Dole, Easley invited to anti-OLF meeting
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008
By Staff
Camden group plans meeting for Feb. 6
Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
A citizens group trying to prevent a Navy fighter jet practice field from coming to Camden County has invited the state's highest-ranking public officials to an upcoming meeting.
Concerned Citizens Against the OLF has extended an invitation to U.S. Sens. Elizabeth Dole and Richard Burr, Gov. Mike Easley, Congressmen G.K. Butterfield and Walter Jones, state Sen. Marc Basnight and state Rep. Bill Owens to attend the meeting at Camden High School's cafeteria Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m.
The citizens group wants a chance to air their concerns about the U.S. Navy's study of a site in the Hales Lake area for an outlying landing field, or OLF, for jet pilots to use practicing touch-and-go maneuvers. The Navy plans to conduct a 30-month study of sites in Camden and Gates counties — as well as three sites in Virginia — to determine their suitability for the OLF.
Camden residents and officials say the practice airfield would ruin the county's bucolic ambiance and economy and add little economic development. (more…)
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