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Date: June 27, 2006 at 09:52:41
From: Mike Testa, [ip68-9-203-155.ri.ri.cox.net]
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> Greetings All,
>
> I and two others from Jamestown Striper Club went to the town council
> meeting last night to once again (we go through this every year)
> attempt to defeat a proposal by the Harbor Commission to ban fishing
> at the East Ferry public piers -- this year they wanted to ban all
> public access to the two piers and bulkhead from 9 pm to 5 am. Last
> year we defeated an effort to ban all-day fishing.
>
> As many of you know, this is one of those fast-disappearing public
> access spots in RI for easy fishing. We did lose the docks one year
> in the past and don't want to again. The town council rejected the ban
> this year, but there will continue to be discussions at future town
> meetings on how to solve the continuing problems of:
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> Serious littering all over area
> Trespassing on private boats while fishing
> Vandalism and destruction
>
> Please pass the word that all fishermen need to clean up (even if its
> not entrely your mess), educate others, and be respectful at these
> public places so we don't lose them (like we did at URI dock). We
> will also lose them even if the complaints are meritless, if no one
> speaks up to defend public access.
>
> Show up, make noise and write letters to your papers. And let's be
> careful not to shift the blame to 'outsiders' as this would cut off
> our nose to spite our face (besides being often false). Public access
> means we want EVERYONE to have access.
>
> Cheers,
> Peter Fay
> Jamestown Striper Club / RISAA
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