[CPEO-MEF] Arizona land swap proposition

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proposition 100
Effort to allow state trust land swaps revisited


By Doug Murphy
Ahwatukee Foothills News
October 9, 2004

Proposition 100 would amend Arizona's constitution so that the State
Land Department could trade land for other public land of equal or
greater value.

If the wording sounds familiar it's because voters have defeated the
same type of proposal five times since 1992. The proposition is
identical to Proposition 101 that voters defeated in 2002 with one
exception, the addition of the words "or to assist in preserving
military airports in the state."

But opponents say that base preservation is a smoke screen, that Arizona
already limits encroachment on military bases.

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.ahwatukee.com/afn/community/articles/041008b.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>
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