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	Comments on: Martin County, FL passes new ordinance to separate sex offenders from others in emergency shelters	</title>
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		By: J Vail		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J Vail]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2025 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I can understand the Halloween restrictions.  It&#039;s the Christmas no decorating that doesn&#039;t make any sense at all. Thank you, Jerry]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I can understand the Halloween restrictions.  It&#8217;s the Christmas no decorating that doesn&#8217;t make any sense at all. Thank you, Jerry</p>
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		By: Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68437</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Derek W. Logue of OnceFallen.com]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 11:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411&quot;&gt;Grown folks talking here&lt;/a&gt;.

You didn&#039;t specify who H county. 

Hernando County has a Halloween ordinance in Ch. 21, Art. XIV; Ord. No. 2023-03, so if that&#039;s your county, yes there is county ordinance. 

Hardee and Hamilton Counties don&#039;t have their ordinances online. I can&#039;t verify they have or don&#039;t have such an ordinance without seeing the ordinances. 

Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, and Holmes Counties do not have any Halloween/holiday ordinances barring any very recent passages of such an ordinance. I looked to see if I could find any new ordinances passed since March and found nothing.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411">Grown folks talking here</a>.</p>
<p>You didn&#8217;t specify who H county. </p>
<p>Hernando County has a Halloween ordinance in Ch. 21, Art. XIV; Ord. No. 2023-03, so if that&#8217;s your county, yes there is county ordinance. </p>
<p>Hardee and Hamilton Counties don&#8217;t have their ordinances online. I can&#8217;t verify they have or don&#8217;t have such an ordinance without seeing the ordinances. </p>
<p>Hendry, Highlands, Hillsborough, and Holmes Counties do not have any Halloween/holiday ordinances barring any very recent passages of such an ordinance. I looked to see if I could find any new ordinances passed since March and found nothing.</p>
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		By: No end		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68415</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[No end]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 00:35:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68412&quot;&gt;CherokeeJack&lt;/a&gt;.

In my county we can decorate as long as your not on probation. Okaloosa county if anyone is wondering.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68412">CherokeeJack</a>.</p>
<p>In my county we can decorate as long as your not on probation. Okaloosa county if anyone is wondering.</p>
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		By: I’mjusttryingtomakesense		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68413</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[I’mjusttryingtomakesense]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411&quot;&gt;Grown folks talking here&lt;/a&gt;.

Hand them a copy of Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline School of law.  Published March 2025.     12 pages long.   Make multiple copies.  Hand out to them and neighbors who are willing to read.  
It’s a great piece of law literature.   
I feel your frustration.    We earned our right to a reformed life many years ago.  Some of us were once completely removed from registry many years ago un another state.   The LE people are performing a corporate structure of orders for receipt of funds and grants.    The rest is their own personal rhetoric that has no place in law enforcement.   Threats of returning and abuse of power.   Essentially just trashy harassment behavior.    
Remember not all humans have cognitive skills.  A lot of people still depend on repetition and following orders.    Law enforcement people need a paycheck to go to the grocery store and provide for their families.   
I pray your anxiety goes down and righteous sanity emerges.   
Have a good day.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411">Grown folks talking here</a>.</p>
<p>Hand them a copy of Sex Offense Litigation and Policy Resource Center at Mitchell Hamline School of law.  Published March 2025.     12 pages long.   Make multiple copies.  Hand out to them and neighbors who are willing to read.<br />
It’s a great piece of law literature.<br />
I feel your frustration.    We earned our right to a reformed life many years ago.  Some of us were once completely removed from registry many years ago un another state.   The LE people are performing a corporate structure of orders for receipt of funds and grants.    The rest is their own personal rhetoric that has no place in law enforcement.   Threats of returning and abuse of power.   Essentially just trashy harassment behavior.<br />
Remember not all humans have cognitive skills.  A lot of people still depend on repetition and following orders.    Law enforcement people need a paycheck to go to the grocery store and provide for their families.<br />
I pray your anxiety goes down and righteous sanity emerges.<br />
Have a good day.</p>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68412</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:20:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In reply to &lt;a href=&quot;https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411&quot;&gt;Grown folks talking here&lt;/a&gt;.

I thought last year (Or maybe the year before) FAC and the supporters got the Halloween ban overturned? Perhaps it was just for one particular county? Be a shame to have to do that individually with all 67 counties in Florida.

