[CPEO-MEF] Davis-Monthan AFB buffer zone

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fight Over Over-Flights

Angry residents vow to keep fighting despite the City Council's
expansion of the Davis-Monthan high-noise zone

By DAVE DEVINE  
Tucson Weekly (AZ)
NOVEMBER 18, 2004:

Fighting back tears, Jean de Jong expresses frustration at the recent
action taken by the Tucson City Council concerning Davis-Monthan Air
Force Base. 

"There are thieves sitting on the council," the eight-year resident of a
home near Broadway and Tucson boulevards says. "They are trying to steal
from us, because they see benefits for themselves without paying the
cost (for those benefits)." 

Over the protests of hundreds of residents, on Oct. 25, the council
imposed new building and zoning regulations on thousands of properties
under the flight path of D-M. Despite the 6-1 vote, the controversy
hasn't subsided. 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.tucsonweekly.com/gbase/Currents/Content?oid=oid:62989

[Thanks to ICMA for this article, too.]

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org
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