Citizens for Access Rights is asking for your support of pursuing condemnation of the 4,000 foot stretch of beach in Amagansett that was recently privatized by homeowners in the neighboring community. Our group is asking you to show your support of condemnation to East Hampton town elected officials. For the past 12 years our group of hundreds of local citizens has worked hard to maintain public beach access for all. However, it was not enough, and the locals have lost again. Now it is time for our local elected officials to deliver on their word and pursue condemnation immediately to preserve public beach access for all and for future generations. The privatization of this stretch of beach is only the beginning. If the town board does not condemn this stretch of beach a very dangerous precedent will be set. Public beach access for all has been the fabric of this community. Locals have been visiting this beach and many others for generations and it is what most local year round residents cherish most about our community.
We ask that the town board and town trustees fiercely defend public beach access to all beaches by all means possible. Sign and share this petition to show your candidates that condemnation is an important issue to you as you head to the polls on November 2nd. If the town fails to vehemently defend public beach access to Napeague, it will be the first of many land (beach) grabs in our community. Even if you don't utilize this beach, beware, your beach is next.
