[CPEO-IRF] "Closed bases open new doors?"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Closed bases open new doors?
Expert: Localities could turn BRAC closures into success

BY PETER HARDIN
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH (VA)
August 15, 2005

As a federal panel prepares to vote on whether to close Fort Monroe and 
Oceana Naval Air Station, many Virginians think the commission's acronym 
- BRAC - is a dirty, four-letter word.

Not Harry H. Kelso. Four-letter, he agrees. Dirty, no.

Kelso mixes lawyer and sleuth skills, helping localities and businesses 
make gains in a process that many think only produces economic pain.

His view is captured in the headline for an article he wrote last year: 
"BRAC: The Four-Letter Word That Really Means Base Redevelopment, 
Advantage, and Compensation."

"I don't think it's a dirty word," Kelso said in an interview about the 
often-used acronym for the defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Commission. (The panel previously had a name that in fact matched its 
acronym.)

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031784440547


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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