[CPEO-MEF] Buckley Air Force Base (CO) encroachment

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Growth could hurt Air Force base

TaRhonda Thomas
9News (NBC-TV, Denver, CO)
October 10, 2007

AURORA - Sen. Ken Salazar met with military officials and city leaders 
to discuss whether or not Aurora's growth could create encroachment on 
Buckley Air Force Base.

Salazar (D-Colorado) is concerned that if rapid growth in Aurora 
continues, houses will be built too close to the base, preventing the 
base from planning for future growth.

"As development moves forward," said Salazar, "encroachment encompasses 
the base, to the point where it affects military activity and training."

Aurora city leaders have been working with Buckley on ways to prevent 
encroachment. Houses already line the south border of the base.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=78843

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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