October 25, 2009
A Community's Right to Know
Oscar Hidalgo, The New York Times
Dozens of registered sex offenders live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami. Local rules about where they can live make finding housing difficult, if not impossible.
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Oscar Hidalgo, The New York Times
Dozens of registered sex offenders live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami. Local rules about where they can live make finding housing difficult, if not impossible.
In recent weeks, a bizarre enclave in Miami has made news once again. At issue are dozens of men living under the Julia Tuttle Causeway in a mass of shelters bordered by water. They are registered sex offenders for whom the causeway is their official address in concrete exile. The men say they have little choice, given a local ordinance that bans sex offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school or park. Battling over their fate are Miami-Dade County, the State of Florida, and the
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