"June 2, 2016 - Anne Cagney Miller, a/k/a Anne M. Cagney, and Bank of America NA, trustees of the JAMES F. CAGNEY JR. Trust, sold 73 Tabor House Road, Chilmark for $430,000."(Real Estate Transactions/MVTimes.com) -- Could there be a more PERFECT up-island location for The Martha's Vineyard FILM Festival?!?! The CAGNEY property represents both tremendous film and Vineyard historical resonance -- a living homage to the natural, creative, artistic, inspiring and rejuvenating spirit that has defined Martha's Vineyard for generations as a beloved, extraordinary and visionary arts community.

Dear MVFF, There is no question that the programming described in your letter is of great service to the community. I have personally enjoyed attending and participating in past MVFF events. In this letter and other statements you speak to the visual aesthetics of your plan, but you do not speak to the externalities of the operation that will most certainly be of bigger impact to the neighborhood. By selecting a site for your permanent home, the implication is that your programming will become centralized. Your great success in Chilmark and Oak Bluffs is fantastic. My concern is that concentrating these events in a rural residential neighborhood will fundamentally change the character and peaceful nature that has existed since its settlement. The coming and going of cars and trucks, night after night, brings with it light pollution from headlights and noise. Sound travels far in this neighborhood. From Old County Road, one can hear parties down New Lane and bands playing at the ag hall during the fair. Aside from relocating your existing operations, will you not seek to expand the frequency and capacity of your programming? I find it hard to believe that you would invest so much money in a permanent home without the intent to grow. You already understand how the neighborhood is reacting to your proposed plan and you seek their input. The input you will receive, I imagine, is restriction, restriction, restriction. I ask you: why relocate to neighborhood where every step forward will be met with a fight? Since your mission is island-wide and focused on community, I would encourage you to avoid making a decision that pits you against neighbors - who do have a measure of say in the scope and scale of your programming. As a first step towards a positive outcome, I would reconsider the purchase of the Walsh property. I do believe that the island is a better place because of your efforts to utilize community space to present creative, entertaining, and thought-provoking films, and to engage the youth in the arts. We in West Tisbury have ample space, already constructed, for you to use to further your mission--to everyone's benefit. If you must, and you deserve to have, a permanent home, there are areas in West Tisbury zoned for the type of operating you do. I'm sure you can find a welcoming neighborhood. But it will be one that is prepared to deal with the externalities of your business. West Tisbury Village clearly is not. Sincerely, Miguel Samuel de Bragança Old County Road, West Tisbury

It is hard for the people in West Tisbury to find fault with the MVFF and their great programming. You enjoy their programming but you would like it to be in someone else's front yard. You do not want non residents to come to your town.

Dear Washashore, person who jumps in and babbles on and on before doing any homework. There is no "agricultural" zoning in West Tisbury. The people who live in this Old County Road neighborhood are not getting any tax breaks - this is just cuckoo talk. Zoning bylaws easily obtainable online - please check for yourself. And once more with gusto: TMVFF is a business that has chosen to organize itself under the 501(c) section of the U.S. tax code. Just like the National Football League (are you going to argue that the NFL is not a business?)Just like the lovely movie theaters in Vineyard Haven, just like the YMCA, just like many other large businesses on and off the island. This has become little more than nonsense trolling. If you are the best advocate TMVFF has, I fear for their future.