When news is slow… run a "sex offender" story

Orland Based WFTV (Channel 9) just LOVES to run sex offender stories. We continuously scan the Florida News sites for any relevant news on sex offender issues to share with our membership and aside from South Florida’s Channel 10 (WPLG), WFTV is probably second in line for running shameless, pointless stories on registered citizens. Today, they air a story, titled,

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TX: Area towns among dozens threatened with sex offender ordinance suits

Three area towns are among 46 small Texas cities facing the threat of a lawsuit from a criminal justice advocacy group for the way they regulate where sex offenders can live. Texas Voices for Reason and Justice includes Whitney, Hubbard and West in its legal challenge of local ordinances. The group is asking each city to repeal ordinances restricting where

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UPDATE: IML Set for Concurrence Vote Tuesday, 26th We Must Act Now!

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONFIRMS IT WILL CANCEL VOTES UNTIL MONDAY, FEB. 1, DUE TO WINTER STORM IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AREA | Agricultural Commodities | Reuters     ACTION ALERT! Contact YOUR national HOUSE representatives TODAY via email, and then CALL their office again on Monday. Here is a link to locate YOUR representative:  http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/ Be sure to identify yourself

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Pasco asks court to dismiss sex predator’s lawsuit over residency

NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco officials are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit that maintains the county’s residency restrictions for registered sexual predators are unconstitutional. Tampa attorney Patrick Leduc filed the lawsuit against Pasco County in October. It asserts that the county’s sexual predator ordinance, passed by the county commission in April, makes it impossible for registered sexual predators to live

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Member Submission: My Voice: Sex registry ‘does more harm than good’

In response to the article, “Lawmakers, advocates say practice of placing juveniles on sex offender registry should be reviewed,” printed in the Dec. 28 Argus Leader. As citizens, we must be aware of what is going on in our Legislature. Prison is “big business;” educate yourself as to what is really happening in our society before you demand to know

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