[CPEO-IRF] Massachusetts to support continued Otis airfield use

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Romney: Keep Coast Guard at Cape base

By KEVIN DENNEHY and ERIC GERSHON
Cape Cod Times (MA)
June 6, 2006

Gov. Mitt Romney yesterday assured Coast Guard leaders that 
Massachusetts would help pay for the costs of keeping Air Station Cape 
Cod on the Upper Cape after the departure of the 102nd Fighter Wing.

In a private meeting in Washington, D.C., with Adm. Thad Allen, the 
Coast Guard's new commandant, Romney said the state would pay for 
emergency and fire services now covered by the Air National Guard.

That cost, which is roughly $2 million per year, would mean one less 
expense for the cash-strapped Coast Guard, which otherwise faces up to 
$17 million in added costs annually with the loss of the Air Guard's 
fighter mission.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/romneykeep6.htm
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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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