Author: FAC Contributor #6

Weekly Update #41 Dear Members and Advocates, The Jeffrey Epstein saga raises a concern about plea deals. According to last week’s Order from his bond hearing, “[F]rom at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005” Epstein did some very bad things. “In the fall of 2007, [he] entered into a non-prosecution agreement”

Weekly Update #40 Dear Members and Advocates, The message of this week’s update is “Support”.  Whether you are seeking support, offer support, or have knowledge of support resources, we need to hear from you.  Please submit a referral using the new “Add a Resource” form on the Resources page at https://floridaactioncommittee.org/resource-referral-submission/. With the help of our County Coordinators, the FAC

Weekly Update #39 Dear Members and Advocates, There’s nothing like waking up to an amazing article debunking the myths surrounding our population. This morning, as we scanned the headlines, we came across this freshly posted article in the Huffington Post by Journalist Michael Hobbes, who certainly did his research, spoke with the experts and took a very brave position in

  Weekly Update #37 Dear Members and Advocates, To stay on top of current events impacting our advocacy work, we set up filters that scan the search engines for keywords relevant to our cause. Among the keywords are the ones you would expect, including “Sex offender and Florida”. This week, as you might imagine, our inbox was filled with headlines

Weekly Update #36 Dear Members and Advocates, On June 12th the cluster of homeless persons required to register was forced to move again. This is the same group that has been shuffled from under the Julia Tuttle Causeway, then kicked out of Shorecrest, then kicked out of the encampment on 27th Avenue, then kicked out from the Railroad Tracks, now

Weekly Update #34 Dear Members and Advocates, The decision came down from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) in Gundy v. United States and the Court decided to affirm the lower court’s decision. We already posted an analysis on what this means to for us here in Florida (see: https://floridaactioncommittee.org/gundy-what-does-it-mean-for-us/ – and for those who don’t have time