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08-29-2008, 02:48 PM
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the cape times ran the article also.it's still up on their site.
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08-29-2008, 03:00 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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Unless they were fishing, shellfishing, waterfowling or portaging a boat, they're all guilty under the law.
It's only been the law since 1648. It can only be changed to allow general beach use if the state compensates every coastal landowner--so sayeth the SJC almost 30 years ago.
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-29-2008, 03:10 PM
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she's already won 2 lower court cases.I bet she really enjoys sitting in her beach chair
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08-29-2008, 05:53 PM
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Retired Surfer
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We used to own a place a very short distance away, although not on the waterfront. No one who did own the water front properties would have ever done this.
Like I said MikeP, a jury trial before your peers can invalidate any law. Franz Guest found that out on the Vineyard with Belushi. A loud not guilty nullifying any evidence will keep the DA's office from filing charges in the future.
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Swimmer a.k.a. YO YO MA
Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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08-29-2008, 07:43 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Swimmer
We used to own a place a very short distance away, although not on the waterfront. No one who did own the water front properties would have ever done this.
Like I said MikeP, a jury trial before your peers can invalidate any law. Franz Guest found that out on the Vineyard with Belushi. A loud not guilty nullifying any evidence will keep the DA's office from filing charges in the future.
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The problem they'll have is that the defendants are tourists, most likely, and they won't be going in front of a jury of their "peers" in Orleans District Court come the winter  |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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08-30-2008, 06:44 AM
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I'm gonna sell "Pocket Fishermen" as a free pass to any beach. KarlF has a point if they claim rights that far out, are the taxed on all that real estate. A reassessment would raise the funds to reimburse the owners for their beaches. Or just tax them as they do me, for ALL their property.
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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
Thomas Paine
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