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Maine Citizen's For Change: May 2009
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Sunday, May 31, 2009. Here's a very insightful article on what lies behind the whole move to pass more and harsher laws concerning RSFOs. Benjamin Bradford gives some of the history and refutes many of the oft cited statistics. This came out awhile ago but it is still relevant. The author has also published a book Media Mythmakers: How Journalists, Activists, and Advertisers Mislead Us is available at Amazon. Predator Panic: A Closer Look. How great is the danger? After all, t...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: Sex offender restrictions spur debate
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Friday, July 2, 2010. Sex offender restrictions spur debate. If you live close enough it would be a good idea to plan on attending the city planning meetings and to get up and speak up! And I can pass along facts and staticistics and even help edit. Sex offender restrictions spur debate. Bangor residents propose 750-foot housing boundary. Hoy recently asked a lawyer to draft a proposed ordinance that would restrict sex offenders in Bangor from living within 750 feet of a park,...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: January 2010
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Sunday, January 24, 2010. I am pleased to announce that we now have a website. Please note it is still under construction. Check back often to watch us grow. www.http:/ mecfc.org. Links to this post. Schedule for the Upcoming Week. Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee. Week of January 25. Resolve, To Implement the Recommendations of the Juvenile Justice Task Force. An Act Concerning Statewide Communications Interoperability. An Act To Establish the Silver Alert Program.
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Maine Citizen's For Change: October 2009
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Monday, October 12, 2009. Upcoming Bills effecting Maine RFSOs. Ok all this is what we are facing so far during the next Legislative Session that starts in January. Can anyone tell me what constitutes a Class D sex offense here in Maine? But my thought is why are they trying to add a new category, when I am pretty sure these are already sex offenses. It will be interesting to see the full bills and how they are worded. Bills Being Requested as of yesterday. LR: 2105: An Act To...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: July 2009
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Wednesday, July 29, 2009. Editorial- The Yellow Star. I had the please of meeting Mr Wall recently at the RSOL conference in Boston. He lives here in Maine. He sent me this editorial he wrote so I could share it with all of my blogspot readers. Any comments will be forwarded to the author. Thanks to Mr. Wall for allowing me to share this with all of you. Editorial from The Guide. Sixty-five years ago this September. What was it about a bit of "yellow cloth, at the center in He...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: September 2009
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Sunday, September 20, 2009. Http:/ transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0909/18/lkl.01.html. So the fact that Philip Garrido has been tied to one that we know of and a violent rape before leaves an awful lot of concern that there are other victims out there. What does law enforcement think about this? As of July 2006 the population of the United States is. And what about the new cases being reported? If at the rate the media is claiming, children are being victimized. We would ...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: More on the Bangor situation
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Wednesday, July 14, 2010. More on the Bangor situation. I am planning on sending her an e-mail with correct information in it, especially the part about why anyone would oppose herordinance. So I encourage everyone who reads this to also write to her, nicely but firmly. There are further meetings on this proposal on August 10th at the next city council meeting. I also encourage you to write e-mails to the city couselors and to follow the e-mails with a letter. 3 Our group will...
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Maine Citizen's For Change: Playing Doctor Aguse?
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Wednesday, September 8, 2010. Here's a great article about how to 'deal' with kids playing doctor that doesn't involve calling the police. As parents lwe feel the need to protect our kids from sexual abuse, but we also need to understand what constitutes abuse. Please read it and let me know what you think. Http:/ sexualintelligence.wordpress.com/2010/08/30/“catching”-your-kid-playing-doctor/. No Flaming allowed, all comments moderated. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Maine Citizen's For Change: July 2010
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Maine Citizen's For Change. Wednesday, July 14, 2010. More on the Bangor situation. I am planning on sending her an e-mail with correct information in it, especially the part about why anyone would oppose herordinance. So I encourage everyone who reads this to also write to her, nicely but firmly. There are further meetings on this proposal on August 10th at the next city council meeting. I also encourage you to write e-mails to the city couselors and to follow the e-mails with a letter. BANGOR, Maine &#...