Letters to the Editor

 

 

 

UP AND DOWN

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

While enjoying the excerpt from David Kinney’s book The Big One on your op-ed page, May 22, I tripped over the preposterous theory, blandly presented as fact, that the terms up-Island” and “down-Island are based on longitude.

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enough hypocrisy

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

This from Laurie David’s (self-proclaimed environmental activist) blog on the Huffington Post:

“My favorite action tip for the week is to stop idling. On average, a car will burn more than half a gallon of fuel for every hour spent idling. In general, 10 seconds of idling uses more fuel than restarting the car, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. — Signing off from the Green Zone, Laurie David.”

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call to arms

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The following letter was sent to the New England Fishery Management Council Herring Advisory Panel on May 11:

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HOSPITAL RESPONDS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I am writing this letter in response to the Gazette’s recent article (April 10) and editorial (April 24) about insurance changes on Martha’s Vineyard.

There were several inaccuracies in these stories that need to be addressed.

Three recurring themes in these stories that I would like to discuss are:

• The hospital has not communicated its plans to Island health care consumers;

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JUST THE FACTS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

We all expect that no good deed will go unpunished. That’s just the way it goes, right? But it seems reasonable to expect that those who administer the punishment will do it accurately.

The Gazette suggests that the houses at 250 State Road are estimated at $400 per square foot. Nothing could be further from the truth.

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