Apparently folks on Nantucket are trying hard to find some kind of dark side to Wendy Schmidt (wife of Google ceo Eric Schmidt) and her support for local businesses–including her saving of Mitchell’s Book Corner. “Nantucket philanthropists do not, as a rule, stick their noses into the business of running the town. Last year, Wendy Schmidt changed that. She donated land for a transit hub, then saved the bookstore. Now she’s talking about saving other local businesses, at least ones that she and her advisers deem worthy of preservation, and, in doing so, she may be changing the face of […]
