The Martha's Vineyard Times Moran tries to blunt Islandsâ SSA vote âLegislation like that only serves to tear us apart,â Jones says. Updated April 21 The structural majority afforded the Vineyard and Nantucket through the Steamship Authorityâs enabling act could come to an end if a bill sponsored by State Senator Susan Moran, D-Falmouth, is voted into law. Moran told The Times Wednesday the bill aims to provide âparityâ between the port communities. âMy bill really looks at some parity between the island communities and the mainland communities so that no town really feels disenfranchisedâ¦,â Moran said. Moranâs legislation would essentially grant filibuster or stalemate power to the three minority ports of Barnstable, Falmouth, and New Bedford, should they vote against something in unison. Presently, the combined vote of the Vineyard and Nantucket constitutes a supermajority.