[CPEO-MEF] Tinker AFB (OK) - "halo of vacant land"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Project nears end at Tinker

By John Sutter
The Oklahoman
January 9, 2006

A plan to clear land around Tinker Air Force Base nearly is complete,
and Oklahoma County may have spent $30 million less than it asked voters
for in 2002. 

The final piece of property in the buyout -- a family-owned gas station
-- was condemned by Oklahoma County Commissioners last week, and
officials said the project helped slide Tinker past a round of federal
base closures. 

Commissioners are discussing what to do with the $30 million in unsold
and unused bonds. Oklahoma County voters approved $50 million in bonds
for the project. 

More than 100 homes were acquired using the county's power of eminent domain....

For the entire article, see
http://www.newsok.com/article/1728518/?template=news/main
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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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