Florida Action Committee (FAC)

TALLAHASSEE Should Ron Book, the mega lobbyist and lawyer who represented the sexual harassment victim whose testimony led to the resignation of Sen. Jack Latvala, be banned from lobbying the Legislature? [FAC COMMENT: YES, YES, YES!!! PLEASE END THIS CORRUPTION] That was the effect of the amendment before the House Public Integrity and Ethics Committee Thursday on a bill that

The opinion in People v. Tetter, which came out a couple days ago, is another great decision to add to our growing list of cases where courts have found the registry to be “punishment” and conditions of the registry have crossed the line into irrational. Kyle Tetter was 21 when he met a girl on an online social media app.

Florida is one of only four states which permanently disenfranchise felons. It is estimated that 1.5 Million Floridians have been stripped of their right to vote and one in five African Americans in the state can’t vote. The process to get voting rights restored is arbitrary, prolonged, unfair, subject to the whim of the Governor and his partisan cronies and

The attorney who successfully sued to keep a 15-year-old boy’s name off the state’s sex offender registry now is seeking to file a class-action lawsuit for those who the Nebraska State Patrol did list. Attorney Joshua Weir said it ruined the lives of the seven — listed only as Johnny Doe I through VII — and dozens of others. “It’s

Actor Mark Salling committed suicide yesterday while awaiting sentencing for a child pornography conviction. The former “Glee” cast member had hung himself. He was facing 4-7 years in prison. Nothing good comes from this entire tragic chain of events. Not for the victims of child sexual abuse and not for the family, fans or friends of Mark Salling. It’s important