[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Luke Air Force Base and Maricopa County (AZ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

County is watching out for Luke AFB

Commentary by Fulton Brock
East Valley Tribune (AZ)
September 12, 2008

The politics surrounding development around Luke Air Force Base and its 
auxiliary fields has unfairly created the misconception that Maricopa 
County has been somehow negligent or shortsighted.

It's just not true. Maricopa County has worked for decades to preserve 
Luke. In fact, Luke's protection is part of the county's own set of 
strategic priorities and goals.

Maricopa County is proud of Luke's integral role in the nation's defense 
and appreciates its $2.2 billion economic impact, not just in the west 
Valley, but statewide. The simple truth is that county government has 
been thrown in the middle of a legal and financial Catch-22. We will 
fight to preserve Luke.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/125621

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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