Rhode Island Residents to Vote on Bond to Buy Undeveloped Land.

From: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News | Date: October 21, 1998| Author: Sabar, Ariel | Copyright information

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Oct. 22--If you looked at Rhode Island from the window of an airplane, you might conclude the state is a green forest sprinkled with a few small towns and beaches.

But supporters of the $15-million open-space bond measure on the November ballot say the picture of a wooded wonderland is deceiving. From an airplane, you can't see the "for sale" signs.

Rhode Island is second only to New Jersey in population density, ...

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