Appalling Decision
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Despite widespread grass roots opposition, on Oct. 6, at two minutes to eleven p.m., after three hours of often appalling discussion, a bare majority of one vote on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved the flawed and unneeded roundabout project for the intersection of the Vineyard Haven/Edgartown Road with Barnes and Airport Roads. The 13 commissioners present (out of 17) voted in a tie, which was broken by commission chairman Chris Murphy voting in favor.
RETHINKING THE BOATHOUSE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Chilmark selectmen:
I keep reading over the articles in the Gazette and the Times and wondering if everyone involved with the Coast Guard boathouse is missing the point altogether. We the citizens, the selectmen, the Coast Guard, and the people in Washington who control the flow of our tax dollars, should be asking what is best for the harbor.
DOING HIS JOB
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I read in today’s morning news a brief announcement of the summons against Jamie Zambrama.
ILLNESS AWARENESS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
My name is Rebecca Perkalis. I have bipolar disorder. I would like to have the community know that Mental Illness Awareness Week is October 2 to 8. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the United States Congress established the first week of October in recognition of NAMI’s efforts to raise mental illness awareness. NAMI is an organization that fights mental illness stigma and promotes advocacy.
CLEAR THE AIR
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
West Tisbury selectman Richard Knabel’s piece in the Vineyard Gazette entitled Those Who Deny Science Are Unfit to Lead [Vineyard Gazette Sept. 2, 2011] seems to have the support of an environmental law firm (nonprofit) in their recent issue of Earthjustice magazine.
BROADER VISION
Editors, Vineyard Gazette: