To the Editor:
An Op-Ed by Sam Dunn deserves attention (“Stewardship at its worst,” Sept. 25), and gets mine. Having lived here year-round more than 30 years now, I know how many interesting, worthwhile improvements to year-round living Sam has either been involved with or created. Thirty years ago you couldn’t go to a Film Center with huge, and comfortable, capacity to see the latest and best movies, but a decade ago Sam helped get that put in the Tisbury Marketplace. There had been some bowling in decades past, but not quite what the Barn Bowl & Bistro has become for the many who love to bowl, and those of us who enjoy a good meal out.
Now Sam is thinking about the huge need for housing (as are many), and making his case for property he co-owns. Let’s see what might be done about that; we all surely agree housing is needed — a young Vineyarder had a plea for it in the same paper.
Sam clearly pursues “Where there’s a will there’s a way,” so let’s see what it is. He’s so energetic, did you know he even found time to write a book about how to play golf faster?
Leigh Smith
Vineyard Haven
Let’s not also forget that Sam Dunn has grown quite rich on the way to his benevolency. Admission to the theatre, the bowling alley, shop rentals and housing, have never been free.