[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Malmstrom Air Force Base (MT) housing development

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

County to ask voters for authority to issue bonds for land buy near base 
runway

By KARL PUCKETT
Great Falls Tribune (MT)
August 12, 2008

Cascade County commissioners are planning to give residents the chance 
to vote Nov. 4 on whether the county should issue bonds to finance the 
purchase of valuable land near a Malmstrom Air Force Base runway that's 
being eyed for housing development.

"At this point, we do expect to put it on the ballot," Chairman Lance 
Olson said.

The plan could be stopped if buyers are unwilling, or the price is too 
high, Olson said. He said county officials have been discussing the idea 
with affected developers and landowners.

The purpose of securing the land would be to keep it free of housing 
development, thereby improving the chances of the base winning a future 
flying mission, he said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080812/NEWS01/808120301/1002

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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