Because of illness ( I am fine now), I have been slow to respond to your recent e-mails. My suggestion would have been a firm rejection of Dick Knight's proposal coupled with a positive suggestion as detailed below. When a proposal was submitted to the Selectmen for thier approval to contract with Northeastern students to design a bike path on Chappaquiddick, it was unfortunate that two Selectmen ( Donorama and Serpa) reacted favorably. They violated their own prior decision not to consider any proposal for a bike path until there is a consensus among Chappaquiddick residents. It is not clear why the above two Selectmen ignored Selectman Smadback who reminded everyone at the meeting about the prior unanimous ruling of the Selectmen's Board. For over a year we have repeatedly asked the Chappy Bike Path group where is the evidence that Chappaquiddick needs a bike path? They have not produced any convincing evidence, nor have they answered this question. As discussed in the editorial of last summer ( Vineyard Gazette, August 14, 2009), the Martha's Vineyard Commission in 1993 was asked to study the above question. After a thorough study the Commission concluded that Chappaquiddick does not need a bike path. As was recommended by the Planning Board this fall, the Selectmen should go back and urge the MVCommission to determine whether or not their conclusion of 1993 is still valid. 
Please distribute my above e-mail among our group and post it in your website . 
best regards , siamak 
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Siamak Adibi, MD, PhD 
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