Any new laws take effect tomorrow in your state?

[chickened]

I am not sure this accomplishes anything. First of all you need to teach your child how to protect themselves. You cannot be with them all the time. And secondly, people are so focused on children being molested by strangers, they forget or do not know that most of the time children are not molested by registered sex offenders, but by family members and family friends.

What is wrong with putting sex offenders in jail? Turning them loose in society and making them promise to be good to just prey on children is a breakdown in our justice system.

 

[kuntrygirl]

Those convicted of food stamp fraud will face a tougher prison sentence. Anyone convicted of unauthorized use of food stamp benefits could be looking at six months in jail and could stay there for up to ten years.

Voters are losing an hour at the polls.
In the past, polls opened at 6 a.m. on election days, but that's not the case any more.
Polls will now open at 7 a.m. Polls will still close at 8 p.m.

 

[SillyChicken]

It is now against the law for employers or future employers, colleges etc to ask for id's and pass codes to private email and facebook accounts!

 

[Carebearsmiles]

It is now against the law for employers or future employers, colleges etc to ask for id's and pass codes to private email and facebook accounts! 

Fantastic! I was never willing to share when asked for it voluntarily. I don't have anything to hide, but it's a huge invasion of privacy.

 

[Mattemma]

Not a law but I was reading up on the now privately owned parking meters in Chicago.The city leased them for 75 or 99 years.Starting yesterday the hourly rate went from 25 cents an hour to $6.50,$4,or $2 an hour. Almost half of the ownership is by some company in Abu Daubi. The city was so stupid to leash it out. I think they already spent all the money too! What were they thinking!?!!?!?

No new laws in my area....that I know of.

 

[kuntrygirl]

It is now against the law for employers or future employers, colleges etc to ask for id's and pass codes to private email and facebook accounts! 

Fantastic! I was never willing to share when asked for it voluntarily. I don't have anything to hide, but it's a huge invasion of privacy.

I didn't know that employers do that? That is an invasion of privacy. That's like giving them your bank account number.

 

[cupman]

Yeah, kuntrygirl, there has been an ongoing debate about this for some time now. Right around the time Myspace came into the mainstream you started hearing about employers looking up applicants. If your Myspace page was filled with garbage like underage drinking or overly revealing pictures many employers would throw your application in the trash. They(internet people, not employers) even used to have these made up quizzes to say what type of drug your personality fit best. Lot of garbage out there. But in the past year or two people started complaining that employers wanted the username and passwords to all your Myspace or Facebook accounts... to read through your messages or gain access to content you selected to be private. It's definitely an overreach. If you ever want more details try to Google it, it's been a hot topic.

 

[duckluck]

Reply to Cassie: Yes, and I for one feel the the whole registered sex offender thing has gone completely out of control and beyond reason. There are certain acts in certain states that are also listed as offenses between consenting adults, and if caught doing them, those people can be registered as sex offenders. Also, you can't lump all offenses in with the likes of people like John Wayne Gacy or Jeffery Dahmer, yet sex offender laws treat them all the same. So if someone gets caught with someone who they don't know is underage (and many girls pretend to be older to fool older guys) they have to register as a sex offender and now they can't use a library? Yeah, THAT'S really going to lead to people getting resources they need to be useful to society. Once again, our bureaucracy has run wild and we're creating a way of people becoming hardened criminals where they weren't before.

 

[redhen]

I am not sure this accomplishes anything.  First of all you need to teach your child how to protect themselves.  You cannot be with them all the time. And secondly, people are so focused on children being molested by strangers, they forget or do not know that most of the time children are not molested by registered sex offenders, but by family members and family friends.

It actually can be VERY helpful. Most offenders work by "grooming" their victims..
They meet them often in "safe" places...
They will go to these places daily and see these same kids and work to get their trust..
"Oh, what book are are reading little girl? I have a daughter at home sick that likes to read...what would you suggest I get for her?"
So this guy doesn't seem scary right? She helps him find a book..makes her feel helpful..
Few days later...
"Oh hello! Glad to see you again!! My daughter LOVED that book! Do you have any other suggestions?.."
Etc..etc..then he starts asking smart questions...seeing if she'll be one that he'll be able to lure away from the library...or to a quiet corner of the library..
"Oh..can you come to my house and meet my little girl? Shes SO lonely stuck at home (with whatever disease he made up to make the kid feel sad for the fake "daughter".. Can you come and read her a story?
Or.."shes waiting in my car to meet you, because you made her so happy by picking out all those nice books for her. She wants to tell you thank you!..(shes too sick to come inside ..)"

Trust me...it happens more than you can ever ever imagine...

 

[duckluck]

Oregon is enacting a law where college employees that suspect abuse of a minor have to report it. Guess we can chalk that one up to Jerry Sandusky. Other than that nothing new besides a couple minor things about bullying and teaching teens about domestic violence in schools.

Boy, they'll do anything to bring the government into our homes more and get away from teaching people to read, write and do math. Everyone will know about drugs, sex offenders, bullying, and turning their parents in and the literacy rate will continue to fall.