The commission’s vote, 6-2, followed more than three hours of impassioned testimony by more than 30 people, more than two-thirds of them opposed to the project.Jacquelyn Patricia, whose home at 725 Copeland abuts the Arbor House, says her view of the scenic Arboretum would be blocked by expansion. She could not contain her ire.“1 really do not understand how taxpayers, people who have lived in and improved their homes for 30 years, have no power over brand new people on the block who come in with a proposal that is opposed,” Patricia said after the vote. “I don’t fundamentally understand that.”