[CPEO-MEF] Travis Air Force Base (CA) and Wal-Mart

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Wal-Mart Could Lead to Travis AFB Closure, Claims Community Group

A proposed Wal-Mart Supercenter here near a deadly part of Highway 12 
known as "Blood Alley" may also have a major impact - and could lead to 
the eventual closure of - Travis Air Force Base, according to 
information obtained by a community group opposed to the Wal-Mart project.

...

The letters are highly critical of the Wal-Mart location and suggest it 
may threaten the county's biggest employer, Travis AFB, which employs 
over 14,000 residents and contributes more than $1 billion to the local 
economy.

In one letter, sent to the Solano County staff from an official with the 
county Airport Land Use Commission, it states that the Wal-Mart store 
violates the Travis Airport Land Use Plan because the store would allow 
too many people per acre to the base.

...

For the entire article, see
http://newsblaze.com/story/20070614085313leon.nb/newsblaze/TOPSTORY/Top-Stories.html

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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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