[CPEO-IRF] Eastern North Carolina - "Invitation or invasion?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Invitation or invasion?

By BILL SANDIFER
Washington Daily News (NC)
May 1, 2005

North Carolina has rolled out the red carpet to military overtures on
all but a few occasions, earning a reputation as one of the most
military-friendly states in the country. And with only a handful of
exceptions, soldiers and civilians have made good neighbors.

The state's lieutenant governor, Beverly Purdue, has placed herself in
the role of cheerleader in the run-up to a mid-May base realignment and
closure announcement. Purdue has made it clear she wants not only to
keep North Carolina's military holdings intact but expand them as well.

And with the anticipated closing of several overseas bases and a
grassroots Virginia effort to ship eight squadrons of Super Hornets
elsewhere, Purdue may see her dreams come true.

But at least one Eastern North Carolinian feels that red carpet may have
become a red flag, attracting a military that has become bullish.

Keith Hackney, attorney and Beaufort County Airspace chairman, has years
of experience in tracking military expansion in Eastern North Carolina
and fears the region could become a military dumping ground.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2005/05/01/news/news01.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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