[CPEO-MEF] PRESERVATION: Alameda Point (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Preserve historical base with a trust

Opinion by Constance and John Eliassen
Oakland Tribune (CA)
July 16, 2009

The burning of the building used for convalescing WWII injured, 
abandoned while we determine how to return the base to private hands, 
emphasizes that our approach has been wrong. This is public property and 
should always remain so. Before more money is wasted by both sides, it's 
time to reconsider.

This site is too historically important and spectacular a property to be 
carved up by politicians and corporations. It is one of the most central 
and prominent pieces of open land left in any urban center.

Before more money is wasted, the authority over this site needs to be 
transferred from the city of Alameda into a stewardship, similar to the 
Presidio Trust. Then the effort to protect, preserve and maintain the 
property for income purposes can begin.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.insidebayarea.com/timesstar/localnews/ci_12852250

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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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