Light at the end of Otis tunn..er..runway
A new twist has arisen regarding the Pentagon's base closures that could directly affect Otis Air National Guard Base.
Closing it may not be legal. Who said, "Kill all the lawyers"? Sometimes they come up with something positive.
The general counsel of the independent commission reviewing the BRAC closings said that relocating, disbanding, or moving ANG units from one state to another could present legal problems.
After all, National Guard units, Army or Air, technically belong to the governor of each state. Pennsylvania has already filed a lawsuit against the Pentagon arguing that only the governor has the power to deactivate their ANG units.
Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy has raised this point regarding Otis, and other states affected by BRAC will be following suit.
The issue isn't all black and white, however. While the governor of each state "owns" its National Guard units, Pentagon dollars are involved in keeping them going.
It will be interesting to see how this new wrinkle is ironed out. I suspect that, after a tough battle--much of it just posturing and face-saving on the part of BRAC--Otis will stay.
But let's not get complacent and let down our Guard--pun intended.
posted by Solon Economou @ 6:34 AM
4 Comments:
Solon -
Every sword cuts two ways.
You, and I, deplored the efforts of base closing activists to use EPA rules and other legal tomfoolery to close the MMR and eliminate the Guard. Is this not a whiff of the same brimstone?
Let's stick to the excellent presentation of the state officials about the geographic excellence of the Base and the BRAC miscaclulations about cost savings.
In other words, let's have them stay because they want to, not under duress.
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