Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Over the past two weeks there has been both a news article and an editorial in the Gazette regarding the actions and, as we believe, non-actions of the West Tisbury finance committee. We would like to set the record straight. For those who would like to see the entire Jan. 25 meeting, it can be viewed on demand on MVTV.
Editor’s Note: What follows is a selection of comments posted on the Gazette Web site last week in response to the story about a preliminary application by Tara and Daniel Whiting to tear down the Old Parsonage house in West Tisbury.
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Land Bank Position
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Edgartown selectmen from the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank.
I am writing regarding the mini-park on Main street. You had asked the land bank to consider contributing to its acquisition.
The land bank commission has now discussed this matter several times in the past few weeks and has determined that it does not support land bank involvement here. The central reason is financial. Allow me please to explain.
CALL FOR CANDIDATES
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
A functioning democracy requires the participation of its citizens.
That is something which we in the United States take for granted.
But the reality is that very few people actually take the time and trouble to take part in their local political processes, leaving decisions that affect them to be made by the very few activists.
By participation, I don’t just mean speaking up at annual town meeting.
TOWERS OF HOPE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
It is time for us all to embrace wind power. What a joy it is to see these beacons of hope sprouting up here in New England. How can anyone who uses electricity not think the same? Isn’t it great driving from Woods Hole to Falmouth? To see the white blades soaring into the sky saying, “We are on the grounds of an institution of higher learning — we are here to promote the greater good for all!”
WRONGLY BLAMED
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I read with great dismay your editorial about our town administrator Michael Dutton. Having lived through the tenure of every town administrator we have ever had in Oak Bluffs and with regular attendance at most of the meetings of the board of selectmen, I can say with all honesty, I think you are sadly mistaken and totally misinformed.