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.

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Here is a story for you that I hope you guys can get attention drawn to. It actually involves me and my roommates here in Jacksonville.

We live in a ministry house that has been in operation at the same address for almost 5 years now. This address was approved for all of us who are RSOs living there by our classification officers, probation officers, and even Jax Sherrifs office. I have been living there for 3 years now. And our landlord is one of the few people that actually have a heart and want to help RSOs.

I went for my 6 month registration on 12/14 and had no problems whatsoever. We had two new guys move in over the weekend and one of them went to register and was told that they could not live at that address because it was too close to a park and that he had until Jan 1 to move somewhere else! And then that flagged the sheriff’s office to contact every RSO that was living at our house and they told us that we were all in violation of the 1000 ft ordinance from a park and we had until Jan 1 to move out or be subject to arrest!!

Mind you this “park” is nothing more than a picnic table under an open gazebo that hosts more drug deals and tricks than it does kids playing. There isn’t even any playground equipment!! It’s just a “park” in name. It doesn’t even register on Google maps. And why then, did DOC, probation, and even Jax Sheriff’s Office approve all of us living there for several years now, and just now it’s suddenly a problem?

When we asked the detective that, they told us it got raised because someone called and made a complaint and they investigated it. Again, mind you, there hasn’t been any issue with any of us at this house in the entire 3 years that I’ve been there. Only one person got violated because he failed a drug test and got a DUI. Other than that, we all work several jobs and do what we can to survive. We follow all the rules and yet we still get screwed–and right here at Christmas!

So, my landlord and all of us at the house have retained a lawyer and are fighting this. But it’s just another example of how these idiots can just do what they want and make their own decisions and judgments based on something as simple as a phone call. And how in the world do they expect any of us to find a place to live in 10 days at the peak of the Christmas and New Year season?? Bah humbug everyone! **Please feel free to share this on the website and with anyone else that you want.

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