Public Hearing: Blackwater Training Facility in San Diego?

The citizens of Potrero are trying to stop its construction but are having a hard time stopping the political power of Blackwater. --Read More--

Thursday, April 5
Demonstration 4:30PM, Public Hearing 5:30PM
Planning Commission Hearing Room
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite B.

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s t a r r: I work in the Cleveland National Forest, hiking with kids every day through the very meadowlands you describe. There is no way in hell Blackwater USA, war profiteers, Inc. are going to invade our public lands... Not only should Blackwater be dismantled, their activities in Iraq should be revealed. They send mercenaries in to kill, maim, and injure, and then deny negligence when their people get killed and dragged through the streets...--Read More--

Connie: Just what we do not need is the crazy making of war here in Southern California. Why is it that money talks so loud, there is no benefit to the citizens of the area, it is not bringing new revenue or jobs to the area. The land is better used as farm land, we need food not weapons. The Potrero Planning Committee have been seduced into believing this is in their best interest. I am wondering how many of them were enticed with favors and money? The military already have a training facility in that area, they take up a huge portion of the land with their military training. The sound carries for miles, the chopper activity, etc is heard everywhere.

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