Written by: Dan Besse
4/19/2007

I reported in March about joining with over 800 residents of Perquimans and nearby counties at the Navy's hearing on proposed Outlying Landing Field (OLF) site alternatives in northeastern North Carolina. Along with almost 100 of them, I spoke in opposition to the Navy's designated "preferred" site adjacent to the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, as well as the Perquimans site and other problem alternatives. On Tuesday in Charlotte, I had the opportunity to speak again, along with hundreds of residents mostly from central and western North Carolina, in defense of the people and natural resources of our coast. We all urged the Navy to abandon what my Dad the Marine would call the rear-echelon, bone-headed Washington politics of site selection. We encouraged them to take the invitation of Gov. Easley and other N.C. Democratic officials, and work together to identify a site that will work for our communities, our wildlife, and the safety of our Navy pilots.

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