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September 19, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 19, 2013. A Warning to State Legislators About Residency Restrictions A current search of the FDLE sex offender database shows 90 registrants living transient at the corner of NW 71st Street and 36th Court, in Miami. They are not there by choice; they sleep outdoors along the railroad tracks

September 11, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 11, 2013. Using Parks to Zone out Sex Offenders is a Bad Idea Florida Action Committee President, Gail Colletta, appeared on Orlando’s Fox 35 News yesterday to discuss communities installing pocket parks for the specific purpose of zoning out registered sex offenders. The interview can be found here: Group

September 3, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— September 3, 2013. Zoning out Sex Offenders A community in Daytona installed a pocket park for the express purpose of exiling RSOs. (see: http://www.news-journalonline.com/article/20130826/NEWS/130829582/-1/OPINION?tc=a) The article states, “The playground was strategically placed to cover an open zone where sex offenders could have moved into the community off LPGA Boulevard. The playground

August 23, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— August 23, 2013. Miami Sex Offender Encampment Grows to 80 Transient There are over 80 registered sex offenders currently registered as transient, living within feet of the railroad tracks at NW 71st Street and 36th Court in Miami. The Florida Action Committee sent a letter to the head of the

August 23, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— August 23, 2013. Advocating Violence against Sex Offenders Yesterday, a Texas couple was charged with beating a man. Their reason? As Action 4 News reported, “[b]oth of them told police that they did it because the man was a sex offender.” Today a man was sentenced to life in prison

August 20, 2013 Contact: Gail Colletta 561.305.4959 Lake Monroe, FL— August 20, 2013. Fixing the Broken Civil Commitment System in Florida “Sex Predators Unleashed” was the headline on the cover of Sunday’s Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel. The attention-grabbing story highlighted several instances where Florida’s civil commitment program had failed victims by not keeping those considered for civil commitment locked up. The