For now, be careful as you do not want to get arrested. Hosting Halloween is not worth going to Jail for until the legality gets set in stone. I would go to jail for my family and for my spiritual beliefs, other than that, I am not crossing the invisible line. Awaiting them to say we cannot attend church because there are kids there.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In reply to <a href="https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411">Grown folks talking here</a>.</p>
<p>I thought last year (Or maybe the year before) FAC and the supporters got the Halloween ban overturned? Perhaps it was just for one particular county? Be a shame to have to do that individually with all 67 counties in Florida.</p>
<p>For now, be careful as you do not want to get arrested. Hosting Halloween is not worth going to Jail for until the legality gets set in stone. I would go to jail for my family and for my spiritual beliefs, other than that, I am not crossing the invisible line. Awaiting them to say we cannot attend church because there are kids there.</p>
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		By: Grown folks talking here		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68411</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Grown folks talking here]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2025 23:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[HCSO have been to my house twice in 45 days. Now there telling me its a violation to decorate for Halloween. Iv never heard that. I haven&#039;t been on probation for 30 years. I asked him for the statutes be he couldn&#039;t provide them. But assured me he would be back to chek near Halloween. I dont know what to do anymore. Its a crime to just exist as a PFR.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>HCSO have been to my house twice in 45 days. Now there telling me its a violation to decorate for Halloween. Iv never heard that. I haven&#8217;t been on probation for 30 years. I asked him for the statutes be he couldn&#8217;t provide them. But assured me he would be back to chek near Halloween. I dont know what to do anymore. Its a crime to just exist as a PFR.</p>
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		By: Rabi		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-2/#comment-68393</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Rabi]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2025 00:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[stay in my home my son who has a mental disability I will never leave him. Another example of the punishment that is inflicted onto people who served their time.  Everyone deserves a second chance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>stay in my home my son who has a mental disability I will never leave him. Another example of the punishment that is inflicted onto people who served their time.  Everyone deserves a second chance.</p>
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		By: Tired		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-1/#comment-68392</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tired]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 23:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Not realy I had to go to the polk county jail during a hurricane. The land lord where i lived told us we had to leave the house during the storm ( she was an ex PO. ) And still worked closely with them  anyway we were allowed to stay in our own clothes the doors were kept open so we could come and go as we wished we were allowed to keep our cell phones the only things we were not allowed were weapons and tobacco.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not realy I had to go to the polk county jail during a hurricane. The land lord where i lived told us we had to leave the house during the storm ( she was an ex PO. ) And still worked closely with them  anyway we were allowed to stay in our own clothes the doors were kept open so we could come and go as we wished we were allowed to keep our cell phones the only things we were not allowed were weapons and tobacco.</p>
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		By: TS		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-1/#comment-68388</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[TS]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:56:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Someone needs to inspect these places to see what they consist of and the rules of engagement related to them, e.g., food, beverage, sleeping arrangements, safety, relief services, entertainment, coming and going as one pleased, etc.  This is a lot of money possibly dedicated to a separate facility. 

I believe the separation of PFRs is illegal and could be challenged where an injunction put into place would stop the madness to start.  The tiering and registration of folks is not indication of potential harm that could happen in such a place.  The state&#039;s continued implementation of &quot;separate but equal&quot;, but for PFRs, is a shame and reflects poorly on them.  Heck, in October 2018, a man was arrested in Okaloosa County for molesting a child at a school being used as a hurricane shelter during Hurricane Michael...just saying.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Someone needs to inspect these places to see what they consist of and the rules of engagement related to them, e.g., food, beverage, sleeping arrangements, safety, relief services, entertainment, coming and going as one pleased, etc.  This is a lot of money possibly dedicated to a separate facility. </p>
<p>I believe the separation of PFRs is illegal and could be challenged where an injunction put into place would stop the madness to start.  The tiering and registration of folks is not indication of potential harm that could happen in such a place.  The state&#8217;s continued implementation of &#8220;separate but equal&#8221;, but for PFRs, is a shame and reflects poorly on them.  Heck, in October 2018, a man was arrested in Okaloosa County for molesting a child at a school being used as a hurricane shelter during Hurricane Michael&#8230;just saying.</p>
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		By: CherokeeJack		</title>
		<link>https://floridaactioncommittee.org/martin-county-fl-passes-new-ordinance-to-separate-sex-offenders-from-others-in-emergency-shelters/comment-page-1/#comment-68381</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[CherokeeJack]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The county I live in, if you have to go to a shelter and you are on the registry, you have two choices. Stay at your home and ride out the storm or check yourself into the county jail until the crisis is over.

Personally, I would rather die in my own home than spend even one more night in the county jail. Not because I am scared of jail, I just do not want those memories of lock up back in my head.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The county I live in, if you have to go to a shelter and you are on the registry, you have two choices. Stay at your home and ride out the storm or check yourself into the county jail until the crisis is over.</p>
<p>Personally, I would rather die in my own home than spend even one more night in the county jail. Not because I am scared of jail, I just do not want those memories of lock up back in my head.</p>
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