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The following letter was sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission via e-mail:

As an Island builder I was dismayed at the various comments made concerning new construction of the megamansions here on the Vineyard.

CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I have been walking at Lambert’s Cove Beach with my dogs for many years. I am seasonal so my dates of walking are typically from June 20 to Sept. 10. I usually arrive there around 8:30 in the morning and stay until we must be off at 10:00. I have never gone off-season or in the evenings. I write for the times I go every morning. Usually during a summer season I see a total of two or occasionally three dog feces on the path that have not been picked up.

A FIRM STAND

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: