[NormsRevenge]

Members of Schwarzenegger's base retention council

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.

[CWOJackson]

Good for you Arnie...but the decision isn't yours or California's.

[Cicero]

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.

[NonValueAdded]

Sorry, no more bases in blue states that are likely to secede from the Union. Besides, the Canadians aren't very big on military infrastructure.

[calcowgirl]

Schwarzenegger also signed bills to add $300,000 to the state's Office of Military and Aerospace Support, which coordinates the state's base retention strategy. That brings its budget to $500,000, said Schwarzenegger spokesman Vince Sollitto. The bill also allows the office to seek grants and private funding. More signed legislation aims to reduce construction costs for base housing.

Somebody help me out, please. Why would a state office receive grants and private funding?

[McGavin999]

All bases in red areas of California are safe, those in blue areas are not :o)

[Blue Scourge]

While we are here...what bases do you think will be shutdown?