[CPEO-IRF] Virginia Beach (VA) sues to keep jets at Oceana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Va. Beach files suits against BRAC, Rumsfeld over Oceana

By DEIRDRE FERNANDES AND JACK DORSEY
The Virginian-Pilot
November 9, 2006

VIRGINIA BEACH - The city's chances of keeping Oceana Naval Air Station 
improved dramatically Tuesday when North Florida voters rejected the 
fighter jets' return to Jacksonville. But Virginia Beach isn't willing 
to risk it.

The city, along with the commonwealth of Virginia, has filed two 
lawsuits against the Department of Defense and the Inspector General.

One suit claims that the 2005 Defense Base Realignment and Closure 
Commission overstepped its authority when it ordered the master jet base 
moved to the former Cecil Field in Jacksonville. Cecil Field is no 
longer a military installation, the suit contends.

The other lawsuit challenges the Inspector General's decision that 
Virginia Beach failed to comply with the commission's requirements for 
keeping the jets at Oceana, including condemning and buying property 
that encroached on the base.

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For the entire article, see
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=114043&ran=64408&tref=po

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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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