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Forum: General
Thread (Discussion): Cuero City Council Approves Sex Offender Yard Signs
Message 174223
Posted by prozac
on Mar 03, 2006 10:04 PM | Also by prozac
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Cuero City Council Approves Sex Offender Yard Signs
Current Offenders Would Be Excluded From Ordinance
POSTED: 12:34 pm CST March 3, 2006
UPDATED: 12:54 pm CST March 3, 2006
CUERO, Texas -- High-risk sex offenders who move to Cuero will have to announce their presence with a sign in their yards.
The City Council unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday that calls for a white 2-by-2 sign with black lettering that carries the message "A Registered Sex Offender Lives Here." The sign must be visible at all times from the nearest public roadway and be within 20 feet of the front entrance of the residence.
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Rebecca Baas of San Antonio, who identified herself as a volunteer with Child Advocates of San Antonio and with the Rape Crisis Center, asked the council to defeat the ordinance, saying the signs aren't the answer.
"The ordinance will create a situation that the offender will feel powerless and isolated," Baas told the council members. "That increased isolation could lead to triggers, leading to an offense. Instead of actually protecting children, the ordinance would do the exact opposite."
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Message 174242 (In Reply to Message 174223)
Posted by june5
on Mar 04, 2006 01:14 AM | Also by june5
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Somebody from the Rape Crisis Center is opposing the signs? That is refreshing.
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Message 174260 (In Reply to Message 174223)
Posted by Navigatr1
on Mar 04, 2006 05:13 AM | Also by Navigatr1
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Signs will label sex offenders
Cuero's worst violators will now have to place sign in front yard
http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/front/story/3358895p-3887198c.html
March 3, 2006
SONNY LONG - Victoria Advocate
There is a little more detail in this article as it appears to be the source of the AP article. They are going to find that new sex offenders coming to their town are going to go underground. Property values will most likely decline in their town as prospective buyers are going to pass by their town due to the attention that they are drawing to the sex offenders. Once that happens, they are going to blame the sex offenders for lowering their property values, when the town itself has only themselves to blame.
--Navigatr1
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Message 174265 (In Reply to Message 174223)
Posted by rodsmith
on Mar 04, 2006 05:38 AM | Also by rodsmith
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hope they also funded a SWAT team to plant and guard the sign....
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Message 174280 (In Reply to Message 174223)
Posted by orolan
on Mar 04, 2006 02:04 PM | Also by orolan
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I need to read up on this ordinance. I wonder if it's against the law to put a sign up if you AREN'T an offender? Imagine driving down a street and EVERY yard has a sign in it:-))
Speaking of that. What if the offender doesn't even HAVE a yard? For example they live in an apartment?
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Message 174539 (In Reply to Message 174280)
Posted by 1dadof5
on Mar 21, 2006 05:06 AM | Also by 1dadof5
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start renting house boats to offenders then they have to invest in floating buoys to hold the signs
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174223, prozac, Mar 03, 2006 10:04 PM
174242, june5, Mar 04, 2006 01:14 AM
174260, Navigatr1, Mar 04, 2006 05:13 AM
174265, rodsmith, Mar 04, 2006 05:38 AM
174280, orolan, Mar 04, 2006 02:04 PM
174539, 1dadof5, Mar 21, 2006 05:06 AM
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