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	<title>Comments on: Escambia Considers Moving School Bus Stops That Avoid Sex Offenders</title>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:26:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And not all on the list are male!
there are many, many females listed here and nationwide. to think this is a male only issue is totally wrong. people need to change their mind set and look around.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And not all on the list are male!<br />
there are many, many females listed here and nationwide. to think this is a male only issue is totally wrong. people need to change their mind set and look around.</p>
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		<title>By: huh</title>
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		<dc:creator>huh</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:34:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@whitepunknotondope

Death threats over the internet isn&#039;t very smart..   Also who are you to judge them? You do know the sex offender list is full of teens that had sex with a slight age difference and people that peed behind bushes and got caught.  Not everyone on the list molests children.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@whitepunknotondope</p>
<p>Death threats over the internet isn&#8217;t very smart..   Also who are you to judge them? You do know the sex offender list is full of teens that had sex with a slight age difference and people that peed behind bushes and got caught.  Not everyone on the list molests children.</p>
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		<title>By: Glad they're going to change it</title>
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		<dc:creator>Glad they're going to change it</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 03:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So my kids can finally get off at their usual stop instead of the &quot;new, improved and safer&quot; one that they&#039;ve had to walk to this year? Thank God!! 

This law has good intentions, but it winds up making it worse for the kids. When they moved my kids&#039; stop, they were actually CLOSER to his house than the old one because they measure to the front corner of the property, despite the fact that he lives on the very back corner that comes MUCH closer to the bus stop. Plus, they have to walk down the main road, even though all 8 of the kids who get on and off the bus at that stop live on the side road, some of them way past his driveway, so yes, this is making them walk a lot further and, if he IS a problem, putting them in more danger. 

This man has kept to himself as long as we&#039;ve been here. I&#039;ve never had any problem with him. My kids know the situation and steer clear. If other parents would teach their kids the same thing (OR if they&#039;re too small to understand, make sure that they, as parents, are there to protect them) we wouldn&#039;t have had to go through this all year long. My kids have had to walk an extra 150 yards down the main, very busy road in the cold, the rain, the fog, when they could have been right here where they should have been all along.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So my kids can finally get off at their usual stop instead of the &#8220;new, improved and safer&#8221; one that they&#8217;ve had to walk to this year? Thank God!! </p>
<p>This law has good intentions, but it winds up making it worse for the kids. When they moved my kids&#8217; stop, they were actually CLOSER to his house than the old one because they measure to the front corner of the property, despite the fact that he lives on the very back corner that comes MUCH closer to the bus stop. Plus, they have to walk down the main road, even though all 8 of the kids who get on and off the bus at that stop live on the side road, some of them way past his driveway, so yes, this is making them walk a lot further and, if he IS a problem, putting them in more danger. </p>
<p>This man has kept to himself as long as we&#8217;ve been here. I&#8217;ve never had any problem with him. My kids know the situation and steer clear. If other parents would teach their kids the same thing (OR if they&#8217;re too small to understand, make sure that they, as parents, are there to protect them) we wouldn&#8217;t have had to go through this all year long. My kids have had to walk an extra 150 yards down the main, very busy road in the cold, the rain, the fog, when they could have been right here where they should have been all along.</p>
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		<title>By: poohbear</title>
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		<dc:creator>poohbear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You can go to Family Watchdog and put in your zip code and it will tell you of all the sex offenders in your home town.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You can go to Family Watchdog and put in your zip code and it will tell you of all the sex offenders in your home town.</p>
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		<title>By: stop them</title>
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		<dc:creator>stop them</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 18:17:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To Joe:

Out of 10 sex offenders how many would you say are female?   I&#039;m meaning on the average.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To Joe:</p>
<p>Out of 10 sex offenders how many would you say are female?   I&#8217;m meaning on the average.</p>
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		<title>By: whitepunknotondope</title>
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		<dc:creator>whitepunknotondope</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;...Maybe he will never do it again...&quot;

Yeah and maybe they will. I vote for never giving the chance.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;&#8230;Maybe he will never do it again&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Yeah and maybe they will. I vote for never giving the chance.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe</title>
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		<dc:creator>Joe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 16:45:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>to &quot;Stop Them - why don’t they castrate all the sex offenders?

How do you castrate a female? You seem to make an assumption that all sex offenders are male!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>to &#8220;Stop Them &#8211; why don’t they castrate all the sex offenders?</p>
<p>How do you castrate a female? You seem to make an assumption that all sex offenders are male!</p>
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		<title>By: stop them</title>
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		<dc:creator>stop them</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>why don&#039;t they castrate all the sex offenders?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>why don&#8217;t they castrate all the sex offenders?</p>
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		<title>By: David Huie Green</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Huie Green</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:05:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>REGARDING:
&quot;officials say 44 percent of all public school children live within 1,000 feet of a registered sex offender&quot;

Wonderful world in which we live, isn&#039;t it?

Even so, it may not be as bad as it first appears. An offender is a person who has violated a law regarding sexual conduct. Maybe he will never do it again.

A sexual predator, on the other hand, sees people as targets of prey and will likely offend if given the chance. I suggest a GPS monitor on such with audio/video recording at all time. It might help him keep his hands off children for his pleasure.

I was once asked if a student crossed in front of a sexual offender. They were considering moving the bus stop if so. It turned out the kid didn’t cross in front because the gentleman in question lived ten feet away in the next house over.

It got me to wondering so I checked out the others in the area. I found one living at the same address of two of my riders. He even had the same last name. I thought, well, maybe it was a Romeo/Juliet situation with him 17 and his girlfriend 16. But it wasn&#039;t. His conviction involved sexual battery on a woman over the age of 70 (along with a host of other crimes) with him still under 25. 

He was most likely either an older brother or a young uncle (possibly a cousin) of the riders. They seemed like good kids.  I wouldn&#039;t bet on their futures, though. Predators don&#039;t care if you&#039;re kin, just if you&#039;re available.

David for perfect protection 
in an imperfect world</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>REGARDING:<br />
&#8220;officials say 44 percent of all public school children live within 1,000 feet of a registered sex offender&#8221;</p>
<p>Wonderful world in which we live, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>Even so, it may not be as bad as it first appears. An offender is a person who has violated a law regarding sexual conduct. Maybe he will never do it again.</p>
<p>A sexual predator, on the other hand, sees people as targets of prey and will likely offend if given the chance. I suggest a GPS monitor on such with audio/video recording at all time. It might help him keep his hands off children for his pleasure.</p>
<p>I was once asked if a student crossed in front of a sexual offender. They were considering moving the bus stop if so. It turned out the kid didn’t cross in front because the gentleman in question lived ten feet away in the next house over.</p>
<p>It got me to wondering so I checked out the others in the area. I found one living at the same address of two of my riders. He even had the same last name. I thought, well, maybe it was a Romeo/Juliet situation with him 17 and his girlfriend 16. But it wasn&#8217;t. His conviction involved sexual battery on a woman over the age of 70 (along with a host of other crimes) with him still under 25. </p>
<p>He was most likely either an older brother or a young uncle (possibly a cousin) of the riders. They seemed like good kids.  I wouldn&#8217;t bet on their futures, though. Predators don&#8217;t care if you&#8217;re kin, just if you&#8217;re available.</p>
<p>David for perfect protection<br />
in an imperfect world</p>
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		<title>By: Atmore G</title>
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		<dc:creator>Atmore G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@2 cents    I agree with you..  Move the sex-offenders, or better yet, require them to get their location approved before they actually move in..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@2 cents    I agree with you..  Move the sex-offenders, or better yet, require them to get their location approved before they actually move in..</p>
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