[CPEO-MEF] Resident challenge Luke AFB

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wittmann residents to battle Luke air base 
Group feels its land is threatened

David Madrid
The Arizona Republic
October 25, 2004

Feeling their property rights are threatened, more than 100 residents of
Wittmann have decided to protect their holdings by threatening the
existence of Luke Air Force Base with lawsuits and a letter-writing and
telephone campaign.

About 140 of the residents met in Surprise on Oct. 18, and the majority
agreed that threatening the base - an economic engine that brings $1.4
billion into the state every year - would get local, county and state
officials' attention.

Mission accomplished. 

"If it comes down to losing Luke Air Force Base or losing my property, I
want Luke to lose," real estate agent Charlie Harrison, who sells land
in Wittmann, told the crowd.
In a Luke-West Valley Council meeting Thursday, Surprise Mayor Joan
Shafer, County Supervisor Max Wilson and state Rep. John Nelson,
R-Glendale, agreed that the Wittmann residents have legitimate concerns,
and they vowed to work to alleviate them.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/1025luke25.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
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