Comments on: NY: Poll: Should ‘high risk’ sex offenders be allowed to work for the Department of Public Works? https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/ Reforming Florida’s Sex Offender Registry Laws Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:55:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Sasha https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-75396 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 14:55:11 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-75396 I believe anyone who can show progress should be able to apply for any of the positions whether local or state or federal. We have people in higher authority who were convicted, are going to be convicted, or are being investigated, and they are allowed in very high positions of authority. Meanwhile, the regular person we’ll get out of jail, and try to rehab himself and does progress is denied employment.
It’s a shame that this is Carson reoffended. There’s another person in another area who’s on the registry, however, I believe he was on Parole and the town did not like that. Here’s a guy who is not only on the registry, but was being supervised, and they still were in an uproar about that.

]]> By: CherokeeJack https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74872 Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:41:25 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74872 In reply to DVC.

DVC

If what you are saying is true, I agree. If you have re-offended (not a registry violation but a new sex crime) then I have no sympathy for that person. One mistake is bad but repeating that mistake makes us all look bad. That is why some law makers state we will never change. (Throwing us all in the same egg basket)

]]> By: DVC https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74848 Wed, 08 Jul 2026 15:50:12 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74848 If I am reading this right he was already arrested once for a sex crime(s), and then was hired, and then committed more sex crimes and was arrested again, so this would not be a second chance at redemption, but a third.
The man is showing a pattern.
I believe in second chances of course, but in a case like this I would not want HIM to be hired to a position like this again, because this kind of repetitive criminal activity is what makes us all look bad and exactly what some people and some lawmakers are looking for to push further for harsher laws against us.

]]> By: Cookie https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74834 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 23:45:03 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74834 In reply to FAC-3.

If a janitorial job is at a school and it is done after students are no longer present at school I don’t think it would be a problem.

]]> By: mbgodofwar https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74832 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 22:04:51 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74832 In reply to Cookie.

Agreed. In a sick irony, the state thought PFRs should be released from prison/sentencing, yet not worthy of employment. I get that PFRs aren’t trusted in all positions, but alienating them doesn’t help. More public-facing positions make PFRs more accountable, not less.

]]> By: FAC-3 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74829 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 20:10:12 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74829 In reply to CherokeeJack.

I don’t think anyone is arguing against common sense. We’re arguing against categorical restrictions. It would be poor judgment to take a job as a school janitor, but a categorical exclusion that prevents someone from working as a janitor anyplace makes no sense.

]]> By: CherokeeJack https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74826 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 18:37:31 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74826 It depends. Even though I am never going to offend again, a job like a school janitor would not be a good fit for me as everyone would be giving you that look like “At any moment I am going to pounce”. Even though I graduated college, after getting arrested, I took jobs like warehouse and labor intense jobs where you are not around the public, just other workers.

]]> By: Ryan Anderson https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74823 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:40:01 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74823 In reply to FAC-3.

The votes look bad already many say no

]]> By: FAC-3 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74822 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:39:02 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74822 In reply to J.

Please register your vote on the source.

]]> By: J https://floridaactioncommittee.org/ny-poll-should-high-risk-sex-offenders-be-allowed-to-work-for-the-department-of-public-works/comment-page-1/#comment-74820 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 16:06:31 +0000 https://floridaactioncommittee.org/?p=27626#comment-74820 Absolutely.

No human being should be denied his/her inalienable rights to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
The right to work should be covered in the definition of these rights, much like the right to travel, to breathe, and to be secure.

I still dont understand how the word “inalienable” has been so misinterpreted by the legal system.

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