"Larry Weiss" wrote in message
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Sorry Wayne, its not about the water or the dock. Please come on over
and
enjoy Oyster Bay anytime. We love alien infidels like you. :-) Its the
other infidels that are the problem ...

As far as the issue at hand goes, I didn't clearly explain it because I
was
merely looking for a possible legal citation. But if you must know, the
locals are concerned about the Town Park being over used - and trashed -
by
people from New York City who are coming out by train (the station is
conveniently next to the park). Since it is a local park maintained by
local
taxes, and since the covenant specifically states it is to be used by
locals,
and since the out-of-towners (a.k.a. "the other infidels") are not
treating
the park or the park rules with any respect, the locals are getting upset.
The Town says they can not enforce the residents-only rule because the law
says they must allow access to the water. I think they are
misinterpreting
the law; that if there is such a law, it applies to boaters on their
boats,
not people on the land. I'm looking for something to back that up.

Larry Weiss
"...Ever After!"
"a little after..."

It's a good cause they're fighting, then, if visitors trash the place. That
happens upstate at some of the state parks, with one major exception which I
won't divulge because it's spotless. :-)

Rather than waste a few billion dollars on a legal battle, wouldn't it make
more sense to jack up the littering fines to an absurd level, hire
plainclothes cops on the weekends, and tell them to raise holy hell until
visitors either toe the line or go elsewhere? Let the park police handle
that nonsense at Jones Beach or Robert Moses.

I was at RM once on a chilly October day. There must've been all of 20
people, mostly fishermen. But, there was one asshole who tossed down a
blanket in the sand 10 feet from a sign that said "No Radios". A park cop
went over and asked him to shut it off. The wind was whistling in my ears,
so I didn't hear the conversation - just saw the body language. There was
some finger pointing for maybe 30 seconds, at which point the cop used his
foot to put the guy face down on the blanket, cuffed him, and literally
dragged him into the building by the wrists.

That's what I'm talkin' about. It's beyond me why anyone would leave a noisy
place or a dirty place, presumably where they live, so they can make noise
and more litter.