[CPEO-MEF] EXPANSION: Navy wants Goliad Industrial Airpark (TX) back

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Goliad County to seek counsel regarding condemned airpark

By KAYLA BELL
Victoria Advocate (TX)
February 17, 2011

GOLIAD - The Goliad County Commissioners Court voted at a special  
meeting Thursday to seek legal counsel in response to the U.S. Navy's  
plans to condemn the Goliad Industrial Airpark.

Several members of the Goliad Airpark Coalition were disappointed in  
the court's decision, having asked the court to delay taking any  
action until the coalition could seek a second legal opinion of its own.

The Navy filed a Declaration of Taking on Feb. 11, that announced its  
intent to acquire the 1,136 acres through eminent domain and with a  
price tag of $2.36 million.

After receiving the notice from the Navy, the county has 20 days to  
contend the declaration, according to the papers filed in Victoria's  
Federal District Court.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2011/feb/17/ 
kb_airpark_021811_129626/?business&local-business

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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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