Return to Article: Base closing recommendations expected Friday
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I was reading an editorial in the paper yesterday that made a good point. During past BRACs, the communities that used their resources to plan for redeveloping the land and facilities after the base closing instead of fighting a battle recovered considerably faster on average. When a base is on the BRAC listing, it's at least eighty-five percent likely to close no matter what the community does about it. The odds are expected to be even higher this time around that a facility reccommended by the BRAC will close.
Yes, the BRAC is devastating to communities and lives in the short term. But, recovery is possible and proper planning can result in an even larger tax base than existed when a facility was active. Things change. The military is going to change no matter how much kicking and screaming there is.
Politicians know that communities can recover from a base closure. But, that isn't neccesarily going to happen before the next election. Their interest is in the short term even if it isn't in the long term interest of a community.
So, don't let your elected officials manipulate you into believing that spending a bunch of money lobbying to save a base from closing is going to make any difference. You might as well flush the money down the drain as to try and "save" a base on the BRAC listing.
Invest your resources wisely.
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