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Martha's Vineyard residents lament lack of resources, even as island is flush with cash and beds
Fox News ^ | 9/18/2022 | Kerry J. Byrne

Posted on 09/18/2022 4:58:09 PM PDT by simpson96

Martha's Vineyard, Mass. – Playground of the powerful Martha’s Vineyard lacked the resources to care for the 50 migrants who landed there unexpectedly on Wednesday, local residents told Fox News Digital this weekend.

But real estate data and Massachusetts state resources show otherwise. Island towns are flush with cash and plenty of extra beds to help needy people.

Edgartown, for example, boasts $9.8 million in free cash — budget surplus — according to the Massachusetts Department of Revenue.

It would have cost only $9.1 million to give all 50 migrants their own room for an entire year at Edgartown’s swanky $500-per-night Harbor View Hotel.

Martha’s Vineyard "is not the best place for them to start fresh," artist "Z" Leach told Fox News Digital on Saturday during a street fair in Oak Bluffs, a town celebrated for its colorful Victorian "gingerbread homes" overlooking the ocean.

"There’s no place to live here," she said. "Housing is bad."

"We have a major housing crisis as it is," echoed Rachel Hines, who works for the nonprofit Vineyard Preservation Trust.

She also helps run a new Oak Bluffs eatery called TigerHawk Sandwich Co.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


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It must suck to live on Martha's Vineyard. Urban blight and all that.

The world is laughing at you, hypocrites.

Tigerhawk Sandwich Co menu ...a crispy chicken sandwich is just $16. ...bag of fries, $8.

1 posted on 09/18/2022 4:58:09 PM PDT by simpson96
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To: simpson96
I noticed that toast is $13.

2 posted on 09/18/2022 5:01:47 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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Biggest hypocrites ever.


3 posted on 09/18/2022 5:01:58 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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Biggest hypocrites ever.

Fews liberals aren't hypocrites, and they are few and far between.

4 posted on 09/18/2022 5:04:59 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: simpson96

If I’m not mistaken there’s also an extreme lack of resources out in the desert that a lot of these people are trying to transit. They die there.


5 posted on 09/18/2022 5:07:34 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: neverevergiveup

Well, I guess that liberals are total evil, and I agree.


6 posted on 09/18/2022 5:10:43 PM PDT by DallasBiff (Kamala is not the sharpest knife in the drawer)
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To: simpson96

7 posted on 09/18/2022 5:14:04 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

LOL!!!

*standing ovation*


8 posted on 09/18/2022 5:14:40 PM PDT by simpson96
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So NIMBY is now SNIMBY. (Sanctuary Not In My Back Yard.)

Easy enough to understand. Just put Spanish on the signs, along with English. I'm waiting for the required Spanish wording along with English, just like the John Candy movie about being stopped by the police because the truck did not have French wording in Canada.

9 posted on 09/18/2022 5:16:00 PM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Too bad they don’t offer biscuits and gravy or breakfast burritos. If they did, they’d probably be overpriced as well.


10 posted on 09/18/2022 5:22:39 PM PDT by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as. )
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Not just filthy, lying Democrats, but insane enough to think no one would simply go online and see all the rental vacancies on Martha's Vineyard.

They really are mentally defective.

11 posted on 09/18/2022 5:23:29 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

the rich are cheap

thats how they got rich


12 posted on 09/18/2022 5:23:50 PM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: simpson96

CONCUR! Round of applause!


13 posted on 09/18/2022 5:25:05 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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To: simpson96

I actually checked to see if this was The Babylon Bee.


14 posted on 09/18/2022 5:25:27 PM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: simpson96

“The original carriage houses were popular in the Northeastern United States and served dual purposes. These two-story structures housed the horses and their gear downstairs while their caretaker resided above them on an upper floor.

“’This was a self-sustaining structure with a small kitchen and bathroom,’ says Michael Menn, principal of Michael Menn Ltd., based in Northbrook, IL. ‘The stableman typically resided in the carriage house.’”

https://www.realtor.com/advice/buy/what-is-a-carriage-house/


15 posted on 09/18/2022 5:28:35 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: simpson96

Coney Island has lots of housing.

Why can’t Martha’s Vineyard be Jose’s & Pedro’s place too?


16 posted on 09/18/2022 5:32:05 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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If ask in Spanish, they’ll tell you they came to build housing.

Martha’s Vineyard could have some favelas.

Take a good look at what Joe’s selfish policies could do to your country too:

https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=favela&form=HDRSC2&first=1&tsc=ImageHoverTitle

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/britain-needs-more-slums-thinktank-forced-to-defend-blog-proposing-favelastyle-dwellings-in-the-uk-10444002.html


17 posted on 09/18/2022 5:39:56 PM PDT by Brian Griffin
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To: simpson96

You must understand the Upper Class does not use their own money or resources for altruistic puprposes. They are known for going after Corporate donors and Government funds to virtue signal.


18 posted on 09/18/2022 5:43:49 PM PDT by griswold3
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To: simpson96

I’m sure they tried really hard, just couldn’t find any open rooms.

People living there should keep this in mind. If your house burns down or floods etc. you will have to leave while you wait for the rebuild/rehab. There is no housing available in MV.


19 posted on 09/18/2022 6:02:54 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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To: joshua c

“the rich are cheap

thats how they got rich”
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Too easy, everybody would do it.


20 posted on 09/18/2022 6:05:15 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (The only way to secure your own future is to create it yourself.)
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