[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. McClellan (AL) "on the move"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A heartfelt ode to McClellan's future

by Jerry L. Smith
Anniston Star (AL)
April 25, 2010

In the early days of base closure at Fort McClellan, I wrote in an area 
newspaper that the changes were occurring smoothly, but the real test 
would come when it was time for our local governments to agree on 
property divisions - dividing the spoils - and oversee leadership as the 
base was vacated.

As a military post of long standing, the base was so important; it 
employed many workers, generating prolific local revenues. Public 
support for the base was high, with thousands of areas of land and the 
many activities producing a giant, valuable footprint.

Somewhat surprisingly, the political jurisdictions went to work in good 
faith. Eventually, they created an appointive body, the Joint Powers 
Authority, as the replacement for the first Reuse and Redevelopment 
Authority. I was one of the early appointees, serving as a 
representative for the mayors in Calhoun County.

...

For the entire column, see
http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/7183436/article-A-heartfelt-ode-to-McClellan-s-future?instance=opinion_lead

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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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