[CPEO-IRF] Virginia Beach considers Oceana encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Holding the BRAC "gun to the head" of a local community is an effective 
way to win short-term concessions to combat encroachment upon military 
facilities, but it's no long-term substitute for developing cooperative 
relationships, based upon dialogue that involves both 
environmental/conservation and development interests, as well as local 
officials, in host communities. Once the BRAC threat is gone, the 
Defense Department may find itself with no real leverage over local 
decisions. - LS]

Virginia Beach Council to discuss buying land near Oceana

The Virginian-Pilot
August 16, 2005

VIRGINIA BEACH – The City Council has called a "special session" for 3 
p.m. today to discuss possibly buying property near Oceana Naval Air 
Station.

...

In an interview Monday, BRAC Chairman Anthony J. Principi called on 
Virginia Beach to take "definitive steps" to block new development 
around Oceana and to roll back projects already begun. He did not 
specify how the city should do that.

...

For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=90728&ran=35016


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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
http://www.cpeo.org
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