[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside (TX) - Nueces County hires law firm

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New law firm to help Ingleside fallout

Nueces commissioners hope firm secures funds to aid with base closure

By Brandi Dean
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (TX)
March 24, 2006


Nueces County commissioners have hired a new law firm to help them 
handle the fallout of Naval Station Ingleside's closure.

Two weeks ago, the commissioners ended a contract with Hurt, Norton and 
Associates, the Washington, D.C.-based firm hired in December to help 
them decide whether to form a local redevelopment authority, or LRA. The 
LRA would seek grant money to help the local economy recover from the 
effects of the base's closure.

County Judge Terry Shamsie said the group decided it wasn't able to help 
the county form an LRA, so the commissioners on Thursday voted to hire 
Tighe Armstrong Teasdale, PLLC, in its place. The contract is not 
finalized, but it likely would be for a maximum of $216,000.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.caller.com/ccct/local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_4567113,00.html

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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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