[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, NATIVE PEOPLES: Bellow Air Force Base (HI) beach

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

ay 3, 2009

Air Force plan to add rec cabins at Hawaii beach stirs concern
Some residents against 48 new military structures, say ceded land is 
involved



By Eloise Aguiar
Honolulu Advertiser (HI)
May 3, 2009

A plan to build 48 new vacation cabins at Bellows Air Force Station has 
stunned many Waimanalo residents who oppose the project and have called 
for the return of military property that is no longer used for defense 
purposes.


The community learned of the project at an April 13 Waimanalo 
Neighborhood Board meeting. Board members said they do not want any 
expansion of the base's recreational programs.

"What they're trying to do is turn it into a vacation resort for the 
military," said Wilson Ho, chairman of the neighborhood board. "We don't 
want any more building."

With the dwindling use of the base's 1,483 acres for military purpose, 
Ho said it's time to give the land back to the public.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/20090503/NEWS08/905030378/1001

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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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