and 30 cents.
That's how much money I had to pay for the privilege of being a sex offender living at my current address. I forget the exactly figures, but I'll approximate:
- $60 to both the Chief of Police and the Sheriff's Office as my annual "Registration Fee." Anyone who has the audacity to live within the city limits gets to pay twice. Why? Unclear. Mostly because "Fuck you, that's why" I assume.
- $100, $100, and $80 to each of the three newspapers that serve my address. This was to pay for the community notification requirement that had to run for two consecutive days. I'm not sure why it had to run in all three newspapers (I hadn't ever even heard of one of them), but I'll assume it's more or less the same reason as above.
- $30 for the 6 total money orders necessary for this task.
- The rest was to pay for the notification postcards I mentioned a few posts ago.
I have a hard time believing that any of these things actually cost near that much money, but I suppose all the non-sex-offenders are comfortable with us having to deal with these unreasonable fees just because we deserve it or something.
If I'm to move at the end of July, I'll get to pay all those fees again. Though, the fee for the postcards is dependent on the number of people within your required mailing radius, so that number will certainly be different. It could be lower, but it could also be higher! Hooray!
(None of this includes my monthly $65 fee that I get to pay for the privilege of being on probation instead of in jail.)
I have no idea where I want to move. Part of me just wants to find the cheapest possible spot out in the country somewhere. But, I still consider Shreveport my home (even if hardly anyone who lives here wants to talk or hang out with me). I don't want to leave.
Rent prices in Caddo Parish make my eyes bulge. I don't know how I'm supposed to afford anything ever. Especially while I'm struggling to figure out how to make money.
