[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monmouth tug of war

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort's closing may spark governmental tug of war

BY KEITH BROWN
Asbury Park Press
November 15, 2005

WEST LONG BRANCH — Competing interests emerged Monday at a daylong 
symposium at Monmouth University among elected leaders mulling what 
should become of Fort Monmouth once it is closed by 2011.

The conference — "Fort Monmouth: Past, Present and in the Future" — was 
sponsored by the Governor's Commission to Support and Enhance New 
Jersey's Military and Coast Guard Installations and was attended by 
nearly 300 elected officials, defense industry representatives and 
others concerned about a post-fort future.

But while officials agreed that redeveloping the fort's 1,100 acres is 
important not only to the surrounding municipalities but also to the 
region and the state, they disagreed about what, or who, should lead 
that process.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051115/NEWS/511150306/1004/NEWS01

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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