Re: Cape Cod Times Praises AF Teamwork

[Richard Hugus <rhugus@cape.com>]

CPEO:

Regarding "A TRIUMPH OF TEAMWORK," the Air Force in fact ignored the
treatment proposal for the Massachusetts Military Reserevation base
landfill plume which, following months of discussion, was recommended by a
team of citizens and regulators set up to advise the Air Force. Instead of
a more expensive pump-and-treat system, the Air Force fought tooth and
nail to have the plume addressed with "natural attenuation," which meant
not addressing it at all. The Cape Cod Times editorial mentioned below was
based on the spin put into an earlier news story created for the Times by
base propaganda officers. It's a false account of what really happened.
The military merely "cooperated" with the few people it could convince to
agree with it - people who did not want pump and treat systems in their
neighborhood - and these people were called "the community."

Richard Hugus
Otis Conversion Project


An editorial from the October 5, 1999 Cape Cod Times

A TRIUMPH OF TEAMWORK

A new ground water treatment system at the Upper Cape base is a shining
example of military-community cooperation. (10/5/99)

After more than 20 years of frustration and anger, the Upper Cape
community is finally beginning to reap the fruits of its vigilance and
action at the Massachusetts Military Reservation.

One such sign of this turnaround was the recent activation of yet
another treatment plant that will eventually clean contaminated ground
water coming from the base's landfill.

...

For the full text, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/edits/ed05.htm