St. Johnsbury Waiting on Residency Restrictions

The St. Johnsbury Planning Commission listened to what experts in the fields of sex offender supervision, victim services and criminal justice had to say about the futility (at best) and negative consequences (at worst) of sex offender residency restrictions. They have decided to put off further consideration of this issue for 6 months to a year, to see what happens in the other communities that adopted restrictions. As a taxpayer I'm glad that St. Johnsbury didn't throw its hat into the ring of communities waiting for an ACLU lawsuit, and deferred to the best thinking of people whose commitment is to safe communities, not political bandaids.

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