Florida Action Committee (FAC)

The following was submitted by a member in Jacksonville. We strongly suggest the members there (in Duval County) get together, organize a plan to challenge some of the ordinances unique to your county. Between the following and the Halloween ordinance, you should be mobilizing. ____________________ Here is a story for you that I hope you guys can get attention drawn

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) – State Senator Greg Steube (R-Sarasota) has introduced legislation that would require landlords to disclose when they’ve run background checks on their employees, Mike Vasilinda of Capitol News Service reports. Under the proposal, known as the “Tenant Notification Act,” renters would be notified in writing whether the landlord has screened anyone with access to the premises. The

Teenagers sext. That’s generally what research has determined – it happens, it’s not uncommon. One study found more than half of its respondents sent explicit messages while under 18 years old; and 28 percent included a photo. But a Minnesota 14-year-old who Snapped an explicit selfie to a boy at her school could be forced to register as a sex offender because

A judge has struck down an ordinance in Rutland that limited where convicted sex offenders can live in the community. “The case hinges on the question whether the City of Rutland has the power to declare people nuisances,” Rutland Superior Court Judge Samuel Hoar wrote recently in the strongly worded 13-page ruling. “It does not.” The ordinance, which the city’s

This week’s tragedy in Washington, when an Amtrak train derailed killing several passengers, could have stood alone as “big news” for the NY Daily News. So why did the news outlet need to run as story titled, “Third man killed in Washington state Amtrak derailment was convicted for child pornography.” Were they trying to suggest that the deaths were not

A former Oregon Christian school teacher was arrested after being accused of having an affair with a 15-year-old student that lasted for more than a year, authorities said Monday. Andrea Nicole Baber, 29, was arrested at her home in Cottage Grove on Friday, the Register-Guard reported. The arrest came days after Baber’s husband allegedly walked in on her and the