[CPEO-IRF] Ft. Monroe (VA) development authority

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Kaine eyes more people for Fort Monroe board
If Gov. Timothy Kaine gets his way, a development authority dealing with 
Fort Monroe would double in size.

BY JIM HODGES
Newport News Daily Press (VA)
January 9 2007

HAMPTON -- State officials told the Federal Area Development Authority 
on Monday that its number should be doubled, from seven to 14, and that 
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine had just the plan to do it.

If necessary legislation is passed in the General Assembly, Kaine would 
nominate five representatives, and both Del. Tom Gear, R-Hampton, and 
state Sen. Marty Williams, R-Newport News, would join the seven 
representatives from Hampton currently serving.

The group would form what is already being called a "super-FADA."

The authority, chartered by the General Assembly last year, was set up 
to deal with the future of Fort Monroe, which is set to close in 2011 as 
part of Base Realignment and Closure legislation. The post will revert 
to the commonwealth of Virginia, which has - so far - largely deferred 
to the city.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-24579sy0jan09,0,7608873.story?coll=dp-news-local-final

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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