[CPEO-BIF] EXPANSION: New Mexico buys land for Cannon Air Force Base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State purchases land for Cannon

Staff report
Portales News-Tribune (NM)
December 10, 2014

The state has purchased 600 acres adjacent to Cannon Air Force Base  
and given it to the Air Force, the Committee of 50 announced  
Wednesday in a press release.

The land, purchased from area farmers, is on the base’s western  
boundary and is now available to be used by Cannon to further its  
vital national defense mission, the release said.

The purchase and transfer of the land has been a long-term goal of  
the Committee of 50, which cited efforts Gov, Susana Martinez, state  
Sen. Stuart Ingle of Portales, former Curry County Commission  
Chairman Caleb Chandler and Curry County Commissioner Wendell  
Bostwick for helping make the transaction happen.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pntonline.com/2014/12/10/state-purchases-land-cannon/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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