[CPEO-IRF] Forest Park Naval Reserve Center (IL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Village reacts to Army’s request to retain Naval Reserve Center
Still uncertain whether village will fight the appeal

By SETH STERN
Forest Park Review (IL)
May 9, 2006

Village Administrator Michael Sturino recently had a chance to review 
the Army’s appeal to keep the Forest Park Naval Reserve Center at 7410 
Roosevelt Road open, and was not at all impressed with what he saw.

"In my eyes, this is a pure land grab," said Sturino after returning 
from a conference in Atlanta for communities affected by the military 
facility closures recommended by the Base Realignment and Closure 
Commission (BRAC) last year.

According to Sturino, the village was advised by Lynn Boese, a 
representative from the Department of Defense’s Office of Economic 
Adjustment that there was nothing to the appeal, which was first 
reported by the Review early last month. At the conference, however, he 
and Zoning Board of Appeals Chairman Michael Curry were informed otherwise.

...

For the entire article, see
http://forestparkreview.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=38&ArticleID=1263&TM=9440.061

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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
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