After I watched the FOX video I posted yesterday of State Senator Dave Aronberg speaking about the issue, I was pretty shocked. He said that sex offenders were only there at night."What??"Indeed that is true, this was in Newsweek:
At the Julia Tuttle camp, the sex offenders begin trickling in around dusk. It is a squalid and dreary place. The air is thick and stifling, reeking of human feces and of cat urine from all the strays that live there. Overhead, the bridge drones and trembles with six lanes of traffic.
So, let me get this straight. All day most of the sex offenders can run free (when kids are actually in the schools, libraries and parks) but must be under the bridge by nightfall, when kids are NOT in the schools, libraries and parks. This 2,500 foot law is only in effect while dark? Some law. This is what happens when you leave it to a lobbyist to fix a problem.
Aronberg's bill proposes more electronic monitoring so we know where sex offenders are at all times, 24 hour a day 300 feet restriction from parks, schools and libraries and a Statewide 1,500 feet living restriction.
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I thought the sex offenders had to be there all day. This is not good.
Why don't they have dumpsters?
the 10 pm to 6 am stated restriction is not in the county ordinance anywhere.
I thought the restriction was on where they could live.
Tap tap tap…CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? Tap tap tap… IS THIS THING ON???
In a conversation I had with Senator Aronberg a couple of years ago, I mentioned that just ONE of the reasons residency restrictions were insane was that it only restricted where registered sex offenders could lay their heads at night to sleep. How in the heck could this change a thing? How could keeping them ANY distance from a school, bus stop, park, or playground make a tinkers damn of difference at a time when all the kiddies are at home tucked into their own beds?
Unlike many other Politicians, Senator Aronberg listened. He not only listened, he ACTED. He has submitted a bill TWICE that would have helped solve this craziness. In his bill, he increased the state wide residency restriction (further know as RR) to 1500 ft. to satisfy Ron Book, (ok-so NOBODY is perfect) removed school bus stops from the long list of restricted places, (come on-school bus stops are EVERYWHERE) and put in NO LOITERING safety zones.
By gosh and by golly, THAT made sense (except for the 1500 ft). I guess that is why it did not pass. Guess which area of our State held the bill up from passing??? Yep you got it!
A realistic, well thought out, no loitering zone, and that means YOU TOO, Uncle Harry, would actually protect kids. But I am of the opinion that most of our politicians are not really interested in actually PROTECTING kids, they are interested in public hype and getting votes, not necessarily in that order.
I just don’t get it. How can so many bright and supposedly informed people allow themselves to be led by the nose by politicians that they KNOW lie thru their teeth and a Lobbyist who is PROUD of his bias and hatred?
There are advocates that have been working their butts off trying to educate the public on the facts about sex offenders and sex offense and these ineffective, “more harm than good” laws for years now. Few listen. Our voice is silenced by those with more power and influence who make for a better sound bite, or have more gravitas.
Charlie Crist RAN his gubernatorial race on the backs of sex offenders…and nothing else!!! Remember the Jessica’s Law governor’s race? I doubt one single Legislator read all 80 or more pages of that law…and obviously none thought about the unintended consequences much.
If we increase the State Law RR to 1500 ft. there are several areas that have residential programs for offenders who will have to close up shop. That would put about 250 former offenders out of a therapeutic environment and onto the street.
Let me pose a question to you. If residency restrictions do not work and actually cause more harm than good, then why, just to appease Ron Book and a public who has been kept purposely uninformed, do we sweepingly not only continue them, but increase them 500 ft.?
What possible help is that, except to make it 500ft harder to find a place to live?
ANON: The times that the former offender must be at their residences depends on the judge or the probation officer who sets up the restrictions. There are so many restrictions in place that it is almost impossible to live and not eventually break one of them.
Oh I could go on for hours. But perhaps I should save some soapboxing for the next article LOL
I am perfectly willing to speak before groups, give informational presentations, and give interviews, whatever to try to get the message across that we are passing laws that are supposed to protect our children and they cannot do it. We are withholding information that parents need to know to TRULY protect our children.
To Eye on Miami: Thank you so much for your blog. I love a blog that asks real questions, gives real information, and is not about censoring the responses. We need a couple thousand more like you guys in Florida
http://roarfortruth.blogspot.com/2009/08/open-letter-to-ron-book.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/miami-dade/story/1165167.html?mi_pluck_action=comment_submitted&qwxq=51026#Comments_Container
IF you read the earlier comments, I have to ask why these so called sex offender activists aren't encouraging these bridge offenders to relocate? Despite whether anyone likes Ron Book or not, At least he is NOW trying to find better living conditions for these offenders but they resist and why? We have been gripping for years about the unsanitary conditions under the bridge & begging the Homeless Trust to get involved. Now Ron steps up and these so called activists insult Book and encourage these offenders to stay put! It makes no sense. We are talking serious filthy conditions under this bridge and these offenders would rather live in filth? I smell a rat! These offenders are acting like bums who want to be given a free ride rather than getting out and getting a job to support themselves and survive. These activists are more concerned in getting the RSO residency laws abolished and if you read my last message with link info, you will read what their goals really are! We must have fair laws in place to protect the rights of the CHILDREN first and foremost. These offenders did not give a sh*t about these children before they were raped/abused but these activists are jumping up and down screaming about the sex offender' "rights" showing NO empathy for the victims whatsoever. These activists are using these bridge offenders as pawns re the ACLU lawsuit to overturn residency restrictions. They want ALL RSO laws abolished and that will protect children from future sexual abuse? Nope.
I was just wondering why you took my comment off the site?
I didn't remove anything...perhaps it is on one of the other posts.
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