Some of “It” is scary, some of “It” is hopeful. The scary part is the consolidating evidence of global warming, the surprising acceleration of sea level rise, and the accepting of the profound effects these will have on Rhode Island. The hopeful part is the proactive call to arms by…
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In our work to prod forward the effort to regain the full “shore privileges” guaranteed by our Rhode Island Constitution, we have brought up several points which have received support from everyone with whom we have spoken. Namely: A close look at the Ibbison (1982) ruling ends with the…
Read MoreThe Luney Ibbison Court Case: The Metonic Cycle and R.I. Shore Access The Ibbison court ruling is being inappropriately used to take precious rights away from us citizens. Inappropriate because of the erroneous assumption in the decision that only fee simple ownership, with the right of unfettered exclusion, matters in…
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One of our RISAC members was recently arrested for standing on a short wall along the shore in front of Taylor Swift’s home in Westerly. This wall had been free standing for years, and when Ms. Taylor was given permission to rebuild her stone revetment, the wall disappeared into the…
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Ibbison Never Decided Anything-Part 3 of 3 The previous discussion (on this page in earlier editions) of how our constitutional “privileges of the shore” have been undermined by the erroneous assumption that only ownership of the shore matters, and the use of a “special definition” of what the word “shore”…
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RI Constitution and Shore Rights Section 16. Compensation for taking of private property for public use — Regulation of fishery rights and shore privileges not public taking. — Private property shall not be taken for public uses, without just compensation. The powers of the state and of its municipalities to…
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