[CPEO-MEF] ENCROACHMENT: Arizona law in court

[Lenny Siegel]

Law shielding Luke AFB in court
Maricopa County favors landowners

by David Madrid
The Arizona Republic
January 30, 2009

A judge's impending decision on the constitutionality of a law designed 
to protect the state's military bases may have deep consequences, base 
allies fear.

With court proceedings beginning today, Arizona Attorney General Terry 
Goddard says the future of the Valley's Luke Air Force Base, which 
generates $2.2 billion a year in economic activity, is at stake.

Goddard and other advocates add that overturning the law and permitting 
residential development near Luke could imperil Arizona's other military 
installations, which, combined with Luke, annually pump $9 billion into 
the economy.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/local/articles/2009/01/30/20090130lukecourt0130.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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