[CPEO-MEF] Taylor County opposes bombing range

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Taylor Countians opposed to Air Force bombing range in Big Bend

San Jose Mercury News (Associated Press)
November 3, 2004

PERRY, Fla. - Residents of Taylor County overwhelmingly said in a
nonbinding straw vote that they don't want the Air Force using their
part of the Big Bend area as a bombing range.

The Air Force is considering sites along this lightly populated stretch
of the Gulf Coast for a potential test range for plane-launched
air-to-surface bombs because it is running out of space near Eglin Air
Force Base, where high-rise condos and a growing population are
beginning to encroach.

Taylor County is one of the few remaining sparsely populated areas along
the coast, with just 19,415 people - fewer than 20 per square mile. By
comparison, Pinellas County, home to St. Petersburg, has more than 3,200
people per square mile.

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for the entire article, see
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/special_packages/election2004/10092027.htm

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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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