[CPEO-IRF] Otis decision reportedly reversed

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[This is hot news, but I don't understand it. It was my understanding 
that the Commission had already submitted its recommendations, which 
were voted on publicly, to the President. – LS]

Otis Removed From Base Closure List
Commission Spares Cape Air Base

WCVB-5 TV News (Boston, MA)
September 12, 2005

BOSTON -- An independent commission has taken Cape Cod's Otis Air 
National Guard Base off its list of military bases recommended for 
closure, spokesmen for Gov. Mitt Romney and Attorney General Tom Reilly 
said Monday.

"Otis has a new lease on life," added Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., 
who had fought the closure, in a statement.

Eric Fehrnstrom, the governor's communications director, said the base 
will retain its current 500 jobs, with the workers likely redeployed to 
fill other Air National Guard support roles.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/4962959/detail.html


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