FLAG FIX

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Let’s all give a big thank-you to whomever dredged up the so-called flag bylaw in Tisbury and indirectly brought it to our collective attention. Such faceless mischief-makers are rarely recognized for catalyzing unintended consequences.

In all the hubbub two questions go unanswered: Where is the value added, and how is the public served?

WAKE UP TIME

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Liz Durkee has done our Island community a huge service with her informative and well-researched articles in the Gazette on global warming and climate change. Her passion is to get us thinking on how to prepare for this inevitable future. If you have missed them, check them out on the Gazette Web site. They serve as an important wake-up call.

NURSING EXPERTISE

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I am writing in response to your June 3 article about the hospital emergency room (ER) staffing, specifically concerning comments about nurse practitioners (NPs) and physicians assistants (PAs).

NO TICKET, STILL TOUR

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

SKATE CAMP CLARIFICATION

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

We were eager and honored to have our camp included in this year’s Vineyard summer camp round up (“Kids Are All Right With So Many Island Camps,” June 3.) And while it’s exciting to see such an artful lead photograph depicting a young and talented skateboarder, we were disappointed to find the content of the photograph and caption below to be irresponsibly misleading.

GOOD FENCE VIEWERS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: