. Senator Book gave her pitch, never mentioning the change in definition to “part of a day” and NOBODY showed up to oppose it. The next stop is the Senate Rules Committee and we NEED, NEED, NEED people to show up to speak out in opposition. We

It’s one of the more mind boggling convictions we see. People being convicted of “distribution” of child pornography, even though they never actively sent it, knew it was being transmitted or communicating with the recipient. It happens through the use of “peer-to-peer” software, which essentially shares folders on your computer with others on the world wide web. This peer-to-peer software