FL- Arguments for appeal in sex offender bridge case

9-15-2009 Florida:

MIAMI -- A South Florida appeals court is scheduled to hold oral arguments on the state of Florida's request to transfer a lawsuit over a sex offender camp under a Miami bridge to Tallahassee.

A Miami circuit judge ruled last month that the lawsuit should stay in Miami and not be transferred to Tallahassee, as lawyers for the state had argued.

The camp for offenders has grown over the past three years with offenders having a hard time finding affordable housing that doesn't violate Miami-Dade County laws about how close offenders can live to schools and parks. Miami officials say the camp is too close to a small island park accessible only by boat. ..Source.. by AP