[CPEO-IRF] "Find a use for Otis" (MA)

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

[Now that Massachusetts leaders realize that the Air Force will be
moving the jets from Otis Air National Guard Base, they are looking for
replacement activity. They seem stuck, however, on federal and state
uses, when experience from other bases, already closed, suggests that 
private development is more likely to generate jobs and economic
activity, particularly in a location such as Cape Cod. - LS]


Next: Find a use for Otis

By KEVIN DENNEHY
Cape Cod Times (MA)
September 14, 2005

A day after state officials celebrated the survival of Otis Air National
Guard Base, supporters recognized yesterday it's too soon to call this a
total victory.

State leaders quickly turned the fight toward preserving the base's F-15
fighter jets, which an independent federal commission recommended be
moved to Western Massachusetts.

Some asked: Why move the jets across the state if the airfield is
staying open?

Short of keeping the jets here, state National Guard leaders have begun
the work of finding other missions to keep the Upper Cape base relevant,
and replace jobs that would follow the jets.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/nextfind14.htm



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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