To: lauriehelds
Just got this from his website. Does this mean he may have to register in the near future?:
National spotlight on local sex offender program
By Kathryn Simmons
NBC-2 Reporter
Jun 2, 2006
PUNTA GORDA: A Florida congressman is upset that the United States tracks library books better than sex offenders – but soon that could change. A federal bill, which is the largest overhaul of sex offender legislation, is in the works.
But one local Southwest Florida city has already found an innovative way to track sex offenders – and now Punta Gorda is in the national spotlight."We've shared the Punta Gorda success story with every other law enforcement personnel in the nation," said Representative Mark Foley, R-Florida.
The Punta Gorda Police Department has a unique sex offender monitoring program. Every sex offender is assigned their very own officer, who can drop by at any given moment."Since the inception of the program, the number of sex offenders that are in our city has shrunk," said Punta Gorda Police Department Chief Chuck Rinehart.
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If President George Bush signs the bill, it would also make it a federal felony if a sex offender fails to register."And hopefully it will go a long way to locking up the bad guys and protecting the little ones from predators," said Foley.
It has already gone a long way in Punta Gorda. If the bill passes, the rest of the nation will play catch up, so they can catch the predators.The House and Senate have already passed the sex offender bill once, but will need to meet again to merge the two versions. Congressman Foley says the president is anxiously waiting to sign it into law.
75 posted on 09/29/2006 12:43:35 PM PDT by Tulsa Ramjet ("If not now, when?")
Not one of them mentions the hypocrisy of these laws or that Foley was trying to clear out the competition so he could have all the little boys for himself. Hey, maybe freeperville is really MAMBLA.