[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Luke Air Force Base (AZ) and El Mirage

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sit-down with El Mirage over Luke still up in air for cities


Cecilia Chan
The Arizona Republic
May 5, 2009

A month after El Mirage Mayor Fred Waterman formally asked his peers to 
the table to find economic solutions for his landlocked city, it's up in 
the air if the meeting will take place.

The proposed sit-down came after El Mirage was criticized by West Valley 
leaders for going to Washington, D.C., to ask for help, including $400 
million in federal compensation to help offset its development 
restrictions imposed to protect Luke Air Force Base against 
encroachment. El Mirage's move was seen as a threat to the military 
base's efforts to land the next generation of fighter jets, the F-35s, 
which would secure the installation's future.

Peoria Mayor Bob Barrett remained steadfast that he will not meet with 
Waterman until El Mirage states when and where it has requested help 
from Peoria. Barrett took exception to Waterman publicly stating he was 
rebuffed in his request for help from neighboring communities. Barrett 
also wanted El Mirage to retract an economic impact report it 
commissioned to base its request for federal compensation.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/05/05/20090505gl-nwvelmirage0505-ON.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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