[CPEO-MEF] SAFETY, CLOSURE, ENCROACHMENT: Miramar MCAS (CA) after the crash

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Crash renews calls for base to be vacated

Noise, safety complaints nothing new to Miramar

By Hieu Tran Phan, Steve Liewer and Rick Rogers
SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE (CA)
December 14, 2008

The years of uneasy, or at best ambivalent, relations between Miramar 
Marine Corps Air Station and its civilian neighbors boiled over last week.

Monday's crash of an F/A-18D Hornet in University City has renewed calls 
for the Marines to vacate the base and move to El Centro, Lemoore or 
some other less populated area.

Some residents said the tragedy - in which four people were killed when 
the jet hit their home - is just the latest reminder of longtime noise 
and safety concerns arising from operations at Miramar.

"The Marines are decent people, and it seems un-American to gripe about 
them during wartime. But having hundreds of helicopters and jets in the 
middle of an urban area is a recipe for discord and disaster," said 
Sally Marks, who has lived in Scripps Ranch since 1978.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20081214-9999-1n14miramar.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
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