Three Cheers for Wally. You have pointed our swords and I am very grateful.
Now to get one of our cruising attorneys - (That Means You Ed Kelly!) - to
sharpen the edges with said notice to repel our attackers.
Perhaps someone could call in an anonymous tip to the cops wherever Ed is
anchoring that he is a government employee fleeing bondage and should be
investigated so Ed will be properly stirred into action.
I must also point out that we must patch up other chinks in our armor, the
biggest one being the Poopie Problem. For me I have purchased an Air Head. I
will leave the conventional equipment in place for use in places where it is
legal, but when asked what we do with our poopie I can righteously point to our
slightly stinky composting, zero discharge, completely legal marine sanitation
device.
Although we have not been boarded by the CG in several years, it would also pay
to go over the checklist on the back of the CG boarding form and be sure
everything is covered.
As our attackers become frustrated they surely will seek smaller and smaller
places to thrust in their weapons.
Norm
S/V Bandersnatch
Lying Julington Creek
30 07.695N 081 38.484W
----- Original Message -----
From: Wally
To: liveaboard@liveaboardnow.org
Sent: 11/29/2008 1:30:24 PM
Subject: [Liveaboard] Dealing with the laws....
I'm surprised that no one has offered this solution up before, or else I've
missed it. In the US, you have a federal law that prohibits illegal laws. I'm
enclosing an article I wrote on this some time back, so it's slightly dated,
but the substantive information is accurate. It's lengthy, but it IS the
solution to this crap.
If you pass this email on to anyone, please include the statement: [Copyright
2008,
W. Moran. Permission granted to republish by W. Moran].
I am not an American and I have no standing nor desire to involve myself in
this sort of lawsuit - however, if one of you is annoyed enough over the issue
to do something, this is the tool.
Wally
s/v Gypsy Wind
lying Annapolis Md
(for now, heading south next week...)
To all intents and appearances, there is a war going on between cruisers and
Florida's municipal bureaucrats over anchoring. And despite the state's
enactment in July 2006 of legislation intended to solve the problem, the
sniping continues from behind the desks of officialdom.
Perhaps it's time for cruisers to pick up the loaded weapon that's been in
front of us all this time: U.S. Code 42 Section 1983. Rather than quote the
Section here, let me repeat what one expert has stated is its meaning: "Section
1983 authorizes a private, civil lawsuit against any person who abuses state or
local government authority to violate another person's civil rights. In short,
the statute creates a lawsuit for abuse of government power".
Well! Isn't that interesting? Now, just what does it mean to you and I?....
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