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Privacy vs. 1st Amendment: A Florida Analysis

REVEALING THE CONSTITUTIONAL INFIRMITIES OF THE “CRIME VICTIMS PROTECTION ACT,” FLORIDA’S NEW PRIVACY STATUTE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS by BRETT JARAD BERLIN I. INTRODUCTION: IDENTIFYING THE CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA II. A CURSORY OVERVIEW OF EXTRALEGAL PERSPECTIVES ADVOCATED BY VICTIMS AND THE PRESS A. Policy Arguments in Favor of Privacy B. Policy Arguments in Favor of Publishing Victims’ Names III. EARLY LEGISLATIVE SOLUTIONS TO THE CONSTITUTIONAL DILEMMA,  IN FLORIDA AND ELSEWHERE IV. THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT AND THE FLORIDA STAR V. B.J.F. OPINION … Continue reading

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Shelton & Olympia Public Restrooms Locked Too!

The City of Shelton (gateway to industrial blight and the town that never had a bath) and Olympia have something in common: Both lock public bathrooms early in the evenings to avoid ‘attracting’ the homeless, then persecute them for relieving … Continue reading

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1984 Understated – Big Brother has Come to Stay

Privacy is not only dead, it’s stinking up the kitchen. Britain and the U.S. have long followed in each other’s footsteps joined at the hip like some bad remake of the 3 Stooges or Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum. 1984 … Continue reading

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Soot Kills – New Regs for PM2.5 Particles

Most Mason County residents near Shelton recall the arrogant disdain Pork Commissioners had for community opposition to Adage and the legally permitted toxins/soot it proposed to dump into our air while laying waste to our surrounding forests and quality of … Continue reading

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Jay’s Farm Stand Stalked by Shelton Bldg Inspector

Once again, Jay’s Farm Stand is up to its ears in alligators in the proverbial swamp of politics and incompetent city officials called Shelton. Never mind that these ubiquitous items are found in numerous yards providing shelter for cars, that … Continue reading

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North Dakota Voters to decide on eliminating property tax

Pushing the bounds of the anti-tax movement that erupted with the formation of the Tea Party three years ago, North Dakota voters on Tuesday are set to decide whether to abolish their state’s local property taxes. Polls show the proposed … Continue reading

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Rivers, Forests, & Fish Forever

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Bytes of 2012 Seattle NW Folklife Festival

“There’s nothing else like it in the whole damn country!” -Geoffrey Castle If you like music, dancing, color, costumes, buskers, magicians, peforming arts, story telling, workshops, and people from the bizarre to the traditional, you can’t go wrong attending the … Continue reading

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Flamenco en Vivo @ the Midnight Sun Performance Space

The Real Thing: Experience Flamenco in an intimate setting June 14th at The Midnight Sun Performance Space when “Arte Eterno Flamenco en Vivo”is presented in Olympia for the first time. The 8pm performance is part of a 14 date tour … Continue reading

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Iceland forgives mortgage debt of its population

April 22, 2012 Three years after being bailed out by the International Monetary Fund Iceland decides to put its politicians, and bankers on the bench of the accused. The people of Iceland have been saved by their government during a … Continue reading

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