Patrick Scheible wrote:
> SeaWoe > writes:
>
>> How about the Marines giving the parts of Pendleton back to the
>> state, which than sells it to developrers. with the money
>> paying off the state debt. Thde Marines can then have the land
>> along the Mexican border as far as AZ for desert trauning?
>> (Amphib stuff done on the Silver Strand.)
>
> Giving? In my experience, unused military bases are sold to the
> state or local governments at or near current market value. That's
> true even if the land was given to the military in the first place.
>
> -- Patrick

You'll need to be careful what kind of arrangement you make in San
Diego County: when the Naval Training Station in Loma Portal was
de-mobbed, the City of San Diego sort of non-auctioned the use, and
some developers got a super sweetheart deal on rights. I reckon that
if it had involved "fair market value" the City wouldn't be in so much
debt, and firefighters would be on full duty, all stations would be
manned at all times, and other such cutbacks wouldn't be necessary.

I've said befo Camp Pendleton should become the Southern California
International Airport, current airports should become regional
transportation centers and parking facilities for the "bullet" trains
running among them and the SCIA.

--
Frank ess