[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monroe (VA) "battleground"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

War zone
Fort Monroe shouldn't be a battleground for officials
Eastern Virginia Title Company

Editorial
Newport News Daily Press
March 24, 2006

The failure of the General Assembly to pass what looked like a pretty 
straightforward bill is yet another indicator of how complicated the 
planning for Fort Monroe is now and will become.

The bill would have allowed the governor to hand over land vacated by 
the military to the locality in which it is situated; it applies to 
situations in which the state had claim to the land. The state wouldn't 
have to take title to the land before handing it over, which would allow 
it to escape liability if environmental contamination issues arose.

The bill cleared the Senate handily, only to be left behind in a House 
committee.

And that speaks to the real and larger issue involved: the lack of a 
cohesive front presented by Hampton's legislative delegation.

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/opinion/dp-91755sy0mar24,0,4229861.story?coll=dp-opinion-editorials

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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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