I believe that in a small victory, parents have won. The war still wages on, and we still must continue to fight for the protection of children, but in one town at least- a little more peace of mind has been won.
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ISSAQUAH -- The man whose move into town sparked an emergency ordinance to limit where sex offenders can live now says he doesn't want to stay.
Kyle Lewis is a convicted child molester -- a Level 3 sex offender the state says is a high risk to reoffend. His roommate, John Weber, is a Level 2 sex offender. They both served time in prison and insist they are now law-abiding.
``I didn't come here to fight,'' Lewis told KOMO 4 News on Tuesday. ``I didn't come here to cause a ruckus. I came here to live to go to work, come home, eat my dinner, go to sleep.''
The night before, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that says no sex offender can live within 1,000 feet of a day care or school. Lewis and Webber now violate those restrictions, which are the tightest of any city in the state.
Lewis admits his background could give his neighbors cause for concern.
``When I was a kid, I wasn't just a sick pervert. I was really off the wall. I did a lot of really bad stuff,'' he said.
But now that Issaquah has restricted where he can live to a scant 15 percent of the city -- none of it in residential areas -- Lewis says he and his roommate no longer want to stay.
``We're not going to stay here. I'm sorry, but I don't want to live around people who aren't understanding and are this nuts,'' Lewis said. ``It's just nuts.''
Other cities are considering similar restrictions, Mayor Ava Frisinger said.
``We've had a few inquiries within the last several days. People have said, `As soon as you adopt this, let us know; we'd like to find out what you're doing.'''
For their town it is great news, for the town these too low lives move into- its a cause for concern. We all can hope that their moving van gets swept up in a tornado and vanishes from earth for the rest of eternity... although I would be giving false hope if I said I believed in any way that that could be possible. None the less, I am delighted for the victory won. I am relieved for the children that perhaps will be a little bit safer without these two predators in town. I am only hoping that more areas follow through and enact these laws for the protection of society.
SOURCE HERE
ISSAQUAH -- The man whose move into town sparked an emergency ordinance to limit where sex offenders can live now says he doesn't want to stay.
Kyle Lewis is a convicted child molester -- a Level 3 sex offender the state says is a high risk to reoffend. His roommate, John Weber, is a Level 2 sex offender. They both served time in prison and insist they are now law-abiding.
``I didn't come here to fight,'' Lewis told KOMO 4 News on Tuesday. ``I didn't come here to cause a ruckus. I came here to live to go to work, come home, eat my dinner, go to sleep.''
The night before, the City Council unanimously approved an ordinance that says no sex offender can live within 1,000 feet of a day care or school. Lewis and Webber now violate those restrictions, which are the tightest of any city in the state.
Lewis admits his background could give his neighbors cause for concern.
``When I was a kid, I wasn't just a sick pervert. I was really off the wall. I did a lot of really bad stuff,'' he said.
But now that Issaquah has restricted where he can live to a scant 15 percent of the city -- none of it in residential areas -- Lewis says he and his roommate no longer want to stay.
``We're not going to stay here. I'm sorry, but I don't want to live around people who aren't understanding and are this nuts,'' Lewis said. ``It's just nuts.''
Other cities are considering similar restrictions, Mayor Ava Frisinger said.
``We've had a few inquiries within the last several days. People have said, `As soon as you adopt this, let us know; we'd like to find out what you're doing.'''
For their town it is great news, for the town these too low lives move into- its a cause for concern. We all can hope that their moving van gets swept up in a tornado and vanishes from earth for the rest of eternity... although I would be giving false hope if I said I believed in any way that that could be possible. None the less, I am delighted for the victory won. I am relieved for the children that perhaps will be a little bit safer without these two predators in town. I am only hoping that more areas follow through and enact these laws for the protection of society.
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