Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws
Florida Bill Targets Sex Offenders Renting Vacation Properties The Florida Action Committee will be circulating the following letter to all legislators in our State concerning the “Vacation Rental” bill that would impose ridiculous requirements on both registrants and owners of vacation rental properties. The bill is the result of “knee-jerk” legislation that is proposed without any planning or forethought. In
Read moreFlorida Bill Tries to Ban Sex Offenders from Vacation Rentals A new bill concerning vacation rentals, HB 773, sponsored by Rep. Mike La Rosa, R-St. Cloud, is making its way through the Florida House of Representatives. (https://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=768073.docx&DocumentType=Amendments&BillNumber=0773&Session=2018) The bill, among other things, would require vacation rental owners to give 24-hour notice to residents who live within 1,000 feet of the
Read moreUnintended Consequences for Florida Sexual Offenders Let’s set aside personal beliefs about the death penalty for any crime and focus solely on the conviction and punishment of Donald Smith. I am so pleased that Donald Smith is being punished for the horrible, sick things he did to Cherish Perrywinkle! I’m also so happy that he’s being punished for the horrible things
Read moreThe same concerning statistic came up in two stories this week. The statistic is that Florida ranked 51st out of 52 jurisdictions in the US for total state mental health spending — behind 49 states and Washington, D.C. (the only jurisdiction that spent less, per capita, is Puerto Rico). The two stories were the Parkland massacre and the sentencing of
Read moreThe Florida House of Representatives was in session on Tuesday considering several issues. These included a motion to debate a bill banning the sale of assault weapons in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 17 people last week at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., and a resolution declaring pornography a public health risk. The House chose not
Read moreTwo weeks ago we told you about Florida’s Sunshine Law, which provides (or is supposed to provide) open access to public meetings. Last week, in the 2nd District Court of Appeals, the Court decided The City of St. Petersburg v. Wright, which invalidated at St Petersburg City ordinance because the commission’s consideration and discussion of the ordinance was done in
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