Mar 2, 2021 1:18 PM Tallahassee, FL - The Florida Legislature convenes today and local legislators are sponsoring a number of bills on multiple issues. District 25 Representative Tom Leek and District 26 Representative Elizabeth Fetterhoff co-sponsored a bill with District 14 Senator Tom Wright last year prohibiting bail to specified offenders pending review following conviction of a sex crime involving a minor that required registering for an offender or predator status in the state. This year, Leek has a bill that would prohibit a court from granting time-sharing with a minor child to a parent registered as a sexual offender or sexual predator under certain circumstances, etc. You can find other bills sponsored by Leek at myfloridahouse.gov. Fetterhoff s name is on 17 bills this session, one of which was written by local animal rights activist Debbie Taylor Darino, that revises the elements of certain animal cruelty offenses; defining the term “adequate shelt
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TALLAHASSEE Veterans Florida, a state-created nonprofit organization that helps military veterans transition to civilian life, is adding another tool to its toolbox.
In the meantime, the organization is waiting for action from the Florida Legislature that would make it the state s principal assistance organization in the federal Department of Defense SkillBridge program, which has the same goals.
Locally at the present time, SkillBridge services are offered through CareerSource Okaloosa, which offers an array of employment services that gives priority to veterans needs.
SkillBridge, established in 2014, allows transitioning service members during the final 180 days of their military service to work as an apprentice, intern or fellow at a private or public employer while maintaining their military salary and benefits. The goal is to ease veterans into a new civilian career, and the employer does not have to pay the separating military member while he or she is receiving th