[CPEO-IRF] Hopes for Brooks city-base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former mayor hopes to keep AF at Brooks

Sig Christenson
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
November 27, 2006

Barring a miracle, the Air Force will leave Brooks City-Base in five 
years, ending a historic presence that began with the dawn of U.S. 
military aviation in World War I.

But City-Base's biggest advocate, former Mayor Howard Peak has a miracle 
in mind. He dreams of keeping Brooks' well-paid researchers in the Alamo 
City by showing a cash-strapped Air Force that it's far cheaper to keep 
the missions where they are than moving them as ordered by last year's 
base closure commission.

...

But there are unknowns as well, the biggest among them dozens of 
decades-old buildings filled with asbestos. There are also lead-based 
paint issues that must be resolved, as well as the work needed to bring 
aging buildings up to standard so they can be leased to private firms.

The Air Force has pledged $1 million for hazardous materials cleanup. 
But Peak and other City-Base backers know asbestos and lead-based paint 
remediation could top that figure, forcing them to seek additional 
funding from the Air Force.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA112706.01A.Brooks_City_Base.3003317.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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