Editor,

My mother, Peggy Berg, who will be 99 in May, expressed delight at the commissioners’ vote against the settlement offer by the Montgomerys to gain title to public beach access on Wonn Road.

Mom has lived on bank property east of Wonn Road since the mid 1960s and, like others, could not replace, or maintain, her steps to the beach.

Recently, my mother, during our regular phone chat, said the decision is important in order to preserve island history.

Alexandra Exelby

San Clemente, Calif.