Letters from the Issue of January 3, 2008

It's unacceptable that Commissioner Sosa refuses to take responsibility for what she's done. I am going to write a letter to these commissioners and the mayor, and I invite everyone who reads this article to do so as well. I want my tax dollars to go toward healing and prevention, not silly laws that ignore and even perpetuate the problem.

Kendall

More problems: Thank you for the continuing coverage in "The People Under the Bridge." A formerly convicted sex offender living in Ohio, I am only too familiar with this nonsense. Ohio is now one of only four states to adopt the Adam Walsh Act, and the consequences are beyond belief: One county with 22 predators now suddenly has 202, yet no new ones moved into the county. Under AWA, there is no consideration given to a court's decision, a judge's ruling, or psychological evaluations.

Now no one in Ohio knows which offenders are really dangerous and which aren't. God help Florida if it adopts the AWA; it will bankrupt the state.

John Brown

Dayton, Ohio