[CPEO-IRF] Cecil Field (FL) deals

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City councilman trying to slow Cecil deals

by Tony Quesada
The Business Journal of Jacksonville (FL)
Augustg 4, 2006

Jacksonville City Councilman Art Graham is urging the city to hold off 
on making deals to bring companies to Cecil Commerce Center until after 
voters decide whether the city should give Cecil to the Navy for a 
master jet base.

Graham specifically questioned the wisdom of selling 63 acres at Cecil 
to Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire LLC for a distribution 
center, according to a news release from VoteJacksonville.com.

VoteJacksonville.com is the group that collected enough signatures on a 
petition to place a question on the Nov. 7 ballot asking whether the 
city charter should be amended to make Cecil a master jet base. If 
approved, the charter amendment would require city officials to meet the 
conditions set by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission for 
moving the jets at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., to Cecil.

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For the entire article, see
http://jacksonville.bizjournals.com/jacksonville/stories/2006/07/31/daily48.html?jst=b_ln_hl

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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