[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Ft. McClellan (AL) litigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A civic army for McClellan and the Depot

Opinion by Bob Davis
Anniston Star (AL)
June 20, 2010

A northern California military installation closed in the late 1980s is 
now in the business of reclaiming wetlands.

A former Air Force base in Austin, Texas, is currently part of the 
city's municipal airport.

And overseers of former military installations in Indiana, Maine, 
Oakland and elsewhere are rolling up their sleeves to do the work of 
local economic development.

At McClellan, with some significant exceptions, the result after 11 
years is momentum-killing litigation.

Since the 1995 decision to close Fort McClellan as part of the Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, the lawsuits have grown like 
weeds. The Joint Powers Authority was the subject of several legal 
challenges. With the JPA shut down for business earlier this year, a new 
organization was stood up, the McClellan Development Authority. Almost 
as quickly, a suit was filed questioning its legality. The plaintiffs 
are Anniston Councilmen Ben Little and Herbert Palmore and former 
councilman Stan Bennett.

...

For the entire column, see
http://annistonstar.com/view/full_story/7990273/article-Bob-Davis--A-civic-army-for-McClellan-and-the-Depot?instance=opinion_secondary

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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