When you hand control of your life over to multiple bureaucracies you better be careful what you wish for. Consider that the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, after 30 years in power, has left in its wake an Island that continues to lose year-round residents due to the lack of affordable housing and the high cost of living. Consider also the economics of the fact that 300 to 400 people come to work here from the mainland every day since they can’t afford to live here. These people help to provide the workforce to build and maintain multi-million dollar summer estates all over the Island.