[CPEO-MEF] Planning initiative (I-933) and Washington State encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I-933 could encroach on bases

By Jim Haley
Everett Herald (WA)
November 2, 2006

Whidbey Island Naval Air Station and other military bases could see 
incompatible growth occur outside their fences if a measure on next 
week's ballot passes, congressional and city officials worry.

And that could hurt the state's future chance of keeping some military 
bases - and the $7 billion that they feed into the state's economy each 
year.

On Whidbey, local officials have taken care to restrict incompatible 
development near the base, including runway approaches where noise and 
potential crashes are a concern.

...

For the entire article, see
http://heraldnet.com/stories/06/11/02/100loc_b1bases001.cfm

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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