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Originally Posted by Maloney

Texas has the "Open Beaches Act". The public owns the beach to the vegetation line.

Yes Texas does have this but it is being successfully challenged by the Corpus Christi city council and resort owners and as a result 7200ft of beach betweem Packery Channel and Padre Balli County Park on north Padre Island will be prohibited to vehicular access.

The only thing standing between this actually being implemented is the TOBA and lot of grassroots organizations.

Once the gov. and special interest groups get their foot in the door its the beginning of the end.After vehicular access is denied pedestrian prohibition will eventually follow.

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If this gets pushed, all the area land owners will do and have the towns do is put up no parking signs.

No access, no beach.

And its pissing me the eff off.