New Golf Plan Released
Chris Burrell

The proposed Down Island Golf Club in Oak Bluffs is now officially
back in the pipeline at the Martha's Vineyard Commission with
plans filed last week and an initial hearing scheduled for June 11.

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Down Island Golf Club Developers Apply Pressure with Threat of Housing Project

The developers of the Down Island Golf Club turned up the heat on
the Martha's Vineyard Commission last night, hammering home the
threat of a large low-income housing project if the golf club plan is
not approved.

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Golf Course Developers Open Political Campaign to Win Support for Plan

This time around, the gloves are coming off. That is the word that's been quietly circulated for the last several months by spokesmen for the Down Island Golf Club, as they prepared a new plan to build a private luxury golf club in the southern woodlands section of Oak Bluffs.

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Golf Plan Returned to MVC

Acting on a joint request from attorneys for the Martha's
Vineyard Commission and the Down Island Golf Club, a superior court
judge sent the golf club plan back to the commission this week for fresh
review.

"This matter is remanded to the Martha's Vineyard
Commission for further proceedings, including a public hearing to
consider plaintiff's amended application," declared the Hon.
Richard C. Connan, an associate justice of the superior court who sits
in Barnstable.

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Eleventh-Hour Chaos Precedes MVC Final Vote on Golf Course

The Martha's Vineyard Commission last night affirmed its decision to reject the Down Island Golf Club plan, but not before a minor fracas around an unexpected eleventh-hour pitch from the Oak Bluffs selectmen to have the commission delay the final written version of the denial.

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Golf Course Developers Attack Land Commission in Superior Court Lawsuit

Using new lawyers but spelling out the same themes, the developers
of the Down Island Golf Club filed a lawsuit against the Martha's
Vineyard Commission late last week, attacking everything from the recent
vote to reject a luxury golf course project in the southern woodlands to
the enabling legislation that created the commission.

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Golf Plan Stirs Heated MVC Debate Over Club Membership Restrictions

The developer of the Down Island Golf Club told the Martha's
Vineyard Commission last week that the members of the private luxury
golf complex he hopes to build will be "rich people" who
will bring no real benefit to the town of Oak Bluffs or the Island.

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Land Court Upholds Power of MVC to Review 40B Housing Projects; Developer of Golf Club Will Appeal

Land Court Upholds Power of MVC To Review 40B Housing Projects

Developer of Golf Club Will Appeal

By JULIA WELLS

Gazette Senior Writer

For the second time in less than two years, yesterday a
Massachusetts Land Court judge ruled that the Martha's Vineyard
Commission has full power of review over low and moderate income housing
projects under Chapter 40B, a section of state law commonly known as the
anti-snob zoning statute.

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MVC Shows Support for Veteran Member, Rejecting Bias Charges

MVC Shows Support for Veteran Member, Rejecting Bias Charges

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

In an unqualified show of confidence for one of its own members who
has been under relentless attack by the developers of the Down Island
Golf Club, the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted without dissent
last night that commission member Linda Sibley is free from bias and
prejudice.

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Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to Fight

Southern Woodlands Hearing Is Set, but Developers Seem Primed to
Fight

By JULIA WELLS
Gazette Senior Writer

On the eve of a public hearing - now set for next week -
to review a massive housing project in the southern woodlands section of
Oak Bluffs, the developers of the Down Island Golf Club appear to be
charting a fresh collision course with the Martha's Vineyard
Commission.

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