MVC denies Hob Knob project in close 7-5 vote While acknowledging economic benefit, a majority of commissioners felt the project was not essential. The MVC denied the Hob Knob’s expansion project. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission denied the Hob Knob Inn’s proposed expansion project in a close 7-5 vote Thursday night, following months of public hearings and multiple iterations of the project. The denial of the development of regional impact (DRI) came after after a lengthy discussion of the benefits and detriments of the Edgartown project, with commissioners Christina Brown, Fred Hancock, Michael Kim, Ben Robinson, Linda Sibley, Ernie Thomas, and Christine Todd voting no, and Clarence (“Trip”) Barnes, Kathy Newman, Douglas Sederholm, Jim Vercruysse, and Joan Malkin voting yes.