Member Submission: Don’t allow yourself to be shut out of public meetings. The Law Allows All Citizens The Right To Be Present

August 25 2020   County Commissioners are not permitted to ban any citizen of Florida from all open meeting when the General Public is notified of Govt issues , and business .  Sunshine Laws of Florida  Controlling Force . Offenders have the right to be present during any and all hearings in reference to any discussion of enacting ordinance  design .

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LABELED FOR LIFE: A Review of Youth Sex Offender Registration Laws

Over 200,000 individuals are on sex offender registries for offenses committed when they were children. Registration can be life-long and can be imposed without any inquiry into the child’s individual circumstances or progress in treatment. Some states require community notification in addition to registration and reporting requirements. Many young people face registration as a consequence of developmentally normal behavior, including

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FAC Initiates Complaint Against Brevard Commissioners to Florida Attorney General

After our three letters to Brevard County Commissioners and numerous letters from members went ignored, FAC has now written to Florida’s Attorney General requesting she enforce Florida’s Governing in the Sunshine Law against the Commissioners of Brevard County. The Commissioners were clearly put on notice that they cannot exclude members of the public from their County Commission meetings at which

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Wellington, FL council looking to pass new rules for vacation rentals and those on the registry.

Wellington, Florida is considering creating a rule that would require vacation rental owners to check to see if potential renters are on the sex offender registry. The meeting is scheduled for tomorrow and will be held by Zoom. The Responsible Party for all Vacation Rental properties is required to conduct a nationwide search to confirm that the prospective Transient Occupant(s)

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