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Weekly Update 2018-01-10 Dear Members and Advocates, As this year’s legislative session kicks into gear, there are many bills recently introduced that will be on our radar. Senator Lauren Book has just put out a bunch of proposed bills that will require attention. Among them are: SB 1214 – Creates a rebuttable presumption of dangerousness to a child if a parent
Read moreWeekly Update 2018-01-03 Dear Members and Advocates, Please Join us tomorrow night for our monthly member call and help us kick off 2018! The holidays are over, we are starting a new year and it’s time to roll up our sleeves and get back to work! In this call, our President, Gail Colletta, will be presenting our goals for the
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-28 Dear Members and Advocates, It’s a strange thing… If you pay someone for sex, it’s considered prostitution and that’s a crime. But, if you pay someone for sex AND videotape it – that’s pornography, which is legal and protected by the first amendment of the constitution! There’s a similar paradox when it comes to consensual sexting among
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-21 Dear Members and Advocates, This holiday season, our warmest wishes go out to you and your families. For those who are able to spend the holidays with your family, cherish them. For those who are separated from family as a consequence of the registry, who are forced into homelessness or who are currently incarcerated, you are not
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-12-13 Dear Members and Advocates, It was a disappointing day in the Miami-Dade County Legislature, as the Commissioners on the Public Safety Committe passed through a proposed amendment that would allow police to arrest homeless sex offenders without offering them shelter, as they would for any other homeless individual. While disappointing, it was not unexpected. As expected, lobbyist
Read moreSexual Harassment In The News Weekly Update 2017-12-07 Dear Members and Advocates, As the days pass, the list of politicians, news anchors and other notable individuals accused of sexual misdeeds keeps growing. From award winning actors, to the President of the United States, this year has seen a huge increase in the number of sexual assault allegations levied against influential
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-11-29 Dear Members and Advocates, One problem (of many) with registration requirements for Registered Citizens is that they are vague, confusing and subject to broad interpretation. Take, for example, the requirement to register a temporary address. Say you live in Tampa and you go to visit your relatives in Orlando for Christmas break. You plan to stay for
Read moreNews for Florida Sex Offenders Weekly Update 2017-11-23 Dear Members and Advocates, This week, as in years past, we struggle to find a positive message to share in light of the Thanksgiving Holiday. For many reading this message, it’s a struggle to find something to be thankful for. Thanksgiving is supposed to be more meaningful than turkey and football. It’s
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-11-18 Dear Members and Advocates, This weekly update comes a bit late in the week because we were anxiously waiting (and hoping) to have news to report from our Internet Identifier case, but unfortunately, we are still waiting for the Court to issue an order. From our perspective, it’s good that the Judge is putting a lot of
Read moreWeekly Update 2017-11-07 Dear Members and Advocates, The question of what to do with registrants legislated into homelessness is about to become more interesting. This morning, at the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners Meeting, the commissioners heard a first reading of a proposed amendment to an “overnight camping” ordinance that prohibits overnight camping on public property. Overnight camping on public
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