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Communities To Fight Base Closings

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: Laura Kranz
16 May 2005 - 5:00am

Smaller communities who rely on the the economic power of local bases vow to fight plans to close their home military basess.

"Rallying cries were echoed around the country as communities learned whether their installations had made the Pentagon list of about 180 military installations to be shuttered over the next six years.

South Dakota was shocked to hear that it could lose its second-biggest employer, the venerable Ellsworth Air Force Base, after community leaders spent 10 years and $2 million to preserve it and its 3,852 workers."

Full Story: 'A punch in the stomach'
Source: CNN, May 13, 2005
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