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January 28, 2010 Volume 6, Number 4 | ||
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In This
Issue .
Government
Transparency .
A Little Bit
of Humor. E-Mail
cynthia.davis@house.mo.gov Find me
on
Committees Special
Committee on Children and Families Chair Official Homepage for Official Government Homepage for your
Look up Look up Consumer Complaints & Fraudulent
Activity, No-Call List Federal
Links Congressman Blaine
Luetkemeyer |
Transparency
From Our Government
Several
people came to visit me at the Capitol this week to discuss their support
for my bill, HB 1237, which allows adult adoptees to obtain copies of
their birth certificates. This
week provided more opportunities to listen to people share why they feel our government
needs to be more open, especially as it concerns public safety. KMOV, Channel 4
produced a segment demonstrating what happens when a newly paroled
murderer takes up
residency in our district. To view and read a Channel
4 story click here: Do residents have a right to
know? Truthfully, there could
be murderers as well as sexual perpetrators in every district of
our state. The difference is that the sex offenders are listed on a
registry and the murderers are not. I
disagree with the Governor and the parole board's decision to release this
particular inmate. From my own review of the case and discussions
with persons who knew the victim, we should demand answers to
questions regarding his early release. I am asking the Department of
Corrections for an explanation. When a person living in our
neighborhood has been incarcerated for a violent past that included taking
the life of another person, we should be allowed to have this information
and thereby adequately protect ourselves from potential future crimes. A
Suburban Journal article explains why residents are concerned:
Convicted murderer
released. The
Neighborhood Watch program functions on the principle that the
crime
rate can be reduced by observant neighbors. Thomas Jefferson said,
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance." We should never get to
the point where we are protecting the rights of the criminals more than
the rights of innocent citizens. Your thoughts are important to me, so please let me know what you think about whether there should be a violent crime registry similar to our sex offender registry. You
can send me your opinion by clicking here: Cynthia Davis A Little
Bit of Humor . . . Sherlock Holmes
and Matthew Watson were on a camping and hiking trip. They had gone to bed
and were lying there looking up at the sky.
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