Follow up story to: "Sex offender wanted! .... to serve on Broward task force" 5-6-2009 Florida:
Martin Kiar (Rep. House District 97) is pissed.
The youthful state representative is upset about one member of a newly-formed county commission task force – a registered sex offender.
The offender is part of a task force that will make recommendations about laws governing where sex offenders can live.
“I get concerned when sexual predators are put on county boards,” Kiar says.
Apparently Kair is not alone.
A number of lawmakers in Tallahassee shook their heads in disbelief when they learned Broward County would appoint a registered sex offender to a board.
They chalked it up to more Broward County liberal foolishness.
The task force will contain one sex offender, two cops, home owners association and American Civil Liberties Union representatives, two members of the Broward League of Cities and representatives of a college and the state Department of Corrections.
The victim’s representative is Lauren Book-Lim. She’s lobbyist Ron Book’s daughter.
Book-Lin was molested by her nanny in a widely publicized case several years ago. She now runs Lauren’s Kids, an advocacy group for molested youths.
Information about Lauren’s Kids is here.
I personally don’t agree with Kair.
Some of the people labeled sex offenders are not a wild-eyed predators that Kair and everybody else rightfully fears. Those offenders should be controlled.
But others are stigmatized for life because of youthful indiscretions, usually made when they are drunk.
They get caught for urinating in public or being in an Internet sex chat rooms. Somewhat victimless crimes.
The offender appointed to the task force appeared at the commission meeting.
He said he had recovered. His victim appeared with him, according to Mayor Stacy Ritter.
Do people like this – who paid their debt to society — deserve input into laws governing their life?
You bet.
“They are people too,” says Ritter.
I agree. ..News Source.. by BUDDY NEVINS
May 6, 2009
FL- Commission Puts Sex Offender On County Board
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This is the "Smartest" thing any city, county or state can do. I highly applaud Broward County for having common sense (as well as having cajones BIG enough) to put a sex offender on the task force.
If they actually LISTEN and try to understand our "Class of Citizen", then I predict the laws will start to "make sense" and finally "protect" people in our country once again!!
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