The reaction following the discovery that a person required to register as a sex offender was a long-time employee of the Pride Center in Wilton Manors (a suburb of Ft. Lauderdale, FL), has gone from overboard to absurd.
City Commissioner Julie Carson now wants to tie the issuance of a business license, to the requirement that background checks be done on employees.
According to this article in South Florida Gay News, Commissioner Carson said, “a number of people have spoken to me on how we can ensure our children are protected in Wilton Manors. The only way I have determined that we might be able to do it … is to tie the issuance of a business license or business tax receipt to background checks of employees and volunteers,”
The comment shows how misguided the Commissioner is. The overwhelming majority of sex offenses are committed by someone NOT on the sex offender registry. If she determined “the only way” to protect children is to screen for people required to register, she’s either extremely ignorant or is clueless about public safety.
If anyone would like to write a respectful email to Commissioner Carson with your thoughts on this issue, she can be reached at [email protected].
This one touches me, because I had something like this happen to me. After Prison, I became involved with a Church and after a time, I was ordained as a Pastor. I became involved with several Nursing Homes and Retirement outfits and started up a Bible Study at first, then the people talked to me about having a Sunday Service for them. At first I got other Pastors to do this Service, but it became too much of a load for them. I talked with my Pastor about this and we decided I would take over this service. Things went well for a long time and the residents really liked the service4 and the singing and preaching I did,
. Well I never hid the fact that I had be4en in Prison, but not the charges, and I used examples of things that happened to me to me while in Prison. Well one of the Staff searched the Internet and came up with my charges, and they barred me from coming there anymore. It hurt me and I know the people that attended the Services were disappointed because I no longer came there and I was unable to explain why I was barred. So when these Legislators say this Sex Registry is not punitive, they are sadly informed. I will probably be in my grave before they rectify their errors.
To further expound on the comments I made below. I lived in Wilton Manors for 2 years, under the Sex-Pred Status. The neighbors didnt care about me or my status. So it just shows you how corrupt a town can get.
I would like to see if Commissioner Carson is in cahoots with Ron & Lauren Book. (seeing WM votes mostly Democrat)
Don’t worry about him/She cause they both soon be on this register topic for sure the clock is ticking very slowly but far sure we will hear 👂🏿 about them they think 🤔 that’s they really are Machines are not humans in their own little self humans mine this topic won’t happen to them
Wilton Manors is the town just south of where I live. They call themselves “The Island City” as the only access to this town is over a waterway. 95% of the inhabitants/residents of Wilton Manors, including the Police Chief are Gay. They have their own “special laws” and special parties for the “community”, which means the Gay Community….. ONLY!
I personally have attended some of these “Community Functions” and they were fun. (BUT… There is always a but) when the people who approached me were turned down by their overtly aggressive sexual advances towards me; they became abusive and basically pushed me out of their town. They even went as far as to say that I was making “threats and Gay slurs towards them” to the police, who then asked me to leave.
It does NOT surprise me that Wilton Manors is trying this. I also wouldnt be surprised that the next step they take is stopping people and inquiring about their criminal past (sex offender), then dreaming up some kind of charge to try to stick on you for going thru their “community”.
They already have illegal speed traps set up on Northbound Andrews Avenue where they lurk behind a dumpster to ticket you at a traffic light for speeding.
Wilton Manors is the equivalent of the little po-dunk town of Leon Valley Texas (you tube Leon Valley)
I was going to email until I read the request that the email be “respectful” and as I have absolutely ZERO respect for her or anyone else playing GOD with other’s lives I will not do so.