Author: FAC Contributor #3

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

Legislation making its way through the House would prevent parents registered as a sex offender or predator from being granted time-sharing with their child. The legislation is sponsored by Daytona Beach Republican Representative Thomas Leek.“I believe that if you are a convicted sexual predator or a sexual offender of a minor while you are an adult the presumption should be