Mario, Now THAT'S what I call "good news"! Every bit of technology used in this war and the wars of the 90's, like Gulf War One, were developed here at Ft. Monmouth, a 90 year old installation! It's like saying, "Let's close West Point"! Brooklyn Navy Yard, Philadelphia Naval Yard, The Coast Guard Station at Governor's Island, ALL closed, leaving only Maguire and Ft. Dix open in NJ, beside the technology end, Ft. Monmouth, left standing! A disaster, waiting to happen! See 9-11!
What were Frank Lautenberg and Frank Pallone, thinking? They lay down and rolled over, accepting the figures fed to them from the BRAC, on how much it would cost to expand Aberdeen Proving Ground! Now we learned it will cost much much more! You uproot workers, who are mostly natives, or already retired military, working 20 more years to get a decent pension, besides the paltry one, they get from Uncle Sam! You ruin the economy in an already depressed area, leaving New Jersey bereft of one of their best economy and real estate boosters! If any of you have realtives in Maryland, let me tell you, it's the "high rent" district. My daughter lives in Montgomery County and it is one of the most expensive areas, in the country! Most of your foreign diplomats, CIA, FBI, Secret Service and Pentagon professional live in this county. Not all, but a majority. It's like the United Nations, but expensive! I shop at Food Giant and another food market, when I'm there, but I wind up going to Andrews AFB, to save money on meat, there! I didn't see a lot of hispanics, there, except the ones in military uniforms, who are native Americans. Thanks for the article! --- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, "Mario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Maryland's newspaper reports on NJ's efforts to halt base closing: > -------------------------------------------------- > John P. Bellantoni, a 30-year logistics-management specialist at Fort > Monmouth, said most of the base workers do not need more information - > they're already being deluged with real estate ads and "glossy > pictorials, all rose pictures about Maryland." He isn't having any of > it. > "It's a very nice quality of life here on the Jersey Shore," Bellantoni > said in a telephone interview. "I live less than two miles from the > beach, very close to Asbury Park. > "Around here," he said, "you have so many more options, including, > frankly, safer cities than Baltimore." > from N.J. urging Congress to halt transfer of base jobs to Md. -- > baltimoresun.com > <http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.brac11dec11,0,3140138,\ > full.story> ------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AsburyPark/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
