Thanks for the heads up, time to start going to Jacksonville council meetings….

Jacksonville checking in, we had the sign out this year despite living down two dirt roads with no trick or treaters. The sign is a way to endanger everyone in my house.

Has there ever been a case of a Registrant in Florida messing with kids in Halloween? Probably not.

The ruling did not cover public property, it covered public right-of-way areas.

You are right that the sheriff could not say “whatever he wants”. I also said “anything he wanted” in a different comment but I hope people would understand that doesn’t actually mean anything (e.g. couldn’t say “please kill person _____”, lol).

This criminal sheriff ran into trouble because he tried to put signs on private property and/or right-of-way. And prevent competing speech. Georgia law allows sheriffs to put signs on public property that would say something like “Person ________ that lives across the street here at address ______ is listed on the Georgia $EX Offender Registry.”

Anonymous might have been referring to the signs, such as what Bradford County posts in the yards of people who are designated predators, that would stay up all year long. I cannot believe that is constitutional.

Sheriff can’t put sign on public property saying whatever he wants. This is covered in the ruling.

As he attempted to do the signs, it was related to first amendment. And my point about that was that he was an idiot to try it like that. Especially the part about supposedly preventing Registered People from posting their own signs saying whatever they like.

So yeah, the case as it is has first amendment components. My point was that it would be easy to about that.

If the sheriff put signs on public property that said anything he wanted, then why don’t you tell me how that would be a first amendment issue? Thanks.

it is absolutely a First Amendment compelled speech case.

I don’t understand your comment. In Duval, JSO does Halloween checks, not FDLE. We are already required to post signs in our yard on Helloween.

Sorry, but that detective is an idiot. That would not be a problem with the signs. Does the detective actually think that anyone who cares about the Registries doesn’t consult them before buying a home? They do.

The funny thing is that about anyone who would look at Registries and care is probably about the worst neighbor ever to have. Those “people” are awful and I never want them near my family.

Dear Will, ifnyou think this case is not about a First.Amendment issue, then what is it about? The case specifically states: “the question is whether Sheriff Long’s plan runs afoul of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It does.” Please educate yourself and others. Thanks.