Florida Action Committee (FAC)

We’ve sat through numerous Florida House of Representative and Florida Senate Committee meetings this past legislative session and what we kept hearing over, and over again from lawmakers is “we need to protect the children!” It’s a pledge that’s usually delivered in almost theatrical fashion, with the insistence that it must be done at all costs, no matter the consequences

The business of fear doesn’t wear a uniform. It wears a logo, a software interface, a quarterly earnings report, and in states like Florida, it has matured into a fully integrated industry worth billions. A news report that came out today, “Mastery of sex offender registry attracts major investment in Mandeville small business” talks about a Louisiana-based “small business”, Watch

The sex offender registry is supposed to keep kids safe, right? That’s the idea. In reality, across the United States the registry has grown into a massive database with nearly a million names, photos, vehicle descriptions, and an ever-growing list of details the public is expected to somehow sift through and memorize in the name of “safety.” On top of