Dear Supporters To Save Galilee from James Procaccianti and Joseph Paolino’s Continued Hardship,    Thank You all for your continued support.

I am providing the following updates.  

Last Sunday, the scheduled rally was cancelled due to rain and it appeared many were not showing up due to the rainy and inclement weather.

On a more positive note, the State issued on November 2nd, 2023 an online solicitation for bidding of the demolition of the Lighthouse Inn.    I posted the above request in the photo above this update.

Upon receiving word of the Demolition request it prompted me to write an email to the Governor of Rhode Island, the Director of the RIDEM, the lawyers representing the State and the Town, and all the Town of Narragansett’s elected and appointed officials.   

The fight to save Galilee is not over, but we are making progress.

Below is the email I sent out elected and appointed leaders.

 
Dear Elected Leaders, 

 I am glad to hear of the Solicitation RFQ24003494 DEM Lighthouse Inn Demolition.    As Attorney Landry noted in his legal brief PRIX needs to pay all legal fees and costs of demolition.

The RIDEM also needs to issue a cease and desist letter to PRIX to  vacate the premises and cease operations of its parking lots.    As PRI X has had its lease terminated, it should not be continuing to operate its parking lots.   

  Therefore, the State or the Town of Narragansett should take over the operations of the parking lots until a consolidated parking garage can be built.

  I have read all the legal briefs by all the lawyers in great detail.    The arguments by Attorneys Tarantino and Benjamin for PRIX and Gemma for Harbor One  Bank has my head spinning in disbelief.   There cannot be any compromise with PRIX.    PRIX intentionally created the worse environmental, health, and safety hazards on RIDEM leased land in the history of the United States.    We have live seagulls dying in the building, and as evidence by the Town of Narragansett building inspector’s report the building is now a health, safety, fire, and an environmental hazard.    The demolition will have to be done with the utmost precautions so the toxins from the building will not harm those living, working, or visiting that area.    We only have to see the harm the implosion of the Twin Towers caused everyone who visited and worked in the area after the implosion.   

I contacted both the State Building Commissioner and the State Fire Marshal as I would recommend their department be called in to inspect the building before any demolition work commences.   My God Father and Uncle, Robert Voas was the first fire marshal for the State of Rhode Island.   My Uncle Bob is now 90 years old, and when I discuss with him what has happened to the Lighthouse Inn on State Leased land in Galilee he could not understand how this has been allowed to happen.   When I shared with him the report by the Narragansett Town Building inspector, he stated the Town had every right to do its own inspection to protect its residents.   He was deeply surprised the State’s Fire Marshal and State Building inspector was not ordered in to do their own inspections before the Town of Narragansett needed to go in an inspect the property when it was reported people may have been illegally living inside the Lighthouse Inn.   The You Tube Videos on the abandoned Lighthouse Inn should have prompted the State to do its own inspections immediately.    Both Home Rule and Dillon’s Law protects the Town from protecting itself and its residents when the State as failed in its fiduciary duties.   Our lawyers can look up the Constitutional Home Rule in Rhode Island.   In a Spring 2006 report, Roger Williams Law Review discusses in detail the Home Rule ordinance.   Justice Brian Stern who is presiding over the case has been recently appointed as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Roger Williams University School of Law February of this year, so if he in anyway feels the Town of Narragansett acted recklessly or irresponsibly in entering, inspecting, and issuing a Notice of Unsafe Conditions and Order to Demolish then I would have him read the Home Rule and Dillon’s Law for the State of Rhode Island and the above referenced document from Roger William’s Law School.   We can all see what happened in Block Island at the Harborside Inn and the Station night club fire when needed inspections were not done in a timely manner.

I would be willing to donate my time and energy to help the State create a viable mixed use development for the entire 5 acre parcel.   I have already reached out to individuals who would be willing to help us find funding for a Maritime Museum and an Educational Center.   I also toured the Seamen’s Church Institute in Newport, and I interviewed the Director of the Institute.    The Seamen’s Institution is funded by philanthropic organizations and individuals.   Let us not forget, our State has been willing to give millions to developers such as Fortuitous Partners that will help fund the Tidewater Landing project.   Therefore, the State should be able get funding for a consolidated parking garage such as they did for the RI Convention Parking Garage.    We can reach out to the Graduate School of Oceanography and  / or URI for funding educational programming.    Regarding the Maritime Museum we can reach out to the Board of Directors of the South County Museum to find ways to procure funding.

     Please reach out to me if you need any additional information.   I would gladly provide answers to all of the lawyers representing PRI X and Harbor One with respect to theirnfalse claims against the State of Rhode Island and the Town of Narragansett.     My cell phone number is 401-218-3614.

                                             Respectfully Submitted, Dr. Albert Alba