Tag: Florida
Penny Ante Crime
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Fri Jul 25, 2008 at 06:47:04 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Laslo Mujzer of Bonita Springs, Florida may soon be clogging up the docket of a courtroom in Florida. The 43-year-old man is charged with petty theft under (US)$100, a misdemeanor. Make that charge way under $100 because what Mujzer is charged with is stealing a whopping 42 cents out of a shopping mall fountain.
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Stop Your Damned Swinging.
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 06:19:50 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Ever since it opened up in January, the Hunt Club of Brevard has been a source of controversy in Melbourne, Florida. Their web site says they're a private group dedicated to helping others explore "alternative lifestyles." They explain there are no membership fees because they're "not a business." The controversy arises because the Hunt Club does collect donations (to help them cover expenses) and is located in a residential neighborhood and the neighbors want it gone.
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To What Standard Of Responsibility Should Parents Be Held?
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Wed Mar 12, 2008 at 08:22:13 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The law says a person should be held responsible for his or her own actions. But, in cases where the actor is a juvenile, some states have passed parental responsibility laws. Most of these laws involve fining or charging parents the cost of adjudicating their children's cases. Recently, we discussed new laws visiting criminal penalties on parents who fail to control their wayward children. But, do you charge a parent with a crime commensurate with what you charge their child with? Such a question is being answered in the affirmative in Florida as authorities have charged a parent with second degree manslaughter for a car crash her son caused.
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Straight Talk Express Rolls Romney
novy.
Posted to Politics on Tue Jan 29, 2008 at 09:48:15 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Seniors and Latinos gave John McCain victory in Florida's Republican primary.
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At least trolls can live under the bridge...
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Thu Jan 24, 2008 at 02:47:03 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Remember the state that makes sex offenders spend life under a bridge due to the registry residency laws? What happens when they get banished from the only bridge they've ever called home? They have to march to the Everglades swamp and set up camp there.
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Tale of Woe: The Mark O'Hara Story
pO157.
Posted to Legal on Mon Jul 30, 2007 at 09:23:28 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In August, 2004 Mark O'Hara was picked up by Tampa Airport police after being found with 58 Vicodin pills and a small quantity of marijuana inside the bread truck he owned. He was soon sent to prison for 25 years for drug trafficking and lost everything. The twist in this case? Prosecutors admit he was not selling the drugs and the Vicodin was prescribed to him legally by his physician.
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The World Needs Pool Maintenance Assistants Along With Global Leaders Don't You Think?
MayorBob.
Posted to Etcetera on Wed Dec 20, 2006 at 09:49:05 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Schools in Florida seem to be stuck in neutral. One of the telltale signs of this is a graduation rate which ranks somewhere in the lower half of graduation rates among the states. What to do to improve the situation was the main question on the minds of Florida's educational elite. They think they have come up with a solution, at least they hope they have. That solution has nothing to do with improving the schools or coming up with ways of decreasing the student/teacher ratio. The solution the Florida Department of Education has just blessed is to offer a dizzying array of officially approved majors for the state's school kids.
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