[CPEO-IRF] Otis (MA) Plan B

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Leaders map strategy if Otis forced to close

By AMANDA LEHMERT and KEVIN DENNEHY 
Cape Cod Times (MA)
June 2, 2005

HYANNIS - On Cape Cod, where most leaders won't even discuss contingency
plans in case Otis Air National Guard Base can't be saved, some business
leaders yesterday started to contemplate life after Otis.

During its regular meeting, the Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce's board of
directors met with a lawyer who worked with leaders in South Weymouth
after its Naval Air station was shuttered in the late 1990s.

Chamber leaders called it the start of a community ''dialogue'' on the
vision for the Upper Cape if Otis, as recommended by the Department of
Defense, were closed.

While it's still early in the process - indeed, with the Base
Realignment and Closure, or BRAC, commission still months away from
deciding which bases will be closed - some say it's important to at
least talk about a backup plan.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/leadersmap2.htm

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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>
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