[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Arizona Military Installation Fund

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Task force gets input to keep military facilities in Arizona

BY JAMES GILBERT
YUMA SUN (AZ)
December 9, 2008

Local input was sought Tuesday night on revising the rules of a program 
to ensure long-term retention of the military facilities in Arizona and 
Yumans had some suggestions.

"There were some great ideas put forth by the folks here in Yuma," said 
Deb Sydenham, assistant deputy Director community development for the 
Arizona Department of Commerce. "I think that the ideas put forth, and 
the recommendations made, will enhance the rules and we will be making 
some of those changes and including them in the process."

The meeting, which was held in the Yuma County Board of Supervisors 
Auditorium, was to update the rules the Arizona Department of Commerce 
uses to administer the Military Installation Fund and the rules 
applicants and jurisdictions use when they want to apply to the fund.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.yumasun.com/news/input_46382___article.html/arizona_facilities.html


For a focus on Luke Air Force Base, see also

AG, Peoria mayor rev up efforts to protect Luke

Your West Valley (AZ)
December 10, 2008

Attorney General Terry Goddard and Peoria Mayor Bob Barrett met with top 
U.S. Air Force officials at the Pentagon Tuesday to explain state and 
local efforts to protect Luke AFB from encroachment.

During their meeting with U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, Gen. 
Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, and other officials, the pair 
also expressed support for making Luke the future home of the F-35 Joint 
Strike Fighter.

"We had a positive and productive discussion with Secretary Donley and 
General Schwartz," Goddard said. "In addition to briefing Air Force 
officials on state and local requirements put into effect to protect the 
base, we made it clear that Luke and its current and future missions 
have overwhelming support across Arizona."

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For the rest of the article, see
http://www.yourwestvalley.com/news/luke_4595___article.html/county_force.html

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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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