[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: Myrtle Beach - "State stepped in ..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base redevelopment: State stepped in after years of bickering between  
Myrtle Beach, Horry County

By David Wren
Myrtle Beach Sun News (SC)
April 1, 2013

MYRTLE BEACH - There had been plenty of disagreements between Myrtle  
Beach and Horry County leaders in the years leading up to the  
announcement that the Myrtle Beach Air Force Base would close -  
squabbles over 911 emergency services, overlapping taxes and trash  
disposal.

But the feud that erupted over who would control redevelopment of the  
base after its closure was unprecedented, and it created a fissure  
between both governments that took years to heal.

The differences stemmed from a unique arrangement that puts Myrtle  
Beach International Airport - which was called a jetport at the time  
- under control of Horry County even though the airport is entirely  
within the Myrtle Beach city limits.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/2013/04/01/3409979/base- 
redevelopment-state-stepped.html

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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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