While the RI Supreme Court should recognize the validity of the current law requiring landlords to maintain safe housing for their tenants and themselves and not put the burden on, what were,legitmately operating companies, I doubt seriously that the justices will consider the welfare of RI citizens above the thought of $$$$.

Yeah, but all for the greater good. The greater Democrat good, that is.

Then gubernatorial aspirant Sheldon Whitehouse got lots of money from Ness Motley (now Motley Rice) and its partners / employees, in return for giving those class action ambulance chasers the no-bid contract to pursue the RI lead paint case, as a “trial run” to see if they could reproduce their nationwide tobacco company shakedown against the paint companies (there are fortunes to be made in “social justice”)!

“When asked about his business philosophy, lawyer Ronald L. Motley often quoted Dolly Levi from the musical Hello, Dolly! ‘Money is like manure,’ the Charleston (S.C.) litigator would declare in a theatrical voice. ‘It should be spread around to help young things grow.’ Motley, 57, practiced what he preached. The small law firm he led, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole (NMLR&P), parlayed the asbestos millions it won in the early 1990s into tobacco billions a few years later--and then invested the cigarette money to take on drugmakers, lead paint manufacturers, and car companies. Motley's personal rewards included annual pay in excess of $10 million, multiple homes, a yacht, and a flattering portrayal in the 1999 movie The Insider.

“Motley lives in a gated home with security guards on James Island off the South Carolina coast and has a 9,800-square-foot vacation palace on nearby Kiawah Island. He owns a 120-foot ocean yacht christened Themis, after the Greek goddess of justice. Like many other top plaintiffs' attorneys, he's also a major contributor to the Democratic Party. ‘Motley likes to live rich and fancy,’ says Richard Harpootlian, chairman of the South Carolina State Democratic Party. ‘He enjoys being a celebrity.’

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_07/b3820066.htm

Motley Rice Providence operative, uh, I mean Partner (and reportedly now multi-millionaire himself) John MConnell is the RI Democratic Party’s Treasurer.

Yeah, no kidding!

The unions aren’t the only ones who recycle money into Democrat coffers in return for “favors” – the ambulance chasers, uh, I mean trial lawyers, are right in there with them – and RI’s Democrats are always happy to oblige them ... at very reasonable rates.

So what happens when I tell the state to 'piss off' when they come to my door to remove the lead paint in my house? Will they bring a SWAT team in to forcibly drag me from my residence?

Greg, we don't know how far they'll go to "save" people. Just let them in! Please, no Branch Davidian or stand-off incidents in Rhode Island.

No chance. The interloper who crosses the threshold without permission will be chewing the end of my GP-100.