2009 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2009 10:46:11 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Arizona law in court
 
Law shielding Luke AFB in court
Maricopa County favors landowners

by David Madrid
The Arizona Republic
January 30, 2009

A judge's impending decision on the constitutionality of a law designed to protect the state's military bases may have deep consequences, base allies fear.

With court proceedings beginning today, Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says the future of the Valley's Luke Air Force Base, which generates $2.2 billion a year in economic activity, is at stake.

Goddard and other advocates add that overturning the law and permitting residential development near Luke could imperil Arizona's other military installations, which, combined with Luke, annually pump $9 billion into the economy.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/01/30/20090130lukecourt0130.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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