TAKES EXCEPTION TO COLUMN
Re: Grant Sanders' opinion piece of August 15, 2007.
To the editor:
      As Chairman of the Planning Board, I want to give the public my personal feelings about the referenced article. During my nine plus years on the board, I recall only a few times Mr. Sanders attended meetings. He states, "The Chairman was recently overheard at his place of business saying that, if he could he would pave the entire island, because that is progress.
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PAVED ACCOMPANIMENT
To the editor:
      An open letter to Grant Sanders: I would like to express my sentiments about road paving to the depredators on the Planning Board by coming with my bugle to accompany your trombone at their next meeting.
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TO THE MARKET WE GO
To the editor:
      I would like to thank the community for making Nantucket Farmers and Artisans Market's first day a success! I was amazed how many people attended and helped launch our first day. I want to thank all the vendors that participated and many others who will attend in the next eight weeks. A big thank you to the Nantucket New School for hosting the market at their school.
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GREY MATTER
     
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SETTING RECORD STRAIGHT
To the editor:
      I was amazed to read the August 8 issue and find the article about the Nantucket Garden Club's House tour in Monomoy in which the writer relied at length on hard-earned information in my book, "A Nantucket Enclave, Monomoy Heights 1852- 2005," to give colorful background information on the history of the area and its houses. The book was published by the Mill Hill Press.
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SURVEY IS MARRED
To the editor:
      TheCivil Society Institute Survey on Cape Wind is marred by a small local sample size and a biased approach, and it does not accurately reflect the views of Cape and Islands residents. Merely 61 local residents were included in the survey, which mentioned just a few of the significant negative impacts presented by the proposed Cape Wind project.
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