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Phonic_Fish (anonymous) says...
Every one has to eat. I would assume this would apply to Sex Offenders, too. To buy food, you have to work. Most jobs have the same hours, or longer, than the daily school session. So, is it not logical that while our kids are in school, most of the people in town, sex offenders included, are off at work somewhere?
But when they come home in the evenings, where are they? Very possibly, living right next to my house which is located about 2 miles away from any school. In fact I KNOW that a sex offender lived within one block of me... another now lives three blocks from me... and a third is about 1/4 mile away.
Now, I've walked down to their houses, and met these guys. Only one made me uneasy. He has since gone back to prison for violating a parole curfew time limit. (He was 20 minutes late coming home from work..... See? He was off working.) The other two seem to be no problem. And... they know I know them.
But the point about the proximity to a school? How silly.
The three schools, miles from my house, always sit dark and empty every night. Thoroughly locked-up and completely safe from a sex offender living within 1,000 feet of that empty structure.
For this kind of brilliant planning, I'm paying some legislator's salary? Give me a break. If you want to do something worthwhile about protecting children, create a "No loitering" zone around the schools during the hour they ARE there. NOT a nonsensical residency restriction that serves no purpose.
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May 19, 2008 at 1:04 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )