Posted on 11/09/2004 7:47:47 PM PST by NormsRevenge
http://www.bakersfield.com/state_wire/story/5062017p-5111911c.html
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Members of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Council on Base Support and Retention:
- Co-Chair Leon Panetta of Monterey, co-director of the Leon and Sylvia Panetta Institute for Public Affairs, Monterey, former U.S. representative and former chief of staff to President Clinton.
- Co-Chair Donna Tuttle of Los Angeles, chairman and co-owner of Elmore Tuttle Sports Group, and Commerce Department official in the Reagan administration.
- Army Maj. Gen. Edward L. Andrews of Petaluma, consultant to defense contractors.
- Air Force Maj. Gen. Alice Astafan of Carmichael, chief executive officer of the Federal Technology Center.
- Phillip Coyle of Los Angeles, defense consultant and senior adviser to the president of the Center for Defense Information.
- Robert Grady of San Francisco, partner and managing director for The Carlyle Group.
- Marine Gen. Richard Hearney of Ukiah, 35-year corps veteran and former assistant commandant of the corps.
- Vice Adm. Peter M. Hekman, Jr. of San Diego, technology consultant and 40-year veteran of U.S. Navy.
- Army Maj. Gen. Daniel C. Helix of Concord, 41-year veteran.
- Marine Gen. Joseph Hoar of Del Mar, consultant to American companies doing business in the Middle East and Africa and 37-year veteran.
- Elizabeth Ann Inadomi of San Francisco, public policy attorney with background in Congress and NASA.
- Army Maj. Gen. William Jefferds of Folsom, most recently special adviser in the California Office of Military Support and previously director of the state Department of General Services.
- Adm. Henry H. Mauz, Jr. of Pebble Beach, president of the Naval Postgraduate School Foundation.
- Marine Maj. Gen. J. Michael Myatt of San Francisco, president and chief operating officer of the Marines' Memorial Association.
- Roger "Ted" Rains of Camarillo, volunteer member of the Board of Directors of the Regional Defense Partnership-21.
- Andrea Seastrand of Grover Beach, former U.S. representative and executive director of the California Space Authority.
- Marine Maj. Gen. Orlo Keith "O.K." Steele of Grass Valley, consultant for security and military projects.
- Adm. John Weaver of Manhattan Beach, retired, past chairman of Naval Institute Foundation.
Trying to get back in Maria's good graces?
Tiresome, in my opinion. I guess you can't blame a governor for trying to help his state by hook or by crook. But the guiding criterion should be military need, not political expediency or who has the most political clout.
Which bases are needed and which are not? It's generally agreed that there is an excess.
I irony is the Long Beach Naval Shipyard, which had recently gone through a very expensive upgrade and was NEEDED, was decommission by Clinton DESPITE the best efforts of the military to keep it open.
Somebody help me out, please. Why would a state office receive grants and private funding?
It's lobbying money to get fedgov to spend its money here.
but appointing him????????!!!?!?!?!?!?!?
All bases in red areas of California are safe, those in blue areas are not :o)
By who??? A bunch of politicians in cahoots with greedy developers who are always ready to jeopardize national security in order to make a fast buck.
You would be surprised at some military installations that have continued to exist far beyond any military value whatsoever, kept alive by politicians.
>>It's lobbying money to get fedgov to spend its money here.
Is that a usual practice? To me, it seems to create more conflict of interest.
Since when has that been a constraint where profit by political influence is involved?
Sixty two military bases and not one of them where a base is needed most - guarding the U.S. Mexico border.
I don't think any Border Patrol facilities are being axed.
You mean the ones that are already 50 + miles inside the U.S. border? Why should they close those? (sarcasm).
I'm talking about a military base being needed on the border. I'm was not talking about border patrol facilities.
We don't need any "military" bases on the border.
Yes, we do! But if you have a problem with that, let's call them training facilities where our troops can practice their skills preventing insurgent border crossing.
Strange, I haven't seen where a single member of the joint chiefs thinks it's necessary given the militarys mission. I guess I'll have to default to their opinion.
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