Dear Selectmen:
Regarding the Chappy bike path: I have said in the past and would like to repeat that all conflicts of interest over this bike path should be brought into the open. The Ferry stands to gain in return for our lost peace and decimated road side green-space. I am sure the owner of the wood chipper imagines a lot of chipping! That this is an NEU academic exercise may be fine for giving grades but I do not see presenting any of their proposed options for public appraisal and certainly not as if support is implied from the Edgartown boards. Perhaps students should get some lessons in democracy and fair public process? Chappy is so rural it is preposterous that funds should be spent on this project, when there are so many real needs. For all but a month or two you can bike all day and see only a few cars. We should easily be able to share the road. "Pathers" seem to think they will just persist till they get their way. Shouldn't the city be putting a retraction to the mistaken announcement in the next Gazette issue and clarifying the error? Thank you, J. Solet