Joe Vallario leaves the room.
Earlier this month Salisbury News provided this article on Joe Vallario, Joe Vallario Set To Kill Child Predator Laws With No Committee Vote.
Just as everyone was set to testify, Joe Vallario got up and left the room. Mind you, even though his goal was to "kill" Bill 254 & 963, these Bills passed just moments before this testimony began. Was he upset?
In the mean time, Delegate Jim Mathias invited Sheriff Mike Lewis, Mrs. Tracey Powell and Mrs. Charity Holley to testify on new legislation yet again towards sex offender. Sheriff Lewis asked for additional restrictions on Maryland Driver's Licenses that allows Officers to recognize sex offenders by a code on their driver's license.
If an Officer pulls a sex offender over who happens to be in an area in which a crime had just occurred, this would help Officers to recognize this person as a possible suspect. It also allows a red flag if they pull someone over who has a child inside their vehicle and they're a registered sex offender.
Mrs. Holley was abducted at 9 years old and tortured. She is a survivor who testified in support of new legislation on "Civil Commitment". This would force sex offenders to go in front of a panel/doctors after they have served their time and be evaluated before they are considered to be released.
The testimony provided Tuesday afternoon was emotional and quite frankly, hard to believe these kinds of things could happen in this world. Mrs. Holley's predator is set to be released some time late this year and while I'll not get into the details of what happened to her, (simply put) it scarred her physically to a point she could never have children.
While it was just too difficult at that time for Mrs. Powell to testify, her presence made a huge difference on behalf of Sarah Foxwell. Mr. Vallario did finally return towards the very end of their testimony but quite frankly I thought the man was rude. He kept asking Mrs. Powell, (three times) do you have anything further to add.
It has been reported that the President of the Maryland Senate Mike Miller has asked Mr. Vallario not to run again as well as Speaker Mike Bush. We're told his reply was, I'll run again if I fell like running again. Clearly the man is not welcome any more and we're also told a former Maryland State Trooper may be running against him this time and has a fantastic chance to take his seat.
In closing, I think ALL of you should be very proud of Mrs. Powell and Sheriff Lewis for attending this meeting to testify in support of more strict laws against sexual predators. As for Mrs. Holley, what a wonderful, sweet woman. She has adopted a child and has moved on with her life and God Bless her for taking the time to step in and help support new legislation with her testimony.
We're so fortunate to have you Sheriff Lewis.
ReplyDeleteVallerio has made a lot of money defending drunks and dangerous drivers over the years and he has always been the biggest obstacle to passing legislation that would hammer the drunks and alcohol abusers. If a proposed bill has to go through his committee and if he thinks it will affect his pocketbook, he will blackball it. What a jerk. Its "public servants" like him that cause citizens to hate politicians.
ReplyDeleteMike Lewis has seen it all in his time as a LEO it's in the best interest of the public he serves for him to take the time to testify for tougher laws. Problem is he and everyone on earth can lobby for tougher laws however, we can not make the judges enforce the sentences. We need tougher judges that are not afraid of being politically incorrect.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Tracey Powell and Mike Lewis.
anonymous 10:50, EXCELLENT POINT!
ReplyDeleteLook at this POS. He looks like a offender.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/html/msa12315.html
Thank you all for taking the time and the guts to stand up and fight for the laws to protect.
ReplyDeleteJudges need to be stricter on offenders. If a judge gives a light sentence to a sex offender(or anyone else found guilty of a crime) and he/she does it again, then the judge should be held accountable for not protecting the community. This would make the offender think before doing it again and the judge by handing out tought sentences instead of slaps on the hand.
A retired Prince George's County officer IS running against Vallario.
ReplyDeleteMore on Vallario here, story about interlock devices:
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I thought he looked familiar!
ReplyDeletehaha! 130 OMG It's him.
ReplyDeleteLewis' suggestion is unconstitutional. Not a terrible idea in practice, but it would be struck down quickly by the courts if approved.
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