But apparently there are (2) day care centers within 500 feet of the place. Ya, I'm a little freaked.

Then there's not need for a rally is there? I would think that it's a violation of their release conditions to live there.

Then there's not need for a rally is there? I would think that it's a violation of their release conditions to live there.

one would think, right? Crazy! The rally appears to be wanting to update the laws about clustering:

[2nd district council member] am concerned that the California Department of Corrections and Los Angeles County Probation officers may be “clustering” sex offenders in particular locations throughout Long Beach in partnership with certain landlords as a means of managing their caseloads. Such practice subjects a neighborhood to an inordinate number of individuals with potentially violent histories, thus undermining any sense of community while creating an air of fear and intimidation.

And yet, they have to live somewhere, and it's often kinda hard to find somewhere not close to kids. Personally, I'd rather that the police know where they are. Places where they've had rallies and forced them out of areas, they've ended up dropping off the radar, because there's literally no place in the state where they're allowed to both work and live. How does that help anyone?

When I was in law school, I wrote a research paper on this topic. I think my conclusion was that hounding sex offenders helps no one for the reasons mentioned above. But now that I'm a parent, I would do whatever I could do get any registered sex offenders away from my neighborhood or where my kids went to school. It's not really something I can defend, because I know they paid their debt to society, but the idea of one of my kids dying at the hands of a sex offender is one of my worst nightmares and recidivism rates are high which makes me think that I'm not being paranoid.

Which is all my way of saying that I'm glad I don't live in omnis's neighborhood.

I'm all for debt to society and all. But, as Stephanie said, recidivism rates are high. If they were scattered around. Ya, sure. But over a dozen in one spot. Vast majority of them nabbed for sex with a minor under 14. The 2nd place was violent rape. Um. Ya, it kinda concerns me. Unless they got some 12 step program going, and it works.

I dunno. We'll see what plays out. Kinda torn on this one. I agree with Libkitty, but... it's my backyard. Wow. I dunno if I've ever been part of a NIMBY crowd before. Shit, does that mean I'm getting old?

Oh, that's scary omnis.

I'm up! I'm up! I'm about to shower. Boy, my life is exciting!

go, vw!

What a quiet morning!

I dropped Ellie off at school. She seemed to really enjoy introducing everyone to her new brother. She also took a little scrapbook with pictures from her trip and her teacher showed it to the class. She seemed to like that too. None of the other kids knew what the snow was which was funny.

vw, good luck today!

I dropped Ellie off at school. She seemed to really enjoy introducing everyone to her new brother. She also took a little scrapbook with pictures from her trip and her teacher showed it to the class. She seemed to like that too. None of the other kids knew what the snow was which was funny.

So sweet! How is Ellie adjusting to having Frisco around? How are you feeling?

How is Ellie adjusting to having Frisco around? How are you feeling?

Ellie is doing much better this week. We've gotten rid of most of the really annoying, clingy, whiny stuff although it comes back some when she's tired. I think she really likes him, although she does get jealous at times. Being back home has helped a lot.

I"m actually doing really well - much better than I would have thought. I guess I knew more what to expect so the changes weren't so great.