[CPEO-MEF] Outlying Landing Field (NC) "fight broadens"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

OLF fight broadens

By BILL SANDIFER
Washington Daily News (NC)
August 20, 2005

BELVIDERE -- Residents from Perquimans and surrounding counties kissed 
and made up Thursday night with Beaufort County and Washington County 
opponents of a Navy outlying landing field originally proposed for a 
site on the Beaufort-Washington county line.

When the Navy announced its site selection, organized resistance among 
the other counties fell apart, leaving Beaufort and Washington counties' 
residents to fend for themselves.

"We basically let these gentlemen down when we quit," said Pete Perry, a 
Perquimans County resident. "When they were centered on the bull's-eye, 
we quit and we haven't had a meeting since."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wdnweb.com/articles/2005/08/20/news/news02.txt


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