A sage friend of mine reminded me of a few facts when I spoke with him about this problem a few days ago. He reminded me that Hill AFB is on the edge of the western desert, and is an ideal test range for a nation that's hellbent to wage continuing war in desert regions. He reminded me that the base personnel in the "beehive state" are very culturally dedicated to the work ethic and extremely efficient, compared to other bases. He also reminded me that the policies of the current Presidential administration are now being run by a very smart fellow from Utah named Karl Rove... a graduate of Olympus High School in SLC (and very devout in his religion, I understand) ... and that the national government is now firmly under "local" control.
What he forgot to mention was plain old partisan party politics.
Seems he was right, at least as far as his predicted result. In that connection ... check this out. Interesting "bar-chart," by the way.
So much for the story that the BRAC process is politically unmotivated; and so much for the story that HAFB will be sacrificed in the political bickering that will occur down the road.
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All this press and scare tactics about Hill closing is cooked up by that group of public trough sloppers that are chartered to "save Hill". Can't recall what they call themselves but they are headed up by that Vicky gal who ran unsuccesfully for congress a couple of years ago.
Even after BRAC has left Hill off the list, these hacks are still trying to keep the public on edge with goofy stories that the base is still not safe.
They are funded in a big way by public money and if Hill is safe then their funding dries up and they will have to figure a new scam to avoid getting honest jobs!
Just one reporters opinion of course...
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