Look for more park bans on sex offenders

Jason Sandford

Jason Sandford is a reporter, writer, blogger and photographer interested in all things Asheville.

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The Charlotte Observer has the story. Look for other commissioners to follow suit:

Registered sex offenders would be banned from parks and recreation centers in Mecklenburg County under a proposal being considered by county commissioners on Tuesday.

Earlier this month, the state Supreme Court upheld a similar ordinance in Woodfin, a town near Asheville that in 2005 became the first community in North Carolina to bar sex offenders from parks.

The court case was closely watched by officials across the state, and Mecklenburg commissioner Bill James said the town’s win at the Supreme Court prompted him to propose a similar ban here.