North Carolina to Navy – No OLF; Navy to North Carolina – Yeah, Sure - OK, Fine!

By Wally on Apr 24, 2009 | In Politics, Regional | 2 feedbacks »

North Carolina has passed legislation in an attempt to bar a Naval Outlying Field (OLF). Look, just because Miss North Carolina prevailed and the Tar heels snatched the basketball honors; you think you can start kicking the United States Navy around?

Follow up:

Sound barrier

It wasn’t too many years ago, North Carolina was on bended knees wanting Super Hornet squadrons at Cherry Point, which they got. As a matter of fact, they helped stirred up a hornet’s nest (pun intended) when the Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC) was looking at relocating F-18 squadrons at NAS Oceania elsewhere. North Carolina acted just like a “Kotter Kid” with raised hand waving and jumping out of their seat was hollering “Ooh, ooh, ooh, me, me, me, ooh, ooh”.

North Carolina wants all the perks, but none of the pain. OK, fine. First, if the U.S. Government wants to condemn and use land, I would think they can do it irrespective of state legislation and a Governor’s signature. And if the Navy wanted to relocate all the F/A – 18 squadrons at Cherry Point elsewhere, that could be arranged too.

Whazz that? It that Virginia Beach raising its hand waving and jumping out of their seat hollering “Ooh, ooh, ooh, me, me, me, ooh, ooh”?

http://www.virginianewssource.com
Tags: base realignment and closure, brac, f-18, north carolina, olf, outlying field, super hornet, virginia beach
Comment from: retired [Visitor]
If this is the best you can do then do us a favor and quit. Your comments are stupid and your poor attempt at humor is pathetic. None of your talking points have anything to so with the quality of life of the sections of North Carolina that will be ruined by your attempt to export Virginia Beach's noise problems to us. Do something useful like going to Mexico, catching the swine flu and reporting how that effects you.
04/26/09 @ 05:49
Comment from: another view [Visitor]
If you believe North Carolina wants all the perks but none of the pain, perhaps you should examine the lawsuits filed by residents of Virginia Beach in response to jet noise. Many of these individuals benefit from the presence of NAS Oceana and opted to move into an area where a jet base was already located. Now these Virginia Beach citizens want the Navy and North Carolina citizens to pay for their poor judgement. They don't want the noise, but believe others should be perfectly willing to have it forced on them.
05/26/09 @ 12:14

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