[CPEO-IRF] Ingleside Naval Station (TX) - Nueces County's view

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

County has a better plan on base closure

Opinion by Loyd Neal
Corpus Christi Caller Times
June 23, 2007


The BRAC 2005 decision to close Naval Station Ingleside and realign 
Naval Air Station Corpus Christi and the Army Depot will have a 
long-term impact on all segments of our community. These include labor, 
business, education, health care, welfare and our infrastructure.

The region will be hard hit with an estimated loss of 7,000 jobs, half 
of these in Nueces County. It continues to be the position of Nueces 
County that such a broad impact must be addressed by the affected 
communities as a whole and must be in compliance with federal and state 
guidelines and that persons entrusted with this responsibility must be 
free from undisclosed financial interests.

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority, an appointed body, may have 
unintentionally exceeded its authority in establishing an overarching 
committee in response to BRAC 2005. The port created the Coastal Bend 
Redevelopment Planning Committee to represent the broader interests of 
the Coastal Bend. It would have sole authority to address the economic 
and social impacts affecting the future of the Coastal Bend for 30-50 years.

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.caller.com/news/2007/jun/23/county-has-a-better-plan-on-base-closure/

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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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