From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 19 May 2005 15:29:05 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Luke AFB (AZ) anti-encroachment measures |
Luke protections prove their worth Base is spared from closure David Madrid The Arizona Republic May 18, 2005 In the battle against residential encroachment, those who have worked to protect Luke Air Force Base appear to have won the first fight. It's been a long, hard haul as local communities have fought one another and developers to stop the onslaught of homes toward the base. The payoff came Friday when Luke was spared from closure on the base-closure list offered by Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. It's been quite a turnaround from the late 1990s to 2003, when some local communities and developers encroached on Luke with impunity. But intense peer pressure, the attention of state legislators and the state's U.S. senators and congressional delegation resulted in changed attitudes that worked to reverse the rampant encroachment. ... For the entire article, see http://www.azcentral.com/community/westvalley/articles/0518lukebrac18Z1.html -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
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