[CPEO-MEF] NOISE, ENCROACHMENT: "Military noise overlay zone spurs anti-war protest at assembly meeting, " Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base, AK

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military noise overlay zone spurs anti-war protest at assembly meeting

By Amanda Bohman 
Fairbanks News-Miner (AK)
December 11, 2015

FAIRBANKS - A new noise overlay zoning classification recognizes the cha-cha-cha of military helicopters or the boom of small arms fire near the military bases.

It passed easily before the Fairbanks North Star Borough Assembly on Thursday despite lively protests from peace activists concerned about community leaders supporting war by going along with the military mission.

“It’s been stated that this is necessary to keep us citizens from encroaching on the military’s mission,” peace activist Rob Mulford said.

“This is what encroachment sounds like,” he said. He started playing “Don’t Kill” by Hamell on Trial on a handheld device, stood up and danced in front of the assembly.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.newsminer.com/news/local_news/military-noise-overlay-zone-spurs-anti-war-protest-at-assembly/article_f3684800-9fe3-11e5-b7f0-c773addb8c6f.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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