[CPEO-MEF] Military rejects joint San Diego-area (CA) airport

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Joint airport on a base will not fly, military says

By Jeff Ristine
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
March 16, 2006

Tasked with serving and protecting the same public, local military brass 
and the countywide airport authority are growing more polarized than 
ever over the answer to the region's future air transportation needs.

Remarks from both sides reflect an increasing exasperation, and even 
mistrust, developing as the five-year airport site-selection effort 
enters its home stretch with only five or six options on the table.

Top military figures accused the San Diego County Regional Airport 
Authority yesterday of disregarding national security and passenger 
safety by continuing to study Miramar, North Island and Camp Pendleton 
as joint military-civilian sites.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20060316-9999-1n16airport.html

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c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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