[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Des Moines County (IA) doesn't want Middletown Army Reserve building

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Supervisors say no to free building

Board: Army Reserve facility would cost too much to maintain.


By CHRISTINIA CRIPPES
Hawk Eye (IA)
February 22, 2012

The U.S. Army Reserve building in Middletown nearly has it all: well- 
maintained space, a decent location near a four-lane highway and its  
price is right.

But there's just one problem for Des Moines County supervisors and  
staff that kept them from agreeing to take on the building once the  
Army Reserve has disposed of it. Though the building would be free,  
they don't have the budget to maintain, refurbish and keep the lights  
on.

"It's a great opportunity, but there's one thing about opportunities:  
It has to be an opportunity you can afford," Des Moines County Board  
of Supervisors Chairman Tom Broeker said during a work session  
Tuesday morning. "If an opportunity comes along where you're not in a  
position to afford it at that time, it's hard. But at least in my  
world view, you say no."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thehawkeye.com/story/supes-022212-sidebar

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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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