[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Belvoir (VA) growth

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Where's The Community In BRAC?
The real human impact of BRAC could climb to 30,000.

By Chuck Hagee
Mount Vernon Gazette (VA)
June 29, 2006

Local and state representatives remained frustrated at their third 
meeting with the Base Realignment and Closure Board of Advisors June 22 
to discuss strategies dealing with the approaching tidal wave of 
personnel heading for Fort Belvoir as a result the BRAC report.

The group met with members of Fairfax and Prince William counties Boards 
of Supervisors. As with the two previous meetings, the end result was 
less than satisfying for the local and state government representatives.

"They, the military and their consultants, seem to be putting all the 
essential questions for moving 22,000 plus personnel onto the base into 
the category of long range planning. It should be in short range 
planning," said Mount Vernon District Supervisor Gerald Hyland.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/article.asp?article=67923&paper=69&cat=104

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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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