[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Spokane County acts to protect Fairchild Air Force Base (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

County approves land-use rules protecting base

Mike Prager
Spokane Spokesman-Review (WA)
April 20, 2012

New land-use rules to protect Fairchild Air Force Base from civilian  
encroachment won unanimous approval from Spokane County commissioners  
on Thursday.

They said the need to protect Fairchild as a military asset, but also  
an economic one, outweighed largely local concerns about the effect  
of the new rules on property values and uses.

"Fairchild Air Force Base is the No. 1 employer in the county," said  
Commissioner Al French prior to the vote. "This is targeted to try  
and protect the base."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2012/apr/20/county-approves-land-use- 
rules-protecting-base/

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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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