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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:46 PM
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FL AG: Too easy for Florida felons to regain civil rights

Tampa Bay

July 29, 2008

TALLAHASSEE — Attorney General Bill McCollum says the disclosure that the state has licensed some convicted felons as mortgage brokers proves Florida has made it too easy for people with criminal records to get their civil rights restored.

Reacting to a recent series of articles in the Miami Herald, McCollum will urge Gov. Charlie Crist and the Cabinet today to scrap Crist's policy of streamlined restoration of civil rights. In its place, McCollum wants a seven-year ban on felons seeking clemency from entering the mortgage brokerage or lending industry in Florida.

The proposal would undercut one of Crist's biggest policy changes, adopted in April 2007 over McCollum's opposition.

Crist has embraced the idea that released felons deserve "a second chance," and in June members of his administration led a civil rights summit intended to accelerate the restoration process.

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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:48 PM
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1. Once someone has served their time, their rights should be restored automatically
Period. End of discussion.
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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:53 PM
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3. Agree. The AGs comment is why I had strong suspicions about Miami Herald series. nt
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ixion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:07 PM
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4. yep, I think you're spot on there
thanks for posting! :hi:
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hughee99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 01:11 PM
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5. Absolutely...
I still don't know why they prevent convicted felons, who have served their time, from owning guns.
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DJ13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-29-08 12:53 PM
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2. Translation: We dont want those minorities impacting our elections by voting
I think we've seen this movie before, but with a horse as the lead character.
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