[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Tinker Air Force Base (OK)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Committee limits vocal Tinker opponent

By Ann Kelley
The Oklahoman
June 5, 2008

A former Tinker Air Force Base commander was stripped of his vote on a 
committee working to steer development around the base.

Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard Burpee has been a vocal opponent of 
development in the areas called accident protection zones.

He has fought against allowing a retail development in Del City and 
expansion of Tinker Business and Industrial Park in Midwest City.

Both are in accident protection zones tied to Tinker runways and 
identified in the most recent U.S. Defense Department Air Installation 
Compatibility Use study.

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For the entire article, see
http://newsok.com/committee-limits-vocal-opponent/article/3253201/?tm=1212645735

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Lenny Siegel
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