Re: [CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT - Wal-Mart and Travis AFB (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

I'm sorry. I sent the wrong link for this item. The correct one is
http://www.thereporter.com/letters/ci_8377906

LS

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> Wal-Mart encroachment endangers Travis base
> 
> Letter to the Editor from Carl Hinton
> Vacaville Reporter (CA)
> February 27, 2008
> 
> Hello, Wal-Mart; goodbye, Travis. Those are four terrible sounding words 
> - especially to those of us who served honorably in the service of our 
> great country and who chose to retire in an area that offered a great 
> military installation, Travis Air Force Base; a fine health care 
> provider, David Grant Medical Center; and a base exchange and commissary.
> 
> These are the most important things a military retiree looks for when 
> coming to the end of his or her career. At least they were in my case, 
> and I'm sure that many others felt the same way. Also, there were 
> employment opportunities for those of us who would like to go back into 
> the work force.
> 
> In the early 1990s, trouble started. Developers took a look at our fine 
> community and decided a great opportunity existed here for them to get 
> rich by constructing homes and businesses. But the location of these 
> sites spelled encroachment. That meant that these projects, if allowed 
> to be constructed, posed a serious threat to the operations and missions 
> of Travis Air Force Base. ...
> 
> For the entire letter, see
http://www.thereporter.com/letters/ci_8377906

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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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