We have stayed for longer than the limit time at Brunswick Landing Marina, and count BLM - the marina (not their boat yard) - to be one of the favorite places we have stayed at. But the law saying you cannot be a live aboard may be unique. No state is perfect!
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 2:00 PM, Jim Lynch <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry but I have to defend my little state of Georgia. I live here. > It's not utopia, but it's not bad. What Ben said is correct, the law was > passed to remove a bunch of trashy shanty-towns on the state waterways. > It's also true the extended the limit to 90 days. What's not generally > known is that Georgia, being a "good old boy" run state takes laws as ways > to control undesirables, not as fact. If you aren't bothering anyone or > making a pest of yourself, the law here will leave you alone. It's just a > different system of justice from it's northern counterparts. > > There are hundreds, maybe thousands of live-aboards in Georgia waters and > have been forever. The politicians on the coast recognize they spend > money, vote and are less of a problem than urban crackheads so don't bother > them. When some do-gooder (usually a northern transplant) complains, they > post warning signs around the marinas outlining the law. Eventually the > signs fade away and I guess the do-gooders go away or get convinced of the > error of their ways. I've been hanging around the marinas and live-aboards > in Brunswick for over 10 years and never have heard of anyone in authority > hassling them. > > There really is a different mentality to law enforcement in the state of > Georgia. For instance, how many states would allow a car to be driven > daily with expired (5+ years ago) NJ plates? There was one in the parking > lot at work every day for years. > > Back 50 years ago or so, Georgia was the king of speed traps. One > Governor was so pissed about the bad publicity that he got the legislature > to pass the most reasonable laws I've ever seen. To quote: > > > - Georgia has a speed trap law that applies to all police agencies > except State Patrol. Some of the regulations regarding Speed Measuring > Device (SMD) use include: (1) cannot issue tickets for less than 10 mph > over posted speed limit, (2) cannot use SMD on downhill road with more than > a 7% downgrade, (3) cannot use SMD closer than 500 feet inside a changed > speed limit zone (4) police vehicle using SMD must be seen by all > approaching vehicles at least 500 feet or more, and (5) any municipality > using SMD must have warning signs on major road at city or county limits > stating so. > > Note that the State Patrol has the authority to issue tickets at any > excessive speed but follows the >10 mph guidelines unless there are > extenuating circumstances. Also the above restrictions don't apply to some > special zones, such as hospital, school and construction. > > Prior to the law a Governor (don't know if it's the same one) had > billboards erected around towns with know speed traps warning motorists. > One Sherrif kept burning them down as fast as they went up until the Gov. > placed guards on them. > > Georgia isn't quite the police state some of you seem to think it is. It > just works differently from what you might be used to. Except for FL I've > never lived in any other southern state but I wouldn't be surprised the > same attitudes exist in other southern states. > > Oh and by the way, please continue to avoid the ICW through GA. I'd hate > to have all that beautiful water cluttered up with boats. It's so pleasant > to wander up through the marsh and find a deep creek absolutely devoid of > any sign of civilization and teeming with wildlife. And remember there are > some 4' deep areas of the ICW which need to be avoided at all costs, but do > forget we have 9' spring tides here that make planning your route through > shallow water necessary. :-) > > Marsh view http://windangel.org/images/P9290805.JPG > Jim. > > > > > > > > > On 11/22/2012 07:48 PM, Ben Okopnik wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 09:55:43AM -0500, Norm wrote: > > > When I first arrived in north Florida the locals told me the St Johns river > flows north because Georgia sucks. I thought it had something to do with > college football until I found it was more personal than that. > > Just in the interests of maintaining current information (NOT defending > the place - there's no love lost between me and Georgia; in fact, I > wouldn't extinguish a state-threatening fire there even if my bladder > was full), GA appears to have a) passed this law to specifically chase > away the live-aboard "house barges" (i.e., floating shanty-towns) > proliferating in the lakes around Atlanta and the Altamaha River, and b) > has recently passed a bill through the state senate extending the period > to 90 days. > http://coastalgadnr.org/msp/ap/Liveab > > But yeah, Georgia could suck-start a Harley. Or suck a baseball through > a mile of garden hose. Scientifically proven fact; I'm pretty sure I saw > an article in JAMA or something... > > > Ben > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > -- Ed Kelly sailing vessel ANGEL LOUISE - Catalac 12m Skype to AttyEdKelly or Skype-in phone: 202-657-6357 [email protected]
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