Ashley Thomas

@anydayisnow

Florida State Director - Fines and Fees Justice Center. Views are mine and mine alone.

Florida, USA
Joined January 2013

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jan 22

    Are you interested in seeing how driver's license suspension for unpaid fines and fees impact communities across Florida? Check out our interactive maps: Suspended in the Sunshine State

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  2. Jan 27

    For Florida drivers, there has to be a better way than interminable license suspensions | Editorial

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  3. Jan 27

    This is the way forward. The status quo isn't working.

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  4. Retweeted

    FFJC is hiring a State Director for our New Mexico fines and fees reform campaign! The position will be full-time and located in Albuquerque. Please share this listing with your professional networks!

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    Today, Tampa City Council passed a resolution in support of statewide legislation that would end driver's license suspension for unpaid fines and fees in Florida. () Pictured below: FFJC's advocates in favor of the resolution.

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  6. Jan 6

    ICYMI: From the Orlando Sentinel editorial board "This is not a call for traffic-ticket amnesty... We’re advocating a system that allows people who owe money to keep their licenses so they can keep their jobs and pay down debts."

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  7. Jan 6

    Who has thoughts - Garmin or Fitbit?

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  8. Retweeted
    Jan 4

    Cleaning out your closet for the New Year? Please consider donating your clothes to one of Rentey Centers for returning citizens.

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  9. Jan 2

    Thank you ! This will have such a positive impact across Florida!

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  10. 30 Dec 2019
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  11. Retweeted
    29 Dec 2019

    Check out the top story in the Sunday paper of the today!! and lead the page!!

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  12. Retweeted
    22 Dec 2019

    Having your license suspended can adversely impact your ability to take care of your basic needs, Says FFJC’s ⁦⁩ Florida lawmakers want to stop suspending driver licenses for unpaid fines - The St. Augustine Record - St. Augustine, FL

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    Our Justice Program is hiring for the role of special assistant. Terrific opp to join our team as we seek to reduce our overreliance on incarceration, end the criminalization of poverty, & transform what justice looks like in America

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  14. 20 Dec 2019

    People with suspended licenses often drive because they can’t pay their debt and still need to work. They get arrested for driving with a suspended license, leading to more fines and fees. Thank you for your leadership.

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  15. Retweeted
    19 Dec 2019

    Thank you for taking the time to come speak out this morning at Tampa City Council about the counterproductive practice of DL suspensions for unpaid criminal and traffic court debt and the impacts that it has on FL citizens.

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    Currently, almost 2 million Floridians cannot legally drive because of unpaid . Our friends at took an in-depth look at how these practices detract from public safety and perpetuate racial and economic disparities

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    FFJC's joined to explain why NY should pass driver's license suspension reform. "In communities with the highest % people of color, we see traffic debt suspension rates that are up to 4 times as high as our whitest communities."

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  18. 16 Dec 2019

    Suspending driver's licenses for unpaid fines and fees HURTS Florida families and businesses while simultaneously undermining public safety. Time to put an end to this failed practice. GUEST COLUMN | You got it wrong on fines & fees

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  19. Retweeted
    9 Dec 2019

    should end the state's counterproductive policy of revoking driver's licenses. This policy harms the state's economy by trapping families in a debt spiral they cannot overcome.

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  20. 4 Dec 2019

    If you would like to learn more, join our campaign, or connect with us on how license suspension has impacted you, visit us at

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