[CPEO-IRF] Referendum proposed for Cecil Field (FL)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Group pushing for referendum on Cecil Field jet base

by Tony Quesada
Jacksonville Business Journal (FL)
June 16, 2006

A group of local business people is proposing a referendum on the 
September ballot to let voters decide whether the city should give Cecil 
Commerce Center back to the Navy to be its East Coast master jet base.

The group, whose members have not been disclosed, plan to introduce the 
measure to city council on June 20. It will hold a news conference at 
10:45 a.m. that day.

The group is citing a survey conducted June 6-11 by American Public 
Dialogue that found 65.6 percent of city voters favor returning Cecil, 
formerly Naval Air Station Cecil Field, to the Navy. The survey also 
found that 75.5 percent of respondents believe voters should decide 
Cecil's fate.

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For the entire article, see
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2006/06/12/daily33.html?jst=b_ln_hl

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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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