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WI - Manitowoc sex-offender ordinance halted

View the article here 02/18/2009 By Helen Clarke - Herald Times Reporter Committee asks for stronger notification requirements MANITOWOC ? A proposal to keep convicted sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of areas frequented by children in the city of Manitowoc was knocked down tonight by the Public Property and Safety Committee of the City Council. Committee members voted 4-1 to halt the creation of the ordinance, which would have kept offenders from residing near churches, schools, licensed child care centers, trails and parks. Maps drafted by the city showed that nearly all of Manitowoc would be off-limits to sex offenders with the 2,000-foot setback. ?There is no proof that we?re keeping our kids any safer by doing this,? Alderman Dave Soeldner said of the proposed ordinance...continue to full post

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