[CPEO-IRF] Virginia Beach won't support condemnation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Virginia Beach City Council won't support taking Oceana homes

By MARISA TAYLOR AND JON W. GLASS
The Virginian-Pilot
October 29, 2005


VIRGINIA BEACH - After hedging for weeks, a majority of City Council 
members said Friday they are not willing to condemn homes to keep 
fighter jets at Oceana Naval Air Station.

Under intense public pressure, council members have been struggling with 
how to comply with a federal base-closing commission’s ultimatum that 
requires them to condemn and buy homes and businesses in high-risk 
accident-potential zones around Oceana.

Now, eight council members say they will not support condemning homes. 
Some made that commitment at a public meeting Tuesday. Others did so in 
interviews Friday.

The comments come one week after the mayor of Jacksonville, Fla., 
announced that he will stop trying to lure Oceana’s jets to his city.

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For the entire article, see
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=94440&ran=24911

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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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