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Orange County Commisioners Presentation <br />April 17, 1990 <br />HIS EMPLOYEE AND FRIEND. HE WAS FRUSTRATED AND DEFEATED IN HIS <br />EFFORT TO HELP DAWN FIND SAFETY FOR HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER. HE <br />WAS PLAINLY SHAKEN BY WATCHING HELPLESSLY OVER A PERIOD OF NINETY <br />DAYS WHILE A YOUNG MOTHER WAS HUNTED DOWN IN PLAIN SIGHT. WE <br />LISTENED WHILE CARL FOX, DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE COUNTY, ECHOED <br />THE NEED FOR A PRO - ARREST POLICY, CHANGES IN INEQUITABLE FELONY <br />LAWS THAT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST WOMEN, AND HIS OWN FRUSTRATION AT <br />NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH BEYOND THE FRAMEWORK OF HIS OFFICE TO DO <br />MORE. AND THERE WAS MORE. THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE. STORIES OF <br />RAPE, INCEST, AND MURDER. STORIES OF JUDGES LETTING MEN OFF WITH <br />MEANINGLESS SENTENCES FOR HORRIBLE CRIMES. MEN WHO HAD BEATEN <br />THEIR WIVES OR CHILDREN OR BOTH, BEING GIVEN CUSTODY OF THE <br />CHILDREN THEY'D ABUSED. STORIES OF YOUNG GIRLS FORCED INTO LIFE <br />OF PORNOGRAPHY AND PROSTITUTION, AT 12 AND 13 YEARS OF AGE. <br />GIRLS RAPED WITH KNIVES AND BROKEN BOTTLES AND DOCTORS WHO <br />REPAIRED THE DAMAGE WITHOUT QUESTIONING THE CAUSE. ON THE HEELS <br />OF THIS WE HEARD OF LESBIAN MOTHERS LOSING CUSTODY OF THEIR <br />CHILDREN, BECAUSE THE PEOPLE THEY LOVE ARE WOMEN. MEN, WE WERE <br />TOLD, CAN BEAT AND RAPE THEIR CHILDREN, BUT IF THEY BRING HOME A <br />PAYCHECK, THE COURT SYSTEM SAYS THEY'RE GOOD FATHERS. THEY'RE <br />"DOING THE BEST THEY CAN ". WOMEN LOVING OTHER WOMEN, HOWEVER IS <br />SOMEHOW DISGUSTING AND IMMORAL AND SETS THE WRONG EXAMPLE FOR <br />IMPRESSIONABLE CHILDREN. <br />FINALLY IN JANUARY WE HEARD OF HOUSING SHORTAGES. WE HEARD OF <br />THE INSULT OF WORKING IN A COMMUNITY YOU CANNOT AFFORD TO LIVE <br />IN, AND A COMMUNITY THAT APPARENTLY WANTS TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. A <br />$75,000.00 HOME IS BUILT AND DESCRIBED AS "AFFORDABLE HOUSING ". <br />