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Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)
10. Well, as you know
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 02:05 PM
Apr 2012

The base came pretty close to being shut down a few years back...The NIMBYs have gotten pretty loud (but not as loud as the super hornets), and in spite of our teabaggy local politicians, they know our regional bread is buttered with a lot of "Big Gummitt" dollars thanks to the Pentagon...

Of course, this is the same teabaggy city council and business cronies who for two decades allowed commercial and residential development to spread unchecked around the base, in the face of good sense...

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