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Appalled by regional OKH
board's conduct
Editor 's note: This is an open letter
to the Old King's Highway Regional
Historic District Commission.
Havingjustattendedthe OldKing's
Highway Regional Historic District
Commission appeal of Aug. 1, 2006,
I was appalled and disturbed at the
waythe meetingwasconducted.Ifeel
compelled to writeyou sothat others
attendingyourfuturemeetingsarenot
treated inthe samemanner.Not only
inmy opinion,but alsointhe opinion
of several others, the conduct of the
appeal appeared to be undemocratic
and unprofessional.
One left the meeting with the
feeling that the outcome had been
preordained. I hope this was not an
example for conducting all of your
meetings.
At the beginningof the meeting it
wasstated that eachperson wouldbe
allowed three minutes. And yet, no
timing device was used. The Chair-
man consistently and arbitrarily
disregarded the time and cut people
off during their comments. People
who were there to rebut the appeal
were repeatedly told that they were
"redundant."
Letters submitted by opponents
were not read into the record, al-
though the proponents were allowed
thiscourtesy.An e-mail from a direct
abutter with standing was passed to
the chairman, who determined that
this was already in the Commission-
ers'packet,whichit wasnot asit was
brought to the meeting.This alsowas
not circulated to the other members
of the Commission nor read into the
records.
Instead of asking questions when
the Town of Barnstable Old King's
Highway Historic District Commit-
tee Chairman read their report, the
presentation wastotally disregarded
by the other Commissioners.
It surprised me that not only the
Chairman, but also the attorney,
for the Old King' Highway Regional
Historic District Commission al-
lowed such improprieties in a public
meeting. Hopefully, the Commission
and the attorney will assure that a
democratic and lawful process is fol-
lowedandthereisafair,equitable and
courteous treatment to both sides in
any future appeals.
Gay Black
West Barnstable
Expand island's airport,
not ours
With reference to the unlikely
reduction of traffic at
the Airport Rotary as part of the
BarnstableMunicipalAirport expan-
sion (Aug. 4 issue), it is unfortunat e
that the "master planners" did not
take into account that 92 percent
of those landing here go on to Nan-
tucket , and simply allow for the
sufficient expansion of Nantucket
Airport to accommodate all those
travelers by non-stop flight.
Jim Hinkle
Cummaquid
Soldiers deserve a break
While I am often critical of what
the Massachusetts Legislature does,
sometimes what we fail to do is even
worse. As we ended our Legislative
sessions on July 31, the leadership
failed to bringto the floor, House Bill
5202,An Act Making Appropriations
for the Fiscal Year 2007 to Provide
for National Guard Tuition and Fee
Waivers.
It isunconscionablethat afterallof
the fanfare surroundingthe passage
of the "Welcome Home Bill," your
State Government has not honored
the promise we made to our National
Guardsmen to provide them with
higher education benefits.
Our National Guardsmen should
notbeinthemiddleofwhatessentially
amounts to a standoff between the
Legislature and the Board of Higher
Education. We made a deal with
those who volunteered to serve our
State and our Nation and I for one
am demanding the Legislature end
our summer vacation, go back into
session, and passthis bill.
Let us show our soldiers in the Na-
tionalGuard thatthe Commonwealth
valuesthe sacrifice and commitment
made by those in our military.
Rep. Jeffrey Davis Perry
R-Sandwich
Cape Playhouse could use
an angel
On July 27, 1saw the musicalGuys
and Dolls at the Cape Playhouse in
Dennis. It was wonderful. However,
before theshowbegan,the directorof
the Playhousewent onstage and said
to the audience, "The onlywaywe're
going to get central air conditioning
is if some generous benefactor pays
for it."It hurt meto hearhimsaythat
as the gentleman had anguish writ-
ten all over his face. Charity begins
at home.
Overtheyears,Ihaveenjoyedmany
musicals at the Playhouse, but I am
very worried that without financial
help the Playhouse will close its
doors forever. That would be a ter-
rible tragedy for Cape Cod! It must
not happen!
ThePlayhousehastremendousnos-
talgiadatingback to the 1920s.Since
then,legendarystarslikeBette Davis,
GregoryPeck,HumphreyBogart,etc.
haveperformedthere.Losingitwould
be a disaster for Cape Cod!
I implore some generous CEO of
a Cape Cod corporation to read my
letter and open up his heart and his
checkbook to payfor the renovations
desperatelyneeded atthe Playhouse.
The front steps are a mess and must
be painted. The Playhouse islooking
tired to the point of exhaustion and
shabby as well. The lighting is poor.
