[CPEO-IRF] Pascagoula (MA) planning

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Battle plans already in the works for post-BRAC base site

By JOHN SURRATT
The Mississippi Press
August 29, 2005

PASCAGOULA -- Round two of BRAC has begun.

The Base Realignment and Closure Commission last Wednesday did what most 
local officials and residents secretly expected and feared. It closed 
Naval Station Pascagoula, which has been a fixture in the community 
since 1985, when the Navy announced its decision to base a homeport on 
the Mississippi Coast.
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The plans to develop Singing River Island as a multi-use economic engine 
for Jackson County began as the Singing River Island Diversification 
Committee began preparing battle plans to keep the naval station open.

When the commission handed down its decision, the committee members were 
ready to move ahead.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gulflive.com/news/mississippipress/index.ssf?/base/news/1125310517275060.xml

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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