As recently posted by Smashed Frog (Five Years after Jessica, 2/24/10):
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State Rep. Rich Glorioso, R-Plant City, is sponsoring legislation to revamp Florida's sex offender laws by implementing a "circle of safety" to protect children instead of strong residency restrictions on sexual offenders. The main provision of the bill (HB119) would prohibit sexual offenders from loitering within 300 feet of locations where children are present.
"Sometimes we focus on where those people live," Glorioso said. "Where they are sleeping last night really isn't the issue. It's what they are doing when they are awake."
That being said...
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Glorioso has been forced to modify bill HB119 as municipalities are a bit verklempt with the inclusion to preempt "...local residency restrictions on sex offenders, forbidding counties and cities from making barriers tougher than the 1,000-foot standard in state law.Glorioso said that even though research shows the restrictions don't help, he plans to strike that part of his bill, blaming political opposition."
Just had to wonder if the same duo bopping around Florida talking up circles of safety (in addition to residency restrictions) to any interested municipality willing to listen, was somehow linked to the political opposition putting the screws to Glorioso's bill. (Smashed Frog, The Books Take Child Safety Zones on the Road, 2/5/2010).
Then the following Google alert popped up in my mailbox to help underscore all that is wrong with the Florida state legislature and why the people of this state are the Big Losers.
The Miami Herald, Florida Legislators Making Last Grabs for Money (3/2/2010):
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Standing outside Clyde's & Costello's, Rep. Rich Glorioso, R-Plant City, accepted a check from South Florida lobbyist Ron Book.
``You have to raise money and it takes money to run a campaign,'' said Glorioso, who said the economy has hampered his fundraising. ``Businesses are struggling, so it's a tough year.'
Am I the only one making a connection here?
8 comments:
Nope, you are NOT the only one making the connection. This connection has been made for years but nobody seems to care. The sheeple just go along with it and bitch and complain about it in their homes and to their friends, but don't raise their voices until something happens that raises their ire enough to speak out, by then it's too late.
Just like the bill that was introduced several years ago that would have made lobbyist and, I believe, legislators tell the truth. What really got me was the nerve of the politicians to come out publicly and be outraged about being forced to tell the truth. The bill did NOT pass!
Ron Book, with his bags of money and his excellent use of it and the power that it brings should NOT be able to lobby for sex offender laws. It is a clear conflict of interest. He has also contributed to almost everyone’s campaign, in his name, his wife's name and who knows who else’s name.
With his corrupt past including legal action against him, you would think legislators would shy away from his ilk...but money and power make strange bedfellows.
Where is the FBI when you need them?
Well, I can't say as I am surprised. In fact I expected it, but never knew how "IN YOUR FACE FLORIDA" Glorioso and Ron Book would be about it.
Guess I should say that "it's now in print" and the internet is not a very forgiving realm.
Lastly, what goes around comes around. No one ever gets away with it forever!!!!
This article that I found over at Sex Offender Issues so relates to what is Sunnys' blog post is about.
THINK about what has just happened with Glorioso HB 119 and THINK about what when he said "...even though research shows the restrictions don't help, he plans to strike that part of his bill, blaming political opposition." Then go read this article. Read all the way to the bottom
Click on my name to take you there.
It's almost like some form of racketeering...
Ron Book was also quoted in the article mentioned in the Glorioso post.
It really resembles one meaning of the legal definition of pandering..."3) v. catering to special interests without any principles, such as a politician who says to whatever group he/she is addressing just what they want to hear to win their support, contributions, or favors."
Especially AFTER HE ADMITS that..."research shows the restrictions don't help"...
This is just MY OPINION but it sure seems this way.
look at Book's client's for lobbying how can't it be conflict of intrest?he does the same with Aronberg just worse.
Why isn't there a call for a Grand Jury to investigate?
this is florida: where if it won't bite or sting you it will take your money. take that sting any way you want to. report it to mccollum's ethics probe team..
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