Coast to Coast 7.1

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SandBar 7:1, Regulatory Takings Issue, April, 2008 Coast to Coast The world’s largest marine reserve has been established by the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. The area covers 410,500 square kilometers and includes 120 species of coral reefs and over 500 species of fish, as well as sea bird nesting sites. The island nation, which is located halfway between Fiji and Hawaii, received a boat donated by Australia to patrol the area. Citing an 1818 survey, the Georgia state legislature passed a resolution to restore the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee to the 35th parallel. The current border runs below the Tennessee River and a shift would give Georgia a portion of the river. The resolution was passed in the wake of recent water rights issues in Georgia. If the Tennessee state government does not approve the change, Georgia could take its case to the United States Supreme Court. An Australian fisherman swam nine miles from his capsized boat to shore. After the fisherman was discovered, authorities were dispatched to find two other crewmembers. A helicopter was able to rescue one crewmember, who had been clinging to an ice cooler to remain afloat. The third crewman had separated from the ice cooler in the middle of the night and there was no sign of him. A Navy airlift saved the day for a 14-year old girl whose appendix ruptured while she was aboard a cruise with her family. When the cruise ship sent out a distress call, the USS Ronald Reagan sent a helicopter to airlift the teenager back to its ship, which had the nearest hospital facility. In Hawaii, neighbors are feuding over whether short-term rentals should be allowed in residential areas. Some residents are fed up with the noise tourists bring to their neighborhoods and worry that the practice destroys the sense of community. Local lawmakers are considering proposals to eliminate permits that allow short-term vacation rentals in residential areas, the AP says.
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SandBar 7:1, Regulatory Takings Issue, April, 2008

Coast to Coast

The world’s largest marine reserve has been established by the Pacific Island nation of Kiribati. The area covers 410,500 square kilometers and includes 120 species of coral reefs and over 500 species of fish, as well as sea bird nesting sites. The island nation, which is located halfway between Fiji and Hawaii, received a boat donated by Australia to patrol the area.

Citing an 1818 survey, the Georgia state legislature passed a resolution to restore the boundary line between Georgia and Tennessee to the 35th parallel. The current border runs below the Tennessee River and a shift would give Georgia a portion of the river. The resolution was passed in the wake of recent water rights issues in Georgia. If the Tennessee state government does not approve the change, Georgia could take its case to the United States Supreme Court.

An Australian fisherman swam nine miles from his capsized boat to shore. After the fisherman was discovered, authorities were dispatched to find two other crewmembers. A helicopter was able to rescue one crewmember, who had been clinging to an ice cooler to remain afloat. The third crewman had separated from the ice cooler in the middle of the night and there was no sign of him.

A Navy airlift saved the day for a 14-year old girl whose appendix ruptured while she was aboard a cruise with her family. When the cruise ship sent out a distress call, the USS Ronald Reagan sent a helicopter to airlift the teenager back to its ship, which had the nearest hospital facility.

In Hawaii, neighbors are feuding over whether short-term rentals should be allowed in residential areas. Some residents are fed up with the noise tourists bring to their neighborhoods and worry that the practice destroys the sense of community. Local lawmakers are considering proposals to eliminate permits that allow short-term vacation rentals in residential areas, the AP says.