[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Development near Pt. Mugu (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

SouthShore and the Navy base at Point Mugu

Opinion by Tim Flynn
Ventury County Star (CA)
June 25, 2011

The year is 2022. The 20th graduation ceremony is under way at CSU  
Channel Islands. Eager graduates accept their diplomas and step out  
into the real world.

Far from the noise and jubilation, a retired aeronautics engineer  
walks his golden retriever five miles west at Ormond Beach. Newly  
settled at Oxnard's SouthShore development, the sandy beaches are  
welcomed relief to the hustle and bustle world of Pasadena and Burbank.

In the distance, the ocean breeze carries the faint sound of a  
tolling bell as the final change-of-command ceremony is performed at  
Naval Base Ventura County, Point Mugu. The new base commander, a 35- 
year-old captain and graduate of Annapolis, will assume his duties  
under awkward circumstances. In less than 24 months, the base will  
close and be handed over to a new civilian authority.


...

For the entire column, see
http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/jun/25/flynn-southshore-and-the-navy- 
base-at-point-mugu/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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