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Updated: 8:26 PM Mar 13, 2008
OLF Opponents Protest In Raleigh
Some 50 protesters, mainly from Gates County, took their anti-OLF message to the state capital this morning.
Posted: 12:19 PM Mar 13, 2008 |
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The controversy about where the Navy wants to build an outlying landing field wound up in Raleigh today.
One of the Navy's proposed OLF sites is in Gates County.
Fifty people opposed to the OLF demonstrated on the steps of the state administration building this morning.
The protesters, mainly from Gates County, say they want Governor Mike Easley and the public aware of the broad opposition of to the Navy placing an OLF in their county.
The Navy has been struggling with trying to find an acceptable OLF site so pilots from Cherry Point and Oceana can practice landings and takeoffs from a simulated aircraft carrier.
The Navy's original site, in Washington and Beaufort counties, got scuttled after congress voted to not to appropriate any money for the project if it located there.
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God bless these individuals who came out to oppose the wasteful and unnecessary OLF. There is much to fight for in Gates County: wildlife, historic sites, property values, and family farms. Lots of luck to you all!
Everyone in NC and USA should be concerned about waste of taxpayer money. OLF is not needed, they have been practicing at Oceana & Fentress Va. for years. Spend those millions of $ for better equipment and supplies for the brave souls on the ground, and their families.
This is very important - where is the video. We have broad support, please get our message out there
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