The seats are uncomfortable.
Of course,the generalpublic could
alsomakecontributionssetupin"The
Cape Playhouse Fund," for example,
and matching funds could also be
used to raise money.
Someone must help!After all, the
show must go on! Cape Cod'soverall
future and quality of life will be se-
verely damaged if the Playhouse is
forced to close its doors forever!
Scott Wolfe
Mashpee
Heat wave of the future
Manyof us havejust gone through
a meteorological blast that has
caused us something between dis-
comfort and suffering. Our activities
went on hold. Areas were powerless.
179 Americans died from it, which
is tragic, but pales compared to
Europe's 2003 toll of 52,000. The
scariestthingisscientistsworldwide
are telling us with their studies of
decades of weather data and with
computer models they find a causal
relationship to global warming.
So what we've just experienced
is Mother Nature 's introductory
sample. Our future is charted: more
frequent, longer, and more devas-
tating heat waves. The trend will
become irreversible in this decade
unless we act.
Richard Helm of the National Cli-
mate DataCenter,Drew Shindelland
James Hansen of NASA, and Kevin
Trenberth of the National Center
for Atmospheric Research, among
others,have been widelyreported in
the press telling us climate change
is not just a problem for later gen-
erations, it is affecting us now, and
collective lifestyle makes certain
the greenhouse gas blanket will get
increasingly more dense. You can
check into their studies for yourself
on the Web.
Just bitching about the heat,
which we've all been doing, doesn't
helponeiota.Weallhaveto get onthe
stick and change our ways of doing
things.Everyone hasto rethink cars,
even light bulbs. Every non-pollut-
ing source of electricity has to have
our active support, and that of all
government officials, bar none.
Richard Bartlett
Cotuit
LETTERS
Wind power on Main Street...
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dirty coal,the barges through
the Canal."
That' s why she got in-
volved when Bill Clark of the
Barnstable County Extension
Service asked if she'd like to
be in afeasibility study about
powering greenhouses with
wind."
Using $25,000 Cape and
Islandslicenseplate funds be-
stowed by the Cape Cod Eco-
nomic Development Council,
Clark commissioned asix-site
study that alsoincluded Coo-
namessett Farmin Falmouth,
Seaside Garden greenhouse
in West Dennis, Crow's Farm
in Sandwich, and The Farm
in Orleans, plus an off-Cape
site.
Now some projects, includ-
ing Duffley 's, are moving
forward with funds from the
Massachusetts Technology
Council and the U.S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture.
Country Garden's grant is
undergoing national review,
and Duffley hopes to hear in
a week.
She wants to put up a 100-
foot tower in the middle of
her property, which is awash
in green and growing things.
Tall trees shield the lot but
don't seem to slow down the
whistling wind.
"One person we went to
said, 'If there's one thing I
know about thisproperty,the
windis alwaysblowinghard,'"
she said.
Duffley said the tip of the
blade willadd another 31feet
to the tower.She'llbe seeking
a height variance from the
zoning board of appeals.
Many foes of the Cape Wind
project inNantucket Soundsay
they'dpreferto seeland-based
optionsexploitedinstead.Duf-
fley isanunabashedsupport of
the offshore project.
"The more people see these
things, the more it defuses all
those fears," she said. "When
people don't know, they say
no."
Duffley hasvisitedDenmark
to see wind farms on- and
offshore there.
"Wetraversed the country,"
shesaid."Thewholelandscape
was dotted. Every farm had
one to three turbines helping
them do the energy thing. It's
not the whole solution, but
part of the solution."
ForCountryGarden,Duffley
said,"it makesbusiness sense
to me to make 75 percent of a
bill disappear that'sonly get-
ting bigger every year."
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"Please enjoy with us," she
offered , as others from her
party came to take photo-
graphs of us all with our
arms around each other as
though we were part of the
family.
Soon the group exited
into the activities of a
summer evening on Main
Street in Hyannis. My
friend and I picked at our
cake, and sipped strong
coffee, so as not to finish
too fast.
Our talk turned to the
generosity and joy and
hospitality that we had
just experienced. We both
felt that our choice of
restaurant had set the
stage for an unforgettable
experience of hope in the
midst of an evening that
otherwise tasted of grief.
The trip to the train, and
many days that followed,
were still not easy. But the
memory of a little bite of
cake whispered into those
hard days a sweetness not
spun of sugar.
The Rev. Ellen C. Chahey is Minis-
ter of Spiritual Care at Federated
Church of Hyannis.