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OBJECTIVES.
PHASE 1.
President Bush
The President1s entire cabinet
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The letters should be typed or printed and not more than one
page in length. They should be typed on as many different
typewriters as possible. Volunteers need to be established in
various businesses and professional offices to assist in typing
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stand up of
hAi* ahidbey in conjunction
squadrons for tho A-12
•lrcr•rt • u • o k-/ i 4irCr*ft ha* bc#n ^«ncsllsd and no
f *T •*('ui
. “ ' “* on th# box iron. Ssvsral yoani will be
r^qulr®** to ovur. design a replacement to tho a-a. it »aY be tsn
years or ■ore before any replacement aircraft is on lino. Ths
basic premise for phauwig out Ui« a-6 and moving in ths P-3 no
longs; ausia Again, Uuu ia boot strap rsusoninq.
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tbo*a ietrer*. Each letter should identify the petty by name,
address and telephone neater and should start by stating they are
against the closing of NAS Whidbey.
PHASE 2. Justification.
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1* only $25 million a year. That savings will not start until
five or Mix yiMiru from now at the earliest. To amortize a ^.buu
million investment with a $23 million per year savings will
require an additional 24 years. At best, this would be a break
even proposition 30 y«<*r** from now,
Amajor question is whether" the Navy and/or* the
Department of Defense can predict future needs accurately for 30
years. If we look at their comments for the military
construction at NAS whidbey during the last five or ten years, it
looks like they can't predict accurately for more than six
months, if that long.
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If HAS whidbey is closed and the property is not
immediately BJidc available for othnr commercial activities, it
• ould not be unmanonable to expect that tile population of North
Whidbey would stabilize at a level similar to the surrounding
areas.
t>. The report states rather quicKly "The Navy will dispose
of land and facilities" after closing NAS VThidbey. The report
states the value to be §33 million.
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locking at a collapsed «conoay for ten years and In all
probability tot 20 yusrs.
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• ^ c of the transition. ir tharo «:• 1,000 none*
• ’ •~ aT«r»<i« talvs of liuo.ooo aacfi, the cost is 5100 Billion to
*« 4 .«;• U> hia^a. Ttat doe* not address the coat or
r«; t«i; and x••ailing the*. Nor does It address the
r the local taxing author it l««n 1; thosa ftOEHia art taken
f f the tax rolls. What doas that do to the Income to the
county, to the city, to the hospital district and to the school
I'.atr'.ct a-d for tha paymant of bonds ll all of thosa properties
axe taken off tha tax rolls.
7. other Considerations.
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1 »onally believe that many of the residents near
v U* Cuupevlll* have real anti valid complaints. That doesn't mean
that tho Navy ohould atop flying and using that airfield. It
do*n in hu-ever, that tho Navy should take some positive action
to try to minimi zu thn adverse impact on the local community.
A1 though recently tho local military personnel have been
*t.t ..apt ing to make nomo progress, there have been times when the
•ilitury handled these complaints in a confrontational fashion.
The use of the bumper sticker by some military that said, "See
the planus, hear the noise - get used to it," was not much help
in solving the problem.
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certainly has loft me with the impression that tho Navy Just
doesn't care.
CONCLUSION.
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ncpport of NAS Wh ldix-Y. They should explain as accurately as
po«»lt1« the process whereby Whidbey got. on th« list.
Respectfully submitted,
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