Extending the Pinon Canyon funding ban into 2009 is now supported in the House and the Senate. Continuing the ban is positive yet, as we know, fraught with perils because we know the Pentagon will work to continue their 'back room' antics to move forward with expansion preliminaries.
Another ban is good but we can't let down our guard whatsoever. Remember Booz Allen polling calls and the other efforts made by the Army this past year. |
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From Senator Salazar's press release:
Sen. Salazar Requests One-Year Extension of Pinon Canyon Moratorium
Gives Time for Public, GAO, Congress to Review Army Proposal
WASHINGTON, DC - Last Friday, in a letter to Military and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Johnson, United States Senator Ken Salazar asked that the moratorium on the Army's plans to expand the Pinon Canyon Maneuver Site in Southeastern Colorado be extended another year. Last year, Sen. Salazar was successful in establishing the current one-year moratorium and in creating a thoughtful process for evaluating the Army's proposal that gives surrounding communities the opportunity to provide input, requires the Army to report on its need for the expansion, and ensures a full GAO review of the report. This review process is expected to last into 2009.
The Subcommittee is expected to mark up the Fiscal Year 2009 Military and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act on Wednesday, July 16.
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