There comes a time when you cannot be silent anymore and this is it. Like many people on the Island, I would like to live in a place with clean air, clean water, a flourishing natural environment and amiable neighbors who have a respect for each other and for the heritage of the place. As a proud citizen of the United States and the town of Oak Bluffs, I believe these are my basic rights. So when these rights are threatened for myself and others, I must speak up. I am standing up for the roundabout. What follows are my reasons.

The towns of Edgartown and West Tisbury voted Monday afternoon to suspend the lawsuit against the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s approval of the roundabout.

Following an executive session conference call with attorney Richard Renehan, special counsel for both towns, West Tisbury and Edgartown voted to stop the lawsuit, because, selectmen said, the agency responsible for the project at the blinker intersection can move forward regardless of the lawsuit’s outcome.