[CPEO-MEF] Ft. A.P.Hill (VA) - Too little development?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Bleak Hill?

Editorial
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA)
December 13, 2006

No. The Army's intelligence is dated: Caroline County ideal for 
anti-terror command

A LITTLE OVER a year ago, the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors turned 
down local developer Tricord's proposal to build a 1,500-home 
subdivision at New Post. The main reason? Concern about the encroachment 
of development on Fort A.P. Hill, "Where America's Military Sharpens Its 
Combat Edge."

Now the Army has announced that it may split its new anti-terrorist 
Asymmetric Warfare Group, sending 300 jobs to Maryland and consigning to 
A.P. Hill only the billetless role of training ground. Why? Because 
there's too little development around the fort. "Catch 22," it seems, 
never runs out of new chapters.

Dear Department of the Army: You can't have it both ways.

...

For the entire editorial, see
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/122006/12132006/243185
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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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