On Jun 7, 3:40*pm, "Frank ess" > wrote:
> 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

For sure. But of course, base closures are periodic and strongly
fought over. How about trading coastal Pendleton for Salton Sea?
They could fix the damn thing, fix the damn developments that have
died because the sea is going back to what it was before it was
mistakenly created could come back, etc...

Still don't know how they could find old ordnance, they're never as
good at it as 11 year old kids.

Area near Superstition mountains would be a great place for a
racetrack.

jg
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