2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 7 Nov 2006 00:14:14 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Waiting for Davis-Monthan (AZ) flight-path buy-outs
 
D-M flight path landowners wait for buyouts

By Carol Ann Alaimo
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
November 6, 2006

Two years after state leaders set up a fund to buy land near military bases, nearly $15 million is in the bank and not a single check is in the mail.

Eight Tucson landowners, including a local church, were approved in April for $6 million worth of buyouts from the state Military Installation Fund. But so far, none of them have seen the money, and they aren't likely to until next year.

Meanwhile, Tucson City Hall also has come away empty-handed in the process. The city sought $300,000 from the military fund to study the feasibility of a noise-proofing program for homeowners near Davis-Monthan Air Force Base.

"We realize there are some impatient people wondering what is going on," said Mike Klier, assistant deputy director of Arizona's Department of Veterans' Services, which now oversees the buyouts.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/allheadlines/154565

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