<p>Squibnocket Beach and Pond is threatened by a minority of Chilmark officials and voters.</p>
Squibnocket Beach and Pond are an amenity enjoyed by a majority of nonvoting thousands, which is now threatened by a minority of Chilmark officials and voters for the benefit of a few residents who have won the right to improve their road, at great cause to the community.
Swimmers, sunbathers, surfers, boaters, environmentalists and all others wishing to preserve our wonderful Vineyard world and landscape will be affected by the decision to build a massive concrete bridge/causeway 13 feet high and 300 feet long, to say nothing of the loss of revenue to towns and businesses.
Further, because the beach must be radically redesigned, the pond may be breached and in the meantime one of only two Chilmark beaches — the other one often full — will probably not be available.
I believe — having spent over 30 years as a seasonal resident and painter — that this questions logic and existing laws.
Ellen Liman
Chilmark
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Your small group has been a
Jackie Mendez-Diez ChilmarkYour small group has been a NIMBY objection from the beginning, nothing else. Pretending that it's anything else is not the truth. Despite the small group who aren't used to not getting their way, we voted and we knew exactly what we voted for, even with all the anonymous and misleading glossy info spread by the NIMBY folks whose only objection was not wanting to look at the roadway. And now, after you've lost the vote, there is still misleading and downright untrue info on social media going around by this small, moneyed group. There's a petition with false info, speculation and unscientific opinions on environmental impact, and there's whining that the vote wasn't fair because it went on too late into the night. There's also desperate whining that there's even a slight possibility of Indian artifacts in the area, (even though if there were, they'd be washed out to sea anyway). Enough. The town has spoken and you've had literally years to convince us otherwise. Please move on so the town can get its beach back and homeowners can access their homes.
Well, I don't think the
Down IslanderWell, I don't think the people who signed the petition were a bunch of NIMBYs.
The opposite of NIMBY is "SAMBY": "Save My Back Yard."
We are dealing with a xmall bunch of rich SAMBYs here.
Actually, I think the advent of Harvey in Texas should concentrate people's minds on the fact that if a hurricane is in the offing, you evacuate.
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