Calls and Emails Needed!!! Promises (and Laws) Broken!

[JohnR]

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Recreational anglers and public access advocates of Rhode Island have many friends in the State House, but

Representative Ken Carter obviously IS NOT ONE OF THEM!

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Carter legislation bans planned fishing pier, park

STATE HOUSE – Rep. Kenneth Carter (D-Dist. 31, North Kingstown, Exeter) has introduced legislation to prohibit a planned fishing pier in North Kingstown, after the old Jamestown Bridge has been demolished, as well as development of a state park at the site.

Current state law provides that a fishing pier will be built at the present site of the Jamestown Bridge by the state Department of Transportation. The law also provides that the Department of Environmental Management will develop and maintain a park on state-owned land adjacent to the bridge, on the North Kingstown side of the bay.

“This may be the intention of the DOT and the DEM,” said Representative Carter, “but I know that the residents of Saunderstown and Hamilton (sections of the
town) do not want this to happen.”

“As a Representative of the Town of North Kingstown, I want to make sure the residents are protected. I have introduced this legislation to prohibit the construction of a fishing pier and development of a park at the request of many of my constituents, and specifically Edward J. Walsh and Dr. David Ashley, who have been very outspoken on the issue,” said Representative Carter. The legislation was also requested by a Resolution of the North Kingstown Town Council.

The bill would specifically repeal R.I.G.L. section 24-12-51.1, relating to the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge fishing area and park.

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The Carter bill to KILL the Jamestown Bridge fishing pier and a public park at the site is schedule for a HEARING THIS WEDNESDAY!

It will go before House Finance Committee. It is important that representatives on this committee know how TERRIBLE this bill is!

Rep. Carter is catering to a small group of rich residents who live near the bridge and want the public kept away! A fishing pier and park at that location could benefit THOUSANDS of Rhode Islanders, not just the few who live nearby.

It's time that the OCEAN STATE live up to it's name - and not just for a few.

Send an email to every representative on the House Finance Committee and tell them they must kill the bill. (I'll post the emails in another message).


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Condition: {List Bills: 8018}

House Bill No.8018
(by request)
BY Carter
ENTITLED, AN ACT RELATING TO RHODE ISLAND TURNPIKE AND BRIDGE AUTHORITY --
JAMESTOWN VERRAZZANO BRIDGE -- FISHING AREA AND PARK

(repeal the section of state law requiring the director of the dept. of
transportation to retain a portion of the Jamestown Bridge for use as a fishing
pier)
{LC3047/1}

04/25/2006 Introduced, referred to House Finance
05/24/2006 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration


The Actual posted bill:
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/Billtex...xt06/H8018.pdf

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WHAT CAN YOU DO?
EMAIL!!! OR CALL!!!
Members of the House Judiciary Committee.
(note that Rep. Carter is vice chair! How convenient!)

Send an email to every one of them. Tell them you are a citizen who WANTS to see a fishing pier and public access maintained at the Jamestown Bridge site. Tell them you want Rep. Ken Carter's Bill H8018 to be killed in committee.

If you are a resident of Rep. Carter, tell him so!

Here is a link that will allow you to click on the email of each member and paste a message that you compose to each one.


Representative Kenneth Carter Vice Chairperson rep-carter@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Arthur J. Corvese Member
rep-corvese@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Steven M. Costantino Chairperson rep-costantino@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Paul W. Crowley Deputy Chairperson rep-crowley@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Elizabeth M. Dennigan Member
rep-dennigan@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Raymond E. Gallison Jr. Member
rep-gallison@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Robert B. Jacquard Member
rep-jacquard@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Peter L. Lewiss Member
rep-lewiss@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Jan Malik Vice Chairperson rep-malik@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Victor G. Moffitt Member
rep-moffitt@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Carol A. Mumford Member
rep-mumford@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Eileen S. Naughton Member
rep-naughton@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Henry C. Rose Member
rep-rose@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative William San Bento Jr. Secretary rep-sanbento@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative John A. Savage Member
rep-savage@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Joseph H. Scott Member
rep-scott@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative John P. Shanley Jr. Member
rep-shanley@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Thomas C. Slater Member
rep-slater@rilin.state.ri.us

Representative Anastasia Williams Member
rep-williams@rilin.state.ri.us



UPDATE!!

For those that plan to attend the hearing I was recently informed that:

The bill is in the Finance Committee not Judiciary
For those attending the hearing, it is Room 35, Basement level.
To testify: sign up with the clerk beforehand (but as was mentioned on SNESA, the numbers show the support, being there is important for those that can go, but 200 people testifying at the committee might be overkill - more important to be there.