Published: Mar 21, 2004 12:30 AM
Modified: Oct 23, 2005 10:40 AM
FIND OUT MORE about the airfield from the Navy at www.efaircraft.ene.com. Views of the opposing Albemarle Community Network are at www.albemarlecommunity.net/index.html.
WANT TO JOIN the opposition? Send an e-mail to
NO_OLF@albemarlecommunity.net or
NO_OLF@mchsi.com. Or call Doris Morris of North Carolinians Opposed to the OLF, (252) 793-9756, or write to her at 5276 N.C. Hwy. 32 S., Plymouth, N.C. 27962.
SHARE YOUR VIEWS with your elected representatives. Their phone numbers and positions on the landing field are:
* Rep. Brad Miller, Democrat, 13th District. 781-9101. (Opposes Washington County site. Says Navy should work with Gov. Mike Easley to resolve environmental and safety concerns there.)
* Rep. Bob Etheridge, Democrat, 2nd District. 829-9122. (No firm position. In a statement, praised the state's relationship with the military and said he was "pleased" that the Navy would continue to work with the state to study the airfield's impact.)
* Rep. David E. Price, Democrat, 4th District. (202) 225-1784. (Says concerns of Washington County residents have been largely ignored and sees valid questions about the economic and environmental effects of putting the landing field in Washington County. Supports panel assembled by Easley to better understand implications of a landing field in North Carolina.)
* Rep. Walter B. Jones, Republican, 3rd District. (252) 931-1003. (Supported building landing field in Craven County. Says that now that Navy has decided to put it in Washington County, the matter is under courts' jurisdiction, not Congress'.)
* Rep. Frank Ballance, Democrat, 1st District. Williamston, (252) 789-4939/Norlina, (252) 456-3091/New Bern, (252) 633-7966. (Opposes the Washington County site. Unsuccessfully sought a congressional hearing on the issue.)
* Rep. Mike McIntyre, Democrat, 7th District. Fayetteville, (910) 323-0260/Wilmington, (910) 815-4959. (Applauded Navy decision to base Super Hornets at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station. Supports Easley's efforts to address opponents' concerns.)
* Sen. John Edwards, Democrat. Raleigh, 856-4245/Greenville, (252) 931-1111. (Has opposed Navy's plan for site. Sought Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. Supports building practice runways at Cherry Point. Would like to see four Super Hornet squadrons -- with 49 planes, pilots and support crews -- at the air station.)
* Sen. Elizabeth Dole, Republican. Raleigh, 856-4630/Salisbury, (704) 633-5011. (Hopes Navy will find a "more suitable site" in Eastern North Carolina.)
* Gov. Mike Easley, Democrat. Toll-free in North Carolina, (800) 662-7952. (Says it is "good news" that North Carolina is the Navy's first choice but all involved must talk more about the best place to put the landing field. Favored building another runway at Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station in Havelock. Has asked a 19-member panel to study the issue and report back to him next month.)
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