[CPEO-MEF] San Diego (CA) still looking at military bases for airport space

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Board member says San Diego Marine depot could solve airport needs

By: MARK WALKER
North County Times (San Diego, CA)
February 11, 2006

SAN DIEGO ---- A proposal for a commercial airport in North County that 
would serve as a supplement to increasingly crowded Lindbergh Field in 
San Diego may soon be grounded.

...

Instead, Sessom said she intends to ask planning committee members on 
Monday to reopen the idea of taking over the land now occupied by the 
388-acre Marine Corps Recruit Depot immediately adjacent to the 671-acre 
Lindbergh Field.

Last year, a nationwide base closure commission accepted arguments put 
forth by the Marine Corps about why it needed the depot to stay where it 
is today. Sessom disputed that Friday, saying there is plenty of room at 
Camp Pendleton to accommodate a recruit depot.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2006/02/11/news/top_stories/23_07_552_10_06.txt

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Lenny Siegel
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