Child hunger, called the 'silent epidemic,' is a problem in Florida and across America.

Child hunger, called the 'silent epidemic,' is a problem in Florida and across America.

The number of American youngsters living in homes without enough food soared in 2008 from 13 million to nearly 17 million, the Agriculture Department reported in October 2009.

Last year, Congress increased food stamp benefits by $20 billion and, also set aside money to test ways to feed children when school is out for the summer.

As Governor, Darrin will not wait for the federal government to act while a child goes to bed hungry.

The welfare of those in poor, disenfranchised, and impoverished neighborhoods will never be forgotten under a McGillis administration.

In America, at no time should a child ever go hungry simply because they are poor.

The sad fact is that millions of American children do go hungry, and most children go hungry during the last week of each month. The reason is that government issued food stamps have depleted and the family has no money available to purchase food.

As Governor, Darrin will ask the major supermarkets to help create an easy solution for poor families to access emergency electronic food vouchers. The emergency vouchers will be available the last week of each month for specific food items including rice, cereal, milk, beans, eggs, cheese, bread and many others.

Under a McGillis administration, no child will ever go hungry simply because the family of the child has no money for food.

The McGillis Plan for Florida - It's time to put the people of Florida first

The McGillis Plan for Florida Rev May 12 - 2010

War Against Child Sexual Predators

We must protect Florida’s children from sexual predators

As Governor I will seek to make all child sexual assaults committed by any one over the age of 21-years-old against any child under 18-years-old, a capital offense.

Prosecutors need the death penalty on the table to get plea deals for life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In child sex crimes prosecutors are faced with vulnerable victims who either can’t or won’t testify against a sexual predator (a child rapist). In almost all cases a child victim will be traumatized further by having to recount the horrific crime. Sometimes the evidence is not as strong as the prosecutor would like.

As Governor I will give prosecutors in Florida the tools they need to keep a child rapist behind bars for life and when warranted the tools to seek a death sentence.

As Governor, all sexual assault (rape) of any adult person in Florida, the offender will face a min-mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

As Governor, no bail (no bond) will be permitted on all cases of sexual assault (rape) were the suspects DNA is found on or near the victim.

As Governor, no plea deals for sexual predators which does not include voluntary castration. If the offender is indigent the state will pay for the castration of those convicted sexual predators who voluntarily seek help.

As Governor, Darrin will prohibit probation or parole transfers into Florida, in which the person was convicted in the sending State of a sex crime.

As Governor, Darrin will advocate legislation that will make it a felony to enter the State of Florida while having a unresolved criminal charge for a sex crime outside the State of Florida.

Geraldo Rivera says it best, If you are innocent of wrong doing, you will submit to a Police polygraph examination, innocent people fully cooperate with law enforcement. The fact is innocent people do not refuse a polygraph examination.

It’s time to get serious about ridding our streets of sexual predators.

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Darrin E. McGillis, Democrat for Governor of the State of Florida Post Office Box 56-6091, Miami, Florida 33256-6091.

Florida Gun Control - Equals Crime Control

I believe in the right to keep and bear arms

The question is, how does the government protect the right of every Floridian to keep and bear arms, while protecting every Floridian from certain individuals that have no business obtaining, or having a firearm.

As Governor, I will advocate legislation that will allow any citizen of Florida, at anytime, the right to seek in civil court an injunction (a court order) prohibiting a person from possession of a firearm because the person is currently a danger to himself or others.

Under a McGillis administration new gun control regulations shall be enacted as follows.

A license to carry a firearm shall issue if the applicant:

(1) Has reached the age of twenty-one (21) years.
(2) Has a negative criminal record certified by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement issued not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the application and has not been accused of, nor is pending or in the process of trial for any Felony in Florida or in the United States or abroad
(3) Is not habitually inebriated or addicted to controlled substances
(4) Has not been declared mentally incompetent by a court
(5) Has not incurred or belonged to organizations involved in acts of violence, or directed to the overthrow of the government
(6) Has not been dishonorably discharged from the armed forces, or removed from any of the law enforcement agencies of the Government of Florida or its municipalities
(7) Is not under a court order which prohibits harassing, stalking, threatening, or proximity to an intimate partner, the children of the latter or to any person, and who does not have a record of violence
(8) Is a citizen of the United States
(9) Is not a person who, having been a citizen of the United States at a given time, has renounced said citizenship
(10) Has submitted a sworn statement attesting to compliance with fiscal laws; it being established that it shall be grounds to deny the issue of the license applied for or to revoke the same if the applicant has failed to comply with the fiscal laws of the State of Florida
(11) Has payed the required application fee; provided, that in those cases whereby the license is denied, the amount paid shall not be reimbursed
(12) Has submitted, together with the application, one (1) sworn statement from five (5) persons that are not related by consanguinity or affinity to the applicant and that under penalty of perjury, attest to the fact that the applicant enjoys a good reputation in the community, that he/she does not have a tendency to commit acts of violence, and that therefore they have no objection to the applicant owning firearms. This statement shall be made in the form provided by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement along with the application for a weapons license
(13) Has submitted the completed application, under oath, before a notary, accompanied by an impression of his/her fingerprints, taken by a technician of any local Law Enforcement Agency in Florida or a competent federal or state government agency, and that includes two (2) color photographs, two (2) inches by two (2) inches in size, sufficiently recent as to depict the applicant in his/her true aspect at the time of the application
(14) Has submitted a negative certification of debt from the Child Support Administration, issued not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date of the application

Political advertisement paid for and approved by Darrin E. McGillis, Democrat for Governor of the State of Florida Post Office Box 56-6091, Miami, Florida 33256-6